The Lockridge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,765 people carried this name — #8,714 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,599 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lockridge surname

Variant of Lockeridge.

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

In print

Lockridge in American newspapers,
1857–1918.

Newspaper page from The Columbia Herald carrying the name Lockridge
The Columbia Herald 1913-08-29
Newspaper page from New-york Daily Tribune carrying the name Lockridge
New-york Daily Tribune 1857-04-17
Newspaper page from The Columbia Herald carrying the name Lockridge
The Columbia Herald 1918-11-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,655 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lockridge in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1940s.

87 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lockridge. The most, 16, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 32
Victoria 24
Queensland 13
Western Australia 13
South Australia 5

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

Who carried it

People named Lockridge,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ross Franklin Lockridge 1877–1952 · writer
  • Frances Louise Lockridge 1896–1963 · writer
  • Richard Lockridge 1898–1982 · writer
  • Ross Franklin Lockridge 1914–1948 · writer
  • Ross Lockridge, Jr. 1914–1948 · novelist
  • Joe Lockridge 1932–1968 · politician

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

In the public record

People named Lockridge,
in the records of 2 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 States216 records

216 records of the Lockridge name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 127
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 69
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James T. Lockridge

    Born 1941; from Columbia, Tennessee. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in service 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Gerald C. Lockridge

    Born 1922 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Myer; metal worker from Washington, D.C. U.S. Army veteran; died 1996, buried at Augusta Memorial Park, Waynesboro, 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 Peter Lockridge

    Arrived at Boston in 1850 aboard the Eclipse from Glasgow and Greenock, aged 64; weaver. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 216 records for Lockridge 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Lockridge name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Joseph Lockridge

    Buried in 1907 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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