The Teeter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,892 people carried this name — #5,859 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,650 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Teeter surname

Americanized spelling of German Dieter.

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

In print

Teeter in American newspapers,
1915.

Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Teeter
The Lancaster Gazette 1915-04-14

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

In print

Teeter in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

238 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Teeter. The most, 87, date from the 1910s. Victoria 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 South Australia, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 82
New South Wales 59
South Australia 53
Queensland 28
Western Australia 13
Tasmania 3

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

Who carried it

People named Teeter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lewis Wallace Teeter 1845–1927 · writer
  • George G. Teeter 1874–1949 · architect
  • Carrie Hopler Teeter 1874–1914
  • Lillian Teeter 1881–1977
  • Dorothy Vanderford Teeter 1901– · writer
  • Al Teeter 1913–1994 · audio engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Teeter,
in the records of 4 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 States367 records

367 records of the Teeter name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 165
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 78
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 26
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gary Alan Teeter

    Born 1947; from Morenci, Michigan. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died in an accident 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Francis O. Teeter

    Born 1918 in North Dakota. Enlisted 1942 at Portland, Oregon; packer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John R. Teeter

    Veteran of World War I. Born 1887, died 1956; buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 367 records for Teeter in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Teeter 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 John David Teeter

    Married 1945 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Teeter 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 F. H. Teeter

    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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Teeter name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jacoba Teeter

    Buried in 1714 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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