The Strait surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,505 people carried this name — #5,352 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,319 in 2000.

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In print

Strait in American newspapers,
1901–1902.

Newspaper page from The Kalispell Bee carrying the name Strait
The Kalispell Bee 1902-06-20
Newspaper page from Manchester Democrat carrying the name Strait
Manchester Democrat 1902-07-09
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Strait
The Billings Gazette 1901-03-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,529 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Strait in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

650 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Strait. The most, 157, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 219
Victoria 175
New South Wales 158
South Australia 32
Tasmania 32
Western Australia 24
ACT (Canberra) 7
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Strait,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Horace B. Strait
    Horace B. Strait 1835–1894 · politician
  • Thomas J. Strait
    Thomas J. Strait 1846–1924 · politician
  • Hattie C. Strait 1881–1905
  • Harold G. Strait 1898–1983 · businessperson
  • Treva Adams Strait 1909–2002 · writer

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 Strait,
in the records of 5 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 States489 records

489 records of the Strait name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 223
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 95
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 83
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 59
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles H. Strait

    Born 1909 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1941 at Montgomery, Alabama; secondary school teacher. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Johanna Strait

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Radius from Havre, aged 40; farmer. From Wurtemberg, Germany.

    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 David Leon Strait

    Born 1948; from Dallas, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, automotive mechanic; killed in action 1967 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 489 records for Strait in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); 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).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Strait name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Erhard Martin Strait

    Credit manager of Northcote, Victoria; died 1985.

    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 Edwin Strait

    Sailed from Victoria in 1862 aboard the Benjamin Heape, bound for Dunedin, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record G. H. Strait

    Held a mining claim at Gympie, Queensland in 1871.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Strait 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: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Strait name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sophia Anne Strait

    Married 1860 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Strait 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 Georges Strait

    Born 1927 in Paris; died 1986 in Gentilly (Val-de-Marne).

    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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Strait name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hinderika Strait

    Married in 1803 in Groningen.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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