The McGlothlin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,984 people carried this name — #8,317 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,742 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McGlothlin surname

Variant of McLaughlin.

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

In print

McGlothlin in American newspapers,
1916–1930.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name McGlothlin
Evening Star 1916-09-30
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name McGlothlin
Evening Star 1930-05-15
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name McGlothlin
Evening Star 1930-05-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,962 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named McGlothlin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jim McGlothlin
    Jim McGlothlin 1943–1975 · baseball player
  • William J. McGlothlin 1867–

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

In the public record

People named McGlothlin,
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 States173 records

173 records of the McGlothlin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 114
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam 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 Michael John McGlothlin

    Born 1948; from Pecatonica, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 Moses McGlothlin

    Born 1923 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Forrest; cement from Williamson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, 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)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Daniel McGlothlin

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Manhattan from Liverpool, aged 20; carpenter. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 173 records for McGlothlin 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the McGlothlin name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Alexander McGlothlin

    Listed at Liverpool Township, Queens, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the McGlothlin name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Cecile Eugene Mc Glothlin

    Married in 1946 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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