The Weatherspoon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,409 people carried this name — #6,310 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,600 people counted. That is up 10% from 4,913 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Weatherspoon surname

Variant of Witherspoon.

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

In print

Weatherspoon in American newspapers,
1905–1916.

Newspaper page from The Southern Herald carrying the name Weatherspoon
The Southern Herald 1916-04-21
Newspaper page from Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier carrying the name Weatherspoon
Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier 1905-05-16
Newspaper page from Williston Graphic carrying the name Weatherspoon
Williston Graphic 1916-11-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,635 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Weatherspoon in Australian newspapers,
1860s–2000s.

645 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Weatherspoon. The most, 140, date from the 1930s. 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 South Australia, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 374
South Australia 153
Queensland 59
Victoria 30
Western Australia 19
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Weatherspoon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Weatherspoon 1936–2005 · record producer
  • Nick Weatherspoon 1950–2008 · basketball player

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

In the public record

People named Weatherspoon,
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 States172 records

172 records of the Weatherspoon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 103
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Woodrow Weatherspoon

    Born 1912 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Jamaica, New York; yardman from Kings County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Andrew Weatherspoon

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Ethiopia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 19; laborer. From Scotland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Cecil Weatherspoon

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1894, died 1963; buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 172 records for Weatherspoon 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada27 records

27 records of the Weatherspoon name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 26
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William H. Weatherspoon

    Died 1932 in Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Weatherspoon

    Died 1865 in Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hannah Weatherspoon

    Married 1824 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 27 records for Weatherspoon in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Weatherspoon name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  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 John Weatherspoon

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Baring, arriving 1819.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Isabela Weatherspoon

    Arrived in Victoria in 1922 aboard the Hobsons Bay, aged 26.

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

    Of Pejar, New South Wales; died 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Weatherspoon in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Weatherspoon name in the United Kingdom Stirling Council burial records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Sarah Weatherspoon

    Buried in 1940 at Ballengeich Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 76.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Weatherspoon in the United Kingdom.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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