The Gilbreath surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,804 people carried this name — #6,980 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,809).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

57 families named Gilbreath, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 327 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 9 other spellings. 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

Pennsylvania 28
North Carolina 14
South Carolina 11
New York 2
Maryland 2

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. 242 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Gilbreath in American newspapers,
1899–1927.

Newspaper page from Ellsworth American carrying the name Gilbreath
Ellsworth American 1899-08-16
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Gilbreath
The Washington Daily News 1927-06-23
Newspaper page from The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate carrying the name Gilbreath
The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate 1899-05-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,052 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Gilbreath,
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 States305 records

305 records of the Gilbreath name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 186
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 101
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Gilbreath

    Born 1923 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Dallas; farmer from Wood County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Ioof Cemetery, Caddo Mills, 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 Grant Madison Gilbreath

    Born 1931; from Monroe, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, 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 Robert Gilbreath

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the Isaac Webb from Liverpool, aged 50; farmer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 305 records for Gilbreath in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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).

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