The McAdoo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,580 people carried this name — #9,122 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,507 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McAdoo surname

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”).

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

In print

McAdoo in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name McAdoo
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-07-04
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name McAdoo
Daily Kennebec Journal 1920-07-03
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name McAdoo
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-07-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 174,483 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McAdoo in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

3,938 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McAdoo. The most, 1,296, date from the 1920s. 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 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,281
South Australia 689
Western Australia 592
Queensland 511
Victoria 436
Tasmania 382
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 9

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

Who carried it

People named McAdoo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Gibbs McAdoo
    William Gibbs McAdoo 1863–1941 · finance minister
  • William McAdoo
    William McAdoo 1853–1930 · politician
  • Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
    Eleanor Wilson McAdoo 1889–1967 · author
  • Benjamin F. McAdoo Jr.
    Benjamin F. McAdoo Jr. 1920–1981 · architect
  • Orpheus McAdoo
    Orpheus McAdoo 1858–1900
  • John David McAdoo 1824–1883 · lawyer

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

In the public record

People named McAdoo,
in the records of 4 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 States329 records

329 records of the McAdoo name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 127
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 83
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 58
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jesse J. McAdoo

    Born 1919 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Forrest; bookkeeper from Davidson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret McAdoo

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1847 aboard the Saint James from Londonderry, aged 19; house maid. From Ireland; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Glenn Paul McAdoo

    Born 1947; from Bell, California. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 329 records for McAdoo 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia33 records

33 records of the McAdoo name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Alexander McAdoo

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the North Briton, sailing from Dublin in 1842. Native of Donegal.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 William McAdoo

    Arrived in Queensland in 1873 aboard the Royal Dane, aged 21.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Robert McAdoo

    Factory manager of Camperdown, Victoria; died 1894.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 33 records for McAdoo in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); 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).

Canada6 records

6 records of the McAdoo name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William David McAdoo

    Buried in 1967 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 54.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Osborne Bruce McAdoo

    Died 1972 in Halifax, 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 Lyndhurst Howard B. McAdoo

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for McAdoo in Canada.

Counts: 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. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the McAdoo name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. C. McAdoo

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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