The Headrick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,459 people carried this name — #6,256 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,180 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Headrick surname

Scottish habitational or topographic surname, from Old English headrig (“ridge at the end of a field”).

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

In print

Headrick in American newspapers,
1874–1928.

Newspaper page from The Lexington Advertiser carrying the name Headrick
The Lexington Advertiser 1910-05-27
Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name Headrick
New Orleans Republican 1874-08-30
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Headrick
The Washington Daily News 1928-06-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,797 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Headrick in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

4,095 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Headrick. The most, 1,177, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 4.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 3,641
New South Wales 320
Victoria 85
South Australia 23
Western Australia 14
Tasmania 4
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Headrick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sherrill Headrick
    Sherrill Headrick 1937–2008 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Headrick,
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 States264 records

264 records of the Headrick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 166
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Everett J. Headrick

    Born 1922 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa; farm hand from Noble County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Anthony, Kansas.

    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 William David Headrick

    Born 1944; from Smithville, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Headrick

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Queen of the West from Liverpool, aged 30; worker. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 264 records for Headrick 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Headrick name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 15
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 13
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Headrick

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 23; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Headrick

    Storekeeper of Lake Learmonth, Victoria; died 1863.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Arthur Edward Hutchinson Headrick

    Selected land at Longreach, Queensland in 1895.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Headrick in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Headrick name in the United Kingdom Stirling Council burial records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Headrick

    Died 1911, aged 74; buried at Strathblane Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Headrick in the United Kingdom.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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