The Galbreath surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,083 people carried this name — #6,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,897 in 2000.

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In print

Galbreath in American newspapers,
1912–1914.

Newspaper page from The Gazette carrying the name Galbreath
The Gazette 1914-08-08
Newspaper page from The River Press carrying the name Galbreath
The River Press 1912-05-08
Newspaper page from The River Press carrying the name Galbreath
The River Press 1912-05-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,289 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Galbreath in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1940s.

25 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Galbreath. The most, 8, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 12
Victoria 6
Queensland 2
South Australia 1
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Galbreath.

Who carried it

People named Galbreath,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Russell Sheridan Galbreath d. 1958 · writer
  • Asher A. Galbreath 1864–1935 · politician
  • Donald Lindsay Galbreath 1884–1949 · dentist
  • Donald Lindsay Galbreath 1884–1949 · dentist
  • John W. Galbreath 1897–1988
  • Edwin Carter Galbreath 1913–1989 · zoologist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Galbreath,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States320 records

320 records of the Galbreath name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 201
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elroy J. Galbreath

    Born 1923 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa; driver from Lee County, Iowa. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Keokuk National Cemetery, Iowa.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rose Galbreath

    Arrived at New York in 1834 aboard the Harkaway from Liverpool, aged 19; milliner. From Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bobby Frank Galbreath

    Born 1930; from Amarillo, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, pilot hmh/m/l/a uh-1n qualified; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 320 records for Galbreath in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Galbreath name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Galbreath

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Tongataboo, aged 18; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Henry Galbreath

    Left Hobart in 1825 aboard the Midas, bound for Port Jackson, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Marian Euphemia Galbreath

    Born 1851 in Norfolk Island, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Galbreath in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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