The Weeden surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,803 people carried this name — #8,646 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 14% from 3,349 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Weeden surname

English surname, spelling variant of Weedon.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Weedon’.

An early record he cites: John de Wedon’, Buckinghamshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Weeden and Weedon.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 799 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

48 families named Weeden, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 273 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Weeden, Weadon, Weaton, Wedon, Wedons, Weeding, Weedon, Weeton. 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

Rhode Island 22
Maryland 9
New York 8
Massachusetts 3
Vermont 2
Connecticut 2
Virginia 2

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

In print

Weeden in American newspapers,
1882–1920.

Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Miner carrying the name Weeden
The Semi-weekly Miner 1882-06-17
Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo carrying the name Weeden
The White Mountain Echo 1919-08-16
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Weeden
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-04-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,337 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Weeden in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

4,763 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Weeden. The most, 915, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,447
South Australia 377
Queensland 270
Tasmania 225
Western Australia 165
Victoria 156
ACT (Canberra) 93
Northern Territory 10

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

Who carried it

People named Weeden,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maria Howard Weeden
    Maria Howard Weeden 1846–1905 · writer
  • Pauline Weeden Maloney
    Pauline Weeden Maloney 1904–1987 · educator
  • Leigh Weeden d. 2013
  • William John Weeden 1905–1996 · civil servant
  • Lula Lowe Weeden 1918–2013 · poet

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Weeden,
in the records of 5 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 States268 records

268 records of the Weeden name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 105
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 51
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 49
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 35
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Albert S. Weeden

    Born 1914 in District of Columbia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Myer, Virginia; clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Quantico National Cemetery, Virginia.

    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 Larry Lee Weeden

    Born 1945; from Mill Creek, Indiana. U.S. Army, general vehicle repairman; killed in action 1969 in Pleiku, 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 James Weeden

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the Harvest Queen from Liverpool, aged 35; slater. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 268 records for Weeden in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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: 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).

Australia70 records

70 records of the Weeden name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 42
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Weeden

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Chimborazo, aged 32; 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 Emily Alice Weeden

    Armature winder of Clayton North, Victoria; died 2000.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Benjamin Weeden

    Left Hobart Town in 1852 aboard the Melbourne, bound for Melbourne, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 70 records for Weeden in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Weeden name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 13
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry Charles Weeden

    Died 1967 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. 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 Gordon Herbert Weeden

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record George Weeden

    Married 1827 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 15 records for Weeden in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Weeden 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 W. Weeden

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

    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 D. Weeden

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

    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 E. Weeden

    Driver. 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 5 records for Weeden in the United Kingdom.

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).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Weeden name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Leendert Weeden

    Married in 1823 in Driel; labourer, born 1777 in s-Hertogenbosch.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Susanna Weeden

    Baptised in 1667 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jan Weeden

    In the population register of Eindhoven; born 1908 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Weeden in the Netherlands.

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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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