The Treadway surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,792 people carried this name — #4,544 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (7,760).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

25 families named Treadway, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 153 people lived in those households, 6.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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

Connecticut 16
North Carolina 4
South Carolina 2
Vermont 1
Maryland 1
Virginia 1

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. 265 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Treadway in American newspapers,
1907–1912.

Newspaper page from St. Tammany Farmer carrying the name Treadway
St. Tammany Farmer 1912-11-30
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Treadway
Rock Island Argus 1907-12-27
Newspaper page from The Washburn Times carrying the name Treadway
The Washburn Times 1908-01-16

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

In print

Treadway in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

794 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Treadway. The most, 202, 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 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 553
New South Wales 100
Western Australia 44
South Australia 41
Queensland 34
Tasmania 20
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Treadway,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Treadway
    George Treadway 1866–1928 · baseball player
  • Allen T. Treadway
    Allen T. Treadway 1867–1947 · politician
  • Francis W. Treadway
    Francis W. Treadway 1869–1925 · lawyer
  • Richard Fowle Treadway
    Richard Fowle Treadway 1913–2006 · politician
  • Red Treadway
    Red Treadway 1920–1994 · baseball player
  • Nathaniel Treadway 1615–1689

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 Treadway,
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 States404 records

404 records of the Treadway name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 248
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 92
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert E. L. Treadway

    Born 1919 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco, California; office clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Treadway

    Born 1930; from Clay County, Kentucky. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    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 Joseph L. Treadway

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1949; buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 404 records for Treadway 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 · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia85 records

85 records of the Treadway name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 80
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Chas Treadway

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Liguria, aged 22; 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 John Fredk Treadway

    Draper of Kew, Victoria; died 1911.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Richard Treadway

    Of Sydney, New South Wales; died 1918.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 85 records for Treadway in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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 Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Treadway name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Treadway

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

    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. Treadway

    Seaforth Highlanders. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. A. Treadway

    Worcestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Treadway in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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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