The Glidden surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,739 people carried this name — #7,061 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,662 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

29 families named Glidden, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 234 people lived in those households, 8.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

New Hampshire 21
Maine 8

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

Glidden in American newspapers,
1923–1926.

Newspaper page from The Daily Star-mirror carrying the name Glidden
The Daily Star-mirror 1923-05-28
Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Glidden
Der Nordstern 1926-03-25

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

In print

Glidden in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

882 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Glidden. The most, 424, date from the 1900s. 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 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 210
Western Australia 189
New South Wales 180
South Australia 123
Tasmania 106
Queensland 66
ACT (Canberra) 6

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

Who carried it

People named Glidden,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Glidden
    Joseph Glidden 1813–1906 · businessperson
  • Charles Jasper Glidden
    Charles Jasper Glidden 1857–1927 · businessperson
  • Carlos Glidden 1834–1877 · lawyer
  • Elva Frances Glidden 1851–1906
  • Tommy Glidden 1902–1974 · association football player
  • Tommy Glidden 1902–1974 · association football player

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 Glidden,
in the records of 4 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 States354 records

354 records of the Glidden name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 163
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 35
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • Sacramento County historic burials 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Willis J. Glidden

    Born 1922 in California. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco; machinist from San Mateo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Roseburg National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Arthur Glidden

    Born 1934; from Baldwin, New York. U.S. Army; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Ruth Glidden

    Arrived at Boston in 1850 aboard the Robert C. Winthrop from Liverpool, aged 30; servant. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 354 records for Glidden 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Australia49 records

49 records of the Glidden name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 39
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Jack Glidden

    Retired of West Heidelberg, Victoria; died 1993.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charl Glidden

    Arrived in Victoria in 1896 aboard the Darmstadt, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Joseph Glidden

    Left Hobart in 1829 aboard the Henry, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 49 records for Glidden in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Glidden name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Kenneth Joseph Glidden

    Died 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    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 Ernest Patrick Glidden

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. 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 Herbert Bodwell Glidden

    Died in service in 1915.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Glidden in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Glidden 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 W. A. Glidden

    Seaforth Highlanders. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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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