The Roundtree surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,439 people carried this name — #5,405 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,038 in 2000.

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In print

Roundtree in American newspapers,
1898–1905.

Newspaper page from The Columbia Herald carrying the name Roundtree
The Columbia Herald 1905-03-17
Newspaper page from Sequachee Valley News carrying the name Roundtree
Sequachee Valley News 1898-04-14
Newspaper page from The Maryville Times carrying the name Roundtree
The Maryville Times 1898-03-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,696 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Roundtree in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

441 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Roundtree. The most, 183, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 5.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 225
Victoria 91
New South Wales 59
Queensland 40
Tasmania 15
South Australia 10
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Roundtree,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dovey Johnson Roundtree
    Dovey Johnson Roundtree 1914–2018 · lawyer
  • Richard Roundtree
    Richard Roundtree 1942–2023 · actor
  • Richard Roundtree
    Richard Roundtree 1942–2023 · actor
  • William H. Roundtree 1921–2000 · military personnel

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 Roundtree,
in the records of 2 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 States347 records

347 records of the Roundtree name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 158
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 57
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 31
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charlie C. Roundtree

    Born 1913 in Florida. Enlisted 1941 at Camp Blanding; construction worker from Dade County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery, Florida.

    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 Bridget Roundtree

    Arrived at New York in 1863 aboard the General McClelland from Liverpool, aged 50; servant. From Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Willie Junius Roundtree

    Born 1946; from Fayetteville, North Carolina. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 347 records for Roundtree 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia43 records

43 records of the Roundtree name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 18
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  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 Patrick Roundtree

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Neptune, sailing from Cape of Good Hope in 1850.

    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 Richd Roundtree

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Ocean Chief, aged 21; Irish.

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

    Settler of Wedderburn Junct, Victoria; died 1896.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 43 records for Roundtree in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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).

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