The Gatlin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,785 people carried this name — #3,329 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 10,162 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gatlin surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Gertrude’.

An early record he cites: Geoffrey Gatelin, Wiltshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Gatlin and Gatling.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 311 · public domain.

In print

Gatlin in American newspapers,
1928–1930.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Gatlin
Evening Star 1930-12-24
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Gatlin
Evening Star 1930-12-25
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Gatlin
The Washington Times 1928-02-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,053 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gatlin in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

184 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gatlin. The most, 78, date from the 1930s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 60
South Australia 57
New South Wales 34
Queensland 19
Western Australia 9
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Gatlin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard C. Gatlin
    Richard C. Gatlin 1809–1896 · military officer
  • Alfred Moore Gatlin 1790–1841 · politician
  • Clauda Ann Gatlin 1857–
  • Dana Gatlin 1884–1940
  • Maude Gatlin 1887–1971
  • Carl Gatlin 1924–1977

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 Gatlin,
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 States458 records

458 records of the Gatlin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 291
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 133
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Howard M. Gatlin

    Born 1920 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Dallas; auto mechanic from Hill County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Peoria Cemetery, Hillsboro, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Gene Gatlin

    Born 1948; from Waukegan, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alley Gatlin

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Isaac Webb from Liverpool, aged 25; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 458 records for Gatlin 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Gatlin name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. B. Gatlin

    Bedfordshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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