The Gaither surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,790 people carried this name — #3,324 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 10,255 in 2000.

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In print

Gaither in American newspapers,
1921–1924.

Newspaper page from Randolph Enterprise carrying the name Gaither
Randolph Enterprise 1921-12-15
Newspaper page from Randolph Enterprise carrying the name Gaither
Randolph Enterprise 1921-12-29
Newspaper page from The Elkins Inter-mountain carrying the name Gaither
The Elkins Inter-mountain 1924-04-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41,648 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gaither,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Riggs Gaither Jr.
    George Riggs Gaither Jr. 1858–1921 · lawyer
  • Charles D. Gaither
    Charles D. Gaither 1860–1947 · military personnel
  • Ridgely Gaither
    Ridgely Gaither 1903–1992 · military personnel
  • Jake Gaither
    Jake Gaither 1903–1994 · baseball manager
  • Edgar B. Gaither d. 1855 · lawyer
  • Nathan Gaither 1788–1862 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gaither,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States553 records

553 records of the Gaither name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 368
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 140
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Willie Gaither

    Born 1932; from Cuyahoga County, Ohio. U.S. Army, field artillery chief; killed in action 1953 in South Korea. Buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Macon M. Gaither

    Born 1914 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jesse Gaither

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1886, died 1952; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 553 records for Gaither in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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