The Hutcherson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,795 people carried this name — #5,150 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,336 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hutcherson surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Hugh + -son.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hutcherson» (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 baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Hugh’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 410 · public domain.

In print

Hutcherson in American newspapers,
1907–1908.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Hutcherson
The Topeka State Journal 1908-08-28
Newspaper page from The Daily Sentinel carrying the name Hutcherson
The Daily Sentinel 1908-08-27
Newspaper page from Hopkinsville Kentuckian carrying the name Hutcherson
Hopkinsville Kentuckian 1907-10-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,850 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hutcherson in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

734 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hutcherson. The most, 313, date from the 1930s. 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 Western Australia, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 480
Western Australia 164
Queensland 39
South Australia 21
Victoria 14
ACT (Canberra) 2
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hutcherson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bobby Hutcherson
    Bobby Hutcherson 1941–2016 · composer
  • William Robert Hutcherson 1898–1991 · mathematician
  • LeVern Hutcherson 1905–1969 · actor
  • Claude Hutcherson 1907–1977 · businessperson
  • Dick Hutcherson 1931–2005 · businessperson
  • Ken Hutcherson 1952–2013 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hutcherson,
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 States353 records

353 records of the Hutcherson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 229
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 97
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jimmie Clay Hutcherson

    Born 1945; from Springfield, Tennessee. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 P. Hutcherson

    Born 1904 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia; driver from Covington County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at River Falls Cemetery, Alabama.

    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 Catharine Hutcherson

    Arrived at New York in 1847 aboard the Yorkshire from Liverpool, aged 44; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 353 records for Hutcherson 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Hutcherson name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Grace Margaret Hutcherson

    Buried in 1987 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 85.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Henry Jehu Hutcherson

    Died 1939; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Edwin Earle Hutcherson

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hutcherson in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Hutcherson name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Richard Hutcherson

    Married 1817 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 31.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lucy Hutcherson

    Of Cooks Hill, Newcastle; died 1922.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Jane Hutcherson

    Born 1818 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hutcherson in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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