The Greathouse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,217 people carried this name — #4,324 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 7,740 in 2000.

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In print

Greathouse in American newspapers,
1880–1907.

Newspaper page from Barre Evening Telegram carrying the name Greathouse
Barre Evening Telegram 1899-12-19
Newspaper page from Las Vegas Morning Gazette carrying the name Greathouse
Las Vegas Morning Gazette 1880-12-24
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Greathouse
The Roswell Daily Record 1907-12-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,511 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Greathouse in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

26 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Greathouse. The most, 13, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 6
Victoria 5
New South Wales 4
Queensland 4
South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Greathouse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah Jane Greathouse 1795–1896
  • William G. Greathouse 1862–1937 · politician
  • Ed Greathouse 1899–1956 · boxer
  • Blaster Al Ackerman 1939–2013 · artist
  • Tim Greathouse 1950–1998 · art dealer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Greathouse,
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 States335 records

335 records of the Greathouse name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 237
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 86
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • 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 Johnson W. Greathouse

    Born 1916 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas; welder from Dallas County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Eastview Memorial Cemetery, Vernon, 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 Julius Greathouse

    Born 1942; from Corpus Christi, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Lawrence C. Greathouse

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 2001; buried at Riverview Cemetery, Seymour, Indiana.

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

Showing 3 of 335 records for Greathouse 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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: 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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