The Grider surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,865 people carried this name — #5,097 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,685 in 2000.

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In print

Grider in American newspapers,
1911–1919.

Newspaper page from Putnam County Herald carrying the name Grider
Putnam County Herald 1911-01-26
Newspaper page from The News Scimitar carrying the name Grider
The News Scimitar 1919-02-18
Newspaper page from East Oregonian : E.o carrying the name Grider
East Oregonian : E.o 1916-07-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 131,977 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Grider,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Grider
    Henry Grider 1796–1866 · lawyer
  • George W. Grider
    George W. Grider 1912–1991 · lawyer
  • Rufus Grider 1817–1900 · artist
  • J. McGavock Grider 1892–1918 · farmer
  • Dorothy Grider 1915–2012 · artist
  • J. Kenneth Grider 1921–2006 · theologian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Grider,
in the records of 2 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 States285 records

285 records of the Grider name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 194
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John D. Grider

    Born 1897 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas; shipping clerk from Grayson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1880 aboard the Ferdinand de Lesseps from Havre, aged 40; butcher. From Switzerland; bound for Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Karen Faye Grider

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1937, died 1991; buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

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

Showing 3 of 285 records for Grider in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Grider name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Eliza Grider

    Died 1935 in West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Cecily M. Grider

    Buried in 1919 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · 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); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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