The Pritchett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,334 people carried this name — #1,856 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 18,350 in 2000.

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In print

Pritchett in American newspapers,
1904–1926.

Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Pritchett
The Starkville News 1904-10-28
Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Pritchett
The Mirror And Farmer 1907-03-21
Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name Pritchett
The Producers News 1926-11-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Pritchett in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1980s.

2,141 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pritchett. The most, 707, date from the 1820s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,473
Victoria 325
Western Australia 112
Tasmania 77
Queensland 66
ACT (Canberra) 43
South Australia 22
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Pritchett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward Pritchett
    Edward Pritchett 1772–1820 · missionary
  • Robert Taylor Pritchett
    Robert Taylor Pritchett 1828–1907 · painter
  • Henry Smith Pritchett
    Henry Smith Pritchett 1857–1939 · astronomer
  • Charles Richard Pritchett d. 1849 · Anglican priest
  • Charles Richard Pritchett d. 1849 · Anglican priest
  • James Pigott Pritchett 1789–1868 · architect

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 Pritchett,
in the records of 6 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 States945 records

945 records of the Pritchett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 611
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 222
  • Other U.S. records 112
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Earle N. Pritchett

    Born 1910 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock, Arkansas; office machine operator. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Ronald D. Pritchett

    Born 1932; from Albemarle County, Virginia. U.S. Army, medical aidman - parachutist; killed in action 1950 in North Korea.

    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 Catherine Pritchett

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Montezuma from Liverpool, aged 21; servant. From Great Britain.

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

Showing 3 of 945 records for Pritchett 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Australia87 records

87 records of the Pritchett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 57
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  • Other Australian records 18
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Caroline Pritchett

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Tory, sailing from London in 1848. Native of Cambridgeshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1852. Married 1852 in Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Alice Pritchett

    Arrived in Queensland in 1882 aboard the Scottish Wizard, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George P. Pritchett

    Gentleman of Oakleigh, Victoria; died 1909.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 87 records for Pritchett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); 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).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Pritchett name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Gerald Pritchett

    Buried in 1997 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 67.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. 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 Walter Leslie Pritchett

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Beulah Dorothy Pritchett

    Married 1946 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Pritchett in Canada.

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. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

New Zealand5 records

5 records of the Pritchett name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Cuthbert Keith Torlesse Pritchett

    Died 1965, aged 59; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Percy Hugh Pritchett

    Died 1952, aged 91; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Torlesse Pritchett

    Died 1982, aged 84; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Pritchett in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Pritchett name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Pritchett

    Driver, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. W. Pritchett

    Rifle Brigade. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Pritchett

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Pritchett in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Pritchett name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henri Lewis Pierre Pritchett

    Born 1947 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône); died 1991 in the United States.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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