The Hargett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,876 people carried this name — #5,872 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is up 10% from 5,364 in 2000.

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In print

Hargett in American newspapers,
1895–1902.

Newspaper page from The Wichita Daily Eagle carrying the name Hargett
The Wichita Daily Eagle 1900-01-13
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Hargett
The Indianapolis Journal 1902-09-21
Newspaper page from Waterbury Democrat carrying the name Hargett
Waterbury Democrat 1895-10-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,428 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hargett in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

517 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hargett. The most, 220, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 381
Queensland 99
New South Wales 25
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 1
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hargett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter L. Hargett
    Peter L. Hargett 1852–1927 · businessperson
  • Herb Hargett 1929–2014 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hargett,
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 States311 records

311 records of the Hargett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 195
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hubert H. Hargett

    Born 1918 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; kitchen worker from Orange County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Oscar Hargett

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1889, died 1962; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Ernestine M. Hargett

    Born 1914 in Italy. Registered as a foreign national in San Francisco, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 311 records for Hargett 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Australia24 records

24 records of the Hargett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 16
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Hargett

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Thorwaldsen, aged 22; English.

    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 Fred Hargett

    Arrived in Queensland in 1884 aboard the Duke of Westminster, aged 27.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George T. D. Hargett

    Hardware merch of Black Rock, Victoria; died 1941.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Hargett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hargett name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Dona Elizabeth Hargett

    Died 1933 in West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: 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).

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