The Gearhart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,553 people carried this name — #4,696 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,504 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gearhart surname

From the German surname, Americanized from Gerhardt.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gearhart» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Gearhart in American newspapers,
1908–1923.

Newspaper page from The Roundup Record carrying the name Gearhart
The Roundup Record 1908-09-04
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Gearhart
The Washington Times 1923-02-18
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Gearhart
The Washington Times 1923-03-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Gearhart in Australian newspapers,
1940s–1970s.

39 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gearhart. The most, 23, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
ACT (Canberra) 8
Queensland 6
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 4
Victoria 3
South Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Gearhart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frances Gearhart
    Frances Gearhart 1869–1958 · painter
  • Bertrand W. Gearhart
    Bertrand W. Gearhart 1890–1955 · lawyer
  • May Gearhart 1872–1951 · printmaker
  • Livingston Gearhart 1916–1996 · composer
  • Gary Gearhart 1923–2001 · baseball player
  • Sally Miller Gearhart 1931–2021 · writer

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 Gearhart,
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 States457 records

457 records of the Gearhart name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 308
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 99
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald Lee Gearhart

    Born 1940; from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    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 Bernard L. Gearhart

    Born 1920 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1944 at New Cumberland; craneman from Clearfield County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Ioof Cemetery, Brisbin, Pennsylvania.

    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 John Gearhart

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1843, died 1890; buried at Caudill Cemetery, Morehead, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 457 records for Gearhart 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Gearhart name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edward Nicholas John Gearhart

    Buried in 1969 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jennie S. Gearhart

    Buried in 1953 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Gearhart in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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