The Tharpe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,486 people carried this name — #7,421 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,187 in 2000.

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In print

Tharpe in American newspapers,
1899.

Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Tharpe
The Times 1899-06-03
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Tharpe
Evening Star 1899-06-02
Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Tharpe
The Times 1899-06-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,142 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tharpe in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1940s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tharpe. The most, 6, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

South Australia 9
Victoria 8
Queensland 7
New South Wales 5
Western Australia 4

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

Who carried it

People named Tharpe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mack Tharpe
    Mack Tharpe 1903–1945 · coach
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1915–1973 · singer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tharpe,
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 States222 records

222 records of the Tharpe name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 165
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 A. Tharpe

    Born 1919 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Ashbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Baxley, Georgia.

    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 Samuel Charles Tharpe

    Born 1948; from Bentonville, Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Lynn Johnson Tharpe

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 2000; buried at Hall Cemetery, Eros, Louisiana.

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

Showing 3 of 222 records for Tharpe 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, 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). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Tharpe name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Tom Tharpe

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lady Kennaway, sailing from Cork in 1834.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Geo A. W. Tharpe

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 9; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ruth Tharpe

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 38; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Tharpe in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Tharpe name in Canada War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. 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 C. O. Tharpe

    Alberta 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: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Tharpe name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Helen Tharpe

    Married in 1946 in Eindhoven.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (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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