The Whitener surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,453 people carried this name — #7,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,386 in 2000.

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In print

Whitener in American newspapers,
1906–1923.

Newspaper page from The Lancaster News carrying the name Whitener
The Lancaster News 1906-08-08
Newspaper page from Yorkville Enquirer carrying the name Whitener
Yorkville Enquirer 1923-09-14
Newspaper page from The Chickasha Daily Express carrying the name Whitener
The Chickasha Daily Express 1919-02-28

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

Who carried it

People named Whitener,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Basil Lee Whitener
    Basil Lee Whitener 1915–1989 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Whitener,
in the records of the United States.

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 States230 records

230 records of the Whitener name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 172
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harry F. Whitener

    Born 1911 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Logan, Colorado; mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Valley Lawns Cemetery, Montrose, Colorado.

    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 Joe B. Whitener

    Born 1930; from San Francisco, California. U.S. Air Force; killed in action 1951 in 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 William Whitener

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1966; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 230 records for Whitener 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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