The Moultrie surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,391 people carried this name — #7,566 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 13% from 3,893 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Moultrie surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Moultrie’.

His entry covers Moultrie and Moutrie.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 543 · public domain.

In print

Moultrie in American newspapers,
1849–1913.

Newspaper page from The Farmer And Mechanic carrying the name Moultrie
The Farmer And Mechanic 1913-08-12
Newspaper page from The North-carolinian carrying the name Moultrie
The North-carolinian 1849-07-07
Newspaper page from The Independent carrying the name Moultrie
The Independent 1853-11-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 52,221 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Moultrie in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

269 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Moultrie. The most, 73, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 97
New South Wales 66
Queensland 44
South Australia 32
Tasmania 24
Western Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Moultrie,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Moultrie
    William Moultrie 1730–1805 · politician
  • William Moultrie
    William Moultrie 1730–1805 · politician
  • John Moultrie
    John Moultrie 1764–1823
  • Catharine Gaillard Ball Moultrie
    Catharine Gaillard Ball Moultrie 1766–1828
  • Ronald Moultrie
    Ronald Moultrie 1901– · intelligence analyst
  • Mary Catherine Moultrie d. 1875

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 Moultrie,
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 States220 records

220 records of the Moultrie name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 98
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 64
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 42
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Francis Moultrie

    Born 1925 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Jackson Columbia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Beaufort National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    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 Oxley Carrington Moultrie

    Born 1938; from Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Long, 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 Richard Lee Moultrie

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1941, died 1999; buried at Mason Cemetery, Union Springs, Alabama.

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

Showing 3 of 220 records for Moultrie 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).

United Kingdom10 records

10 records of the Moultrie name in the United Kingdom
  • Stirling Council burial records 9
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Moultrie

    Died 1942, aged 48; buried at Logie Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Moultrie

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary C. Moultrie

    Died 1955, aged 76; buried at Bannockburn Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 10 records for Moultrie in the United Kingdom.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Moultrie name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Moultrie

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Lincolnshire, aged 30; English.

    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 John Moultrie

    Arrived in Queensland in 1865 aboard the Queen of the Colonies, aged 24.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Moultrie

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Rowallen, aged 34.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Moultrie in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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).

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