The Gatewood surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,359 people carried this name — #4,242 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,999 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
24 families named Gatewood, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 137 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 241 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Gatewood in American newspapers,
1897–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,133 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Gatewood in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.
176 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gatewood. The most, 53, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.6 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gatewood.
Who carried it
People named Gatewood,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles B. Gatewood 1853–1896 · military personnel -
Grandma Gatewood 1887–1973
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Ernest Gatewood 1890–1949 · baseball player
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Lester Gatewood 1921–1965 · American football player
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Olga M. B. Gatewood 1929–2013 · physician
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Aubrey Gatewood 1938–2019 · baseball player
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 Gatewood,
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 States489 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 281
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 146
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 41
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Carl E. GatewoodBorn 1900 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at San Antonio, Texas; auto mechanic from Pulaski County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Gerald Peter GatewoodBorn 1944; from Fresno, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Patrick Henry GatewoodConfederate Army veteran. Born 1843, died 1863; buried at Gatewood Cemetery, Senatobia, Mississippi.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 489 records for Gatewood 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada6 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Elizabeth GatewoodDied 1973; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Margaret C. GatewoodDied 1941; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Barbara Minor GatewoodDied 1937; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Showing 3 of 6 records for Gatewood in Canada.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gatewood.
- Gastineau 1,130 · U.S. census
- Gaston 19,502 · U.S. census
- Gat 137 · U.S. census
- Gate 155 · U.S. census
- Gateau 123 · U.S. census
- Gates 52,569 · U.S. census
- Gathe 132 · U.S. census
- Gatien 152 · U.S. census
- Gatlin 10,785 · U.S. census
- Gatt 540 · U.S. census
- Gatta 718 · U.S. census
- Gatte 143 · U.S. census
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