The Hargrove surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,360 people carried this name — #1,764 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 19,555 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hargrove surname

English surname, from placenames such as Hargrave in Cheshire, Hargreave in Little Neston, or Hartgrove in Dorset. All of these names probably derive from Old English hār (“hoar”) + grǣfe (“grove”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hargrove» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Hargrave’.

An early record he cites: John de Haregrave, Buckinghamshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Hargrave, Hargreave, Hargreaves, Hargreves, Hargrove and Hargroves.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 360 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

53 families named Hargrove, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 276 people lived in those households, 5.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 8 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

North Carolina 21
Virginia 20
South Carolina 10
Pennsylvania 1
Maryland 1

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. 244 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hargrove in American newspapers,
1907.

Newspaper page from Western Kansas World carrying the name Hargrove
Western Kansas World 1907-03-02
Newspaper page from The Fairmont West Virginian carrying the name Hargrove
The Fairmont West Virginian 1907-02-06
Newspaper page from The Weekly Corinthian carrying the name Hargrove
The Weekly Corinthian 1907-02-21

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

In print

Hargrove in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

3,567 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hargrove. The most, 582, date from the 1900s. 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 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,377
South Australia 983
Queensland 634
Victoria 308
Western Australia 100
Tasmania 85
ACT (Canberra) 57
Northern Territory 15

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

Who carried it

People named Hargrove,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ely Hargrove 1741–1818 · publisher
  • William Hargrove 1788–1862 · journalist
  • Joseph Hargrove 1843–
  • Minnie Cherokee Hargrove 1866–1941
  • Harold Hargrove 1867–1944
  • Ernest T. Hargrove 1870–1939 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hargrove,
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 States1,076 records

1,076 records of the Hargrove name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 615
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 233
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 135
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph N. Hargrove

    Born 1951; from Mt Olive, North Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, engineer equipment officer; declared dead 1975 in Cambodia. Buried at Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James Hargrove

    Born 1910 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Richmond, Virginia; warehouseman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at City Point National Cemetery, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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 Isabela Hargrove

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Rappahanock from Liverpool, aged 22; servant. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,076 records for Hargrove 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia27 records

27 records of the Hargrove name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 21
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • 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 Willis Hargrove

    Former farmer of Nth Brighton, Victoria; died 1939.

    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 Eliz Hargrove

    Arrived in Queensland in 1889 aboard the Merkara.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record John Hargrove

    Left Hobart in 1831 aboard the Larkins, bound for Sydney, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Hargrove in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Hargrove name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  1. 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 Edward Hargrove

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record George Hargrove

    Listed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1786.

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

    Died in service in 1942.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Hargrove 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: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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