The Starrett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,293 people carried this name — #9,833 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 89,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,066 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 10 births for the Starrett name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 3 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “6 in Antrim and 3 in Londonderry.”

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 10

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Starrett in American newspapers,
1902–1918.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Starrett
The Sun 1918-06-23
Newspaper page from Springfield Weekly Republican carrying the name Starrett
Springfield Weekly Republican 1903-06-26
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Starrett
The San Francisco Call 1902-03-22

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

In print

Starrett in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.

324 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Starrett. The most, 97, date from the 1930s. 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 Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 115
Queensland 109
Victoria 39
Western Australia 30
South Australia 17
Tasmania 7
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Starrett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Aiken Starrett
    William Aiken Starrett 1877–1932 · engineer
  • Kemp Starrett
    Kemp Starrett 1889–1952 · cartoonist
  • Charles Starrett
    Charles Starrett 1903–1986 · actor
  • Vincent Starrett 1886–1974 · screenwriter
  • Agnes Lynch Starrett 1899– · writer
  • Jack Starrett 1936–1989 · film director

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 Starrett,
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 States308 records

308 records of the Starrett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 116
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 89
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 19
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • 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 George M. Starrett

    Born 1918 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; switchman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee.

    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 John Delbert Starrett

    Born 1947; from Bartlesville, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Binh Thuy, 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 Margaret Starrett

    Arrived at New York in 1874 aboard the Ethiopia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 308 records for Starrett 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) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · 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).

Canada77 records

77 records of the Starrett name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 68
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lillian M. Starrett

    Died 1999, aged 67; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Violet Estelle Starrett

    Died 1960 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1941.

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

Showing 3 of 77 records for Starrett 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. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia16 records

16 records of the Starrett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Starrett

    Arrived in Queensland in 1878 aboard the Rodell Bay, aged 18.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Robert Starrett

    Former farmer of Mooroopna, Victoria; died 1921.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record T. Starrett

    Australian Pioneers. 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 16 records for Starrett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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