The Morehouse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,309 people carried this name — #5,513 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,298).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Morehouse surname

Variant of Moorhouse.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘at the moor-house’.

An early record he cites: Adam de Merehowse (sic), 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Moorhouse and Morehouse.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 539 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

82 Morehouse families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 436 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. 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

Connecticut 52
New York 23
Vermont 4
Massachusetts 2
Pennsylvania 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

Morehouse in American newspapers,
1906–1917.

Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Morehouse
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1907-01-20
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Morehouse
The Salt Lake Herald 1906-11-25
Newspaper page from The Nashville Globe carrying the name Morehouse
The Nashville Globe 1917-03-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 68,882 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Morehouse in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

1,493 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Morehouse. The most, 298, 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 Victoria, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 987
New South Wales 284
Queensland 73
South Australia 45
Western Australia 40
Tasmania 35
Northern Territory 4
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Morehouse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Lyman Morehouse
    Henry Lyman Morehouse 1834–1917 · theologian
  • Albert P. Morehouse
    Albert P. Morehouse 1835–1891 · lawyer
  • John Morehouse 1673–1727
  • Abijah Morehouse 1712–1753
  • George R. Morehouse 1829–1905 · anatomist
  • Eli W. Morehouse 1835–1891 · politician

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 Morehouse,
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 States729 records

729 records of the Morehouse name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 210
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 175
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 147
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 123
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 46
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • 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 Jerrold B. Morehouse

    Born 1914 in Oregon. Enlisted 1941 at Portland; farm hand from Sherman County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Sunrise Cemetery, Wasco, Oregon.

    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 David Lloyd Morehouse

    Born 1947; from Canistota, South Dakota. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ruth Morehouse

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Lord Ashburton from Dublin, aged 30; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 729 records for Morehouse in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada409 records

409 records of the Morehouse name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 396
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Warren Dakin Morehouse

    Died 1939 in Tiverton, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Clara Morehouse

    Buried in 1975 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 Blake Elbridge Morehouse

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Showing 3 of 409 records for Morehouse in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia73 records

73 records of the Morehouse name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 32
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 32
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Lindsay B. C. Morehouse

    Soldier of New South Wales; died 1917.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 Mary Morehouse

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 as an assisted immigrant aboard the British Empire, aged 42.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ann Morehouse

    Married 1853 in Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 73 records for Morehouse in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Morehouse name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Morehouse

    Buried in 1817 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 63.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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