The Lockard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,141 people carried this name — #5,651 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,033 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Lockard was counted together with Lockhart: 54 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 262 people lived in those households, 4.9 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Lockhart, Locard, Lochard, Lochart, Lockard, Lockart, Lockeart, Lockerd, Lockheart, Lukehart. 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

Pennsylvania 24
North Carolina 12
South Carolina 9
Virginia 8
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. 250 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Lockard in American newspapers,
1910–1924.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Lockard
The Washington Times 1924-03-05
Newspaper page from The Spokane Press carrying the name Lockard
The Spokane Press 1910-04-14
Newspaper page from The Spokane Press carrying the name Lockard
The Spokane Press 1910-04-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,068 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lockard in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

1,080 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lockard. The most, 314, date from the 1900s. Western Australia 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 the Northern Territory, at 20.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 563
New South Wales 347
South Australia 58
Queensland 31
Victoria 31
Northern Territory 25
Tasmania 25

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

Who carried it

People named Lockard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lorenzo B. Lockard
    Lorenzo B. Lockard 1838–1908 · merchant
  • Jon Onye Lockard 1932–2015 · educator

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Lockard,
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 States430 records

430 records of the Lockard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 233
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 61
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leslie V. Lockard

    Born 1926 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1945 at Louisville; farmer from Knox County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Highland Cemetery Inc, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.

    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 Leonard Wayne Lockard

    Born 1944; from Pioneer, Louisiana. U.S. Army, asphalt equipment operator; killed in action 1964 in 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 Margaret Lockard

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Alexandria from Glasgow, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 430 records for Lockard 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); 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).

Australia18 records

18 records of the Lockard name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Baden Powell Lockard

    Died 1900 in Spreyton, Tasmania.

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

    Of Goulburn, New South Wales; died 1882.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Mervyn James Lockard

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1983.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Lockard in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Lockard name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 7
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • 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 Edith Lockard

    Buried in 1985 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Ann Lockard

    Died 1930 in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    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 William Robert Lockard

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Lockard in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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