The Morehead surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,653 people carried this name — #4,636 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (7,670).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

33 families named Morehead, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 182 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 19
Virginia 5
North Carolina 4
South Carolina 4
Massachusetts 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 254 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Morehead in American newspapers,
1911–1919.

Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Morehead
The Port Gibson Reveille 1911-08-17
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Morehead
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-07-15
Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Morehead
The Port Gibson Reveille 1912-05-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 89,905 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Morehead in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

18,832 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Morehead. The most, 7,104, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 4.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 12,613
New South Wales 4,141
Victoria 890
South Australia 650
Tasmania 267
Western Australia 244
ACT (Canberra) 11
Northern Territory 9

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

Who carried it

People named Morehead,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amy Morehead Walker
    Amy Morehead Walker d. 1954
  • James Turner Morehead
    James Turner Morehead 1797–1854 · lawyer
  • Charles S. Morehead
    Charles S. Morehead 1802–1868 · lawyer
  • Susannah Morehead 1654–1710 · immigrant
  • William Morehead 1737– · large estate owner
  • John Motley Morehead 1796–1866 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Morehead,
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 States547 records

547 records of the Morehead name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 279
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 144
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 67
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gordon R. Morehead

    Born 1917 in California. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco; filling station attendant. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Morehead

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Fanny from Londonderry, aged 21; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Thomas C. Morehead

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1893, died 1967; buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 547 records for Morehead 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia127 records

127 records of the Morehead name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 76
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 38
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Euphemia Morehead

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Austral, aged 6; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Morehead

    Storekeeper of Benalla, Victoria; died 1865.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record James Morehead

    Left Hobart in 1829 aboard the Elizabeth, bound for Sydney, as steward.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 127 records for Morehead in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Morehead name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert Martin Morehead

    Died 1952; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James Morehead

    Listed at New Dublin, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1793.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record John F. Morehead

    Born 1871 in Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Morehead name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Thomas Morehead

    Married in 1687 in Rotterdam; born in West Londen.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James Morehead

    Married in 1749 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (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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