The McGruder surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,444 people carried this name — #9,446 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,213 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McGruder surname

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Grudaire (“son of the brewer”), from grudaire (“brewer”).

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

In print

McGruder in American newspapers,
1897–1927.

Newspaper page from White Bluffs Spokesman carrying the name McGruder
White Bluffs Spokesman 1927-04-29
Newspaper page from Bill Barlow's Budget carrying the name McGruder
Bill Barlow's Budget 1897-06-02
Newspaper page from Northern Wyoming Herald And Garland Irrigation Era carrying the name McGruder
Northern Wyoming Herald And Garland Irrigation Era 1915-09-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,928 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McGruder in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1940s.

244 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McGruder. The most, 167, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 233
Queensland 6
South Australia 1
Victoria 1

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

Who carried it

People named McGruder,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles McGruder 1822–

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named McGruder,
in the records of the United States.

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 States161 records

161 records of the McGruder name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 77
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Cecil L. McGruder

    Born 1910 in Iowa. Enlisted 1942 at Sacramento, California; hotel clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1962, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Edward McGruder

    Born 1947; from Cusseta, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1967 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph McGruder

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1887, died 1951; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 161 records for McGruder 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, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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