The Whitacre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,238 people carried this name — #7,812 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,191 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Whitacre surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

An early record he cites: Alan Witacur, Oxfordshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Whittaker, Whitacre, Whitaker and Whittiker.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 809 · public domain.

In print

Whitacre in American newspapers,
1914–1925.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Whitacre
Daily Kennebec Journal 1925-03-02
Newspaper page from Northern Wisconsin Advertiser carrying the name Whitacre
Northern Wisconsin Advertiser 1914-01-16
Newspaper page from Wauwatosa News carrying the name Whitacre
Wauwatosa News 1914-01-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,942 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Whitacre in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1940s.

57 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Whitacre. The most, 21, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 27
New South Wales 12
South Australia 2
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Whitacre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John J. Whitacre
    John J. Whitacre 1860–1938 · lawyer
  • Isabel Whitacre 1349–
  • Gayle Tucker 1955–2016 · television presenter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Whitacre,
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 States237 records

237 records of the Whitacre name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 164
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William W. Whitacre

    Born 1914 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison; inspector from Hamilton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Paul R. Whitacre

    U.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1937, died 1999; buried at Antioch Cemetery, Fredericktown, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Susie Whitacre

    Born 1861 in Great Britain. Registered as a foreign national in Portage County, Ohio, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 237 records for Whitacre in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Whitacre name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Laurine Whitacre

    Died 1949; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Florence Whitacre

    Died 1922; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert John Whitacre

    Died 1964; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Whitacre in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Whitacre name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 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 Mary Ann Whitacre

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Kains, arriving 1831; ticket of leave 1840. Native of Brighton.

    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 Fred Whitacre

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Chimborazo, aged 35; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. 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 James Whitacre

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Bengal Merchant, arriving 1838; certificate of freedom 1844.

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

Showing 3 of 5 records for Whitacre in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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).

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