The Gladney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,012 people carried this name — #6,729 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,663 in 2000.

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In print

Gladney in American newspapers,
1906–1921.

Newspaper page from The Covington Leader carrying the name Gladney
The Covington Leader 1921-07-07
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Gladney
The Salt Lake Herald 1906-01-31
Newspaper page from Washington Standard carrying the name Gladney
Washington Standard 1914-09-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,090 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gladney in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

286 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gladney. The most, 254, date from the 1940s. New South Wales 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 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 98
Queensland 69
South Australia 34
Western Australia 32
Victoria 26
Tasmania 19
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Gladney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Donald W. Gladney, Jr. 1906–1969 · naval officer
  • Paul Mooney 1941–2021 · screenwriter
  • Jeff Gladney 1996–2022 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gladney,
in the records of 3 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 States227 records

227 records of the Gladney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 133
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ollie J. Gladney

    Born 1910 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; porter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Harold Samuel Gladney

    Born 1949; from Lansing, Michigan. U.S. Army, clerk-typist; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Ngai, 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 Margaret Gladney

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the Etna from Liverpool, aged 41. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 227 records for Gladney 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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). 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).

Canada25 records

25 records of the Gladney name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 22
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Garfield Francis Gladney

    Died 1974 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, aged 62.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Michael Gladney

    Died in service in 1940.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Annie Gladney

    Married 1908 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 25 records for Gladney in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Gladney name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Martin J. Gladney

    Seaman of Footscray, Victoria; died 1947.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Gladney in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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