The Treece surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,144 people carried this name — #7,977 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,036 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Treece surname

From the plural form of Old English trēow (“tree”).

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

In print

Treece in American newspapers,
1921–1927.

Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Treece
The Washington Daily News 1927-09-20
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Treece
Evening Star 1927-09-18
Newspaper page from Paragould Soliphone carrying the name Treece
Paragould Soliphone 1921-12-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,939 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Treece in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

89 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Treece. The most, 27, date from the 1910s. New South Wales 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 Western Australia, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 34
Western Australia 21
Victoria 15
Queensland 9
South Australia 4
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Treece,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Treece 1911–1966 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Treece,
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 States185 records

185 records of the Treece name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 125
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • 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 Daniel B. Treece

    Born 1913 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 James Allen Treece

    Born 1934; from Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. Air Force, pilot; declared dead 1966 in Offshore, 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 Mary Treece

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Columbia from Liverpool, aged 25; farmer.

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

Showing 3 of 185 records for Treece in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Treece name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 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 Ursula Bee Treece

    Librarian of Camberwell, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Luke Treece

    Died 1838 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 37.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas Treece

    Died 1837 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 42.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Treece in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Treece 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 J. Treece

    Lance Bombardier, Uth Staffordshire 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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