The Stith surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,319 people carried this name — #6,396 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,033 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Stith surname

English surname of uncertain origin.

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

In print

Stith in American newspapers,
1902.

Newspaper page from Bismarck Daily Tribune carrying the name Stith
Bismarck Daily Tribune 1902-05-01
Newspaper page from Bismarck Daily Tribune carrying the name Stith
Bismarck Daily Tribune 1902-05-01
Newspaper page from Jamestown Weekly Alert carrying the name Stith
Jamestown Weekly Alert 1902-05-08

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

In print

Stith in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

163 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stith. The most, 36, 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 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 62
New South Wales 42
Queensland 29
Western Australia 12
Tasmania 11
South Australia 7

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

Who carried it

People named Stith,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elizabeth Stith Fitzhugh
    Elizabeth Stith Fitzhugh 1754–1786
  • Maria Bassett Stith d. 1836
  • Jane Drury Stith 1695–1734
  • Elizabeth Buckner 1698–1756
  • William Stith 1707–1755 · historian
  • Drury Stith 1718–1770

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 Stith,
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 States346 records

346 records of the Stith name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 174
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 50
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Benjamin F. Stith

    Born 1921 in Virginia. Enlisted 1944 at Fort George G Meade, Maryland; clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Maryland National Memorial Park, Laurel, Maryland.

    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 Peter Lewis Stith

    Born 1945; from Bainbridge Island, Washington. U.S. Navy, construction mechanic; killed in action 1969 in Long An, 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 Joseph Stith

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Isaac Wright from Liverpool, aged 24; farmer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 346 records for Stith 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Stith name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Henry Stith

    Buried in 1963 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

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

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Stith name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jessie M. Stith

    Of Yarraville, Victoria; died 1952.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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