The Gladden surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,271 people carried this name — #4,846 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,909 in 2000.

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In print

Gladden in American newspapers,
1896–1905.

Newspaper page from The Morning Times carrying the name Gladden
The Morning Times 1896-05-10
Newspaper page from The Dupuyer Acantha carrying the name Gladden
The Dupuyer Acantha 1899-10-26
Newspaper page from Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People carrying the name Gladden
Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People 1905-04-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 147,221 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gladden in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

433 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gladden. The most, 85, date from the 1910s. 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 Western Australia, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 105
New South Wales 101
Western Australia 100
South Australia 57
Queensland 50
Tasmania 18
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Gladden,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adley H. Gladden
    Adley H. Gladden 1810–1862 · politician
  • Washington Gladden
    Washington Gladden 1836–1918 · writer
  • Joseph Gladden 1763–1833
  • Hannah Munn 1773–1822
  • Elijah Gladden 1796–1850
  • Mary Gladden 1804–1893

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 Gladden,
in the records of 5 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 States372 records

372 records of the Gladden name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 220
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 91
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James W. Gladden

    Born 1932; from Baltimore City, Maryland. U.S. Army, chief medical aidman; died of wounds 1953 in North Korea. Buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 Ralph P. Gladden

    Born 1922 in Maryland. Enlisted 1943 at Baltimore; welder from Baltimore County. Veteran; died 1964, buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Australia from Liverpool, aged 30; engineer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 372 records for Gladden 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Gladden name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Gladden

    Of Parkes, New South Wales; died 1895.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 1 of 9 records for Gladden in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Gladden name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eve Gladden

    Buried in 1964 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 64.

    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 John Gladden

    Died 1917; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Elizabeth Gladden

    Married 1869 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Gladden in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Gladden 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 F. Gladden

    Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 1 of 2 records for Gladden in the United Kingdom.

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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Gladden name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Donald Charles Gladden

    Married in 1946 in Groningen; seaman.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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Surnames next to Gladden.

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