The Strother surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,170 people carried this name — #4,910 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,001 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Strother surname

From Middle English Strother (surname and placename), from strother (“marsh”), probably from Old English strōd (“marshy land”) (in Scots, beside forms with -th- like Ravenstruther, stroder and other forms with -d- are attested), whence also Strood.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of the strother’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 724 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

21 families named Strother, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 111 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 7
South Carolina 7
North Carolina 5
Pennsylvania 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 264 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Strother in American newspapers,
1898–1919.

Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Strother
Casper Daily Tribune 1919-08-25
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Strother
The Salt Lake Herald 1902-01-25
Newspaper page from Eagle River Review carrying the name Strother
Eagle River Review 1898-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,368 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Strother in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

3,570 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Strother. The most, 629, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 6.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 1,969
South Australia 1,013
Victoria 284
New South Wales 212
Queensland 69
Tasmania 16
ACT (Canberra) 5
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Strother,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Martha Payne Strother
    Martha Payne Strother 1773–1804
  • James F. Strother
    James F. Strother 1811–1860 · lawyer
  • David Hunter Strother
    David Hunter Strother 1816–1888 · writer
  • Jeremiah Strother 1655–1741
  • Edward Strother 1675–1737 · physician
  • Edward Strother 1675–1737 · physician

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 Strother,
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 States448 records

448 records of the Strother name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 243
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 117
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 42
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 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 Herman E. Strother

    Born 1916 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Sam Houston; veterinarian from Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1972, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Claud Paul Strother

    Born 1945; from Ft Worth, Texas. U.S. Army, utility/observation helicopter pilot; died in an accident 1972 in Binh Dinh, 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 Edw Strother

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Westphalia from Hamburg and Havre, aged 44; merchant. From Hamburg, Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 448 records for Strother 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Australia35 records

35 records of the Strother name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 26
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 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 Chas Strother

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Great Britain, aged 38; English.

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

    Gold miner of Smythesdale, Victoria; died 1863.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index William Paulin Malcolm Strother

    Died 1954; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 35 records for Strother in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Strother 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 W. Strother

    Aforth Highlanders. 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 J. Strother

    West Yorkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

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).

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