The Merriweather surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,793 people carried this name — #6,989 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,463 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Merriweather surname

A surname transferred from the nickname.

From merry + weather, nickname for someone with a sunny disposition.

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

In print

Merriweather in American newspapers,
1890.

Newspaper page from Wyoming Weekly Republican carrying the name Merriweather
Wyoming Weekly Republican 1890-12-24
Newspaper page from The Rawlins Republican carrying the name Merriweather
The Rawlins Republican 1890-12-11
Newspaper page from The Democratic Press carrying the name Merriweather
The Democratic Press 1890-08-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,037 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Merriweather in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

112 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Merriweather. The most, 18, 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 South Australia, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 31
Victoria 23
New South Wales 19
Queensland 16
Western Australia 8
Tasmania 6
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Merriweather,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Evangeline Harris Merriweather d. 1950 · writer
  • Reuben Merriweather 1743–
  • Big Maceo Merriweather 1905–1953 · pianist

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

In the public record

People named Merriweather,
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 States183 records

183 records of the Merriweather name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 95
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 69
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • 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 Gene Operie Merriweather

    Born 1947; from Clarksville, Tennessee. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Roosevelt Merriweather

    Born 1906 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; porter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Booker T. Merriweather

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1934, died 1980; buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts.

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

Showing 3 of 183 records for Merriweather in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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