The Whitmire surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,179 people carried this name — #4,906 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,017 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Whitmire surname

Either an anglicization of the German surname Wittmeyer, or a variant of Whitmore.

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

In print

Whitmire in American newspapers,
1910–1920.

Newspaper page from Pocahontas Times carrying the name Whitmire
Pocahontas Times 1920-09-23
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Whitmire
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1916-03-15
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Whitmire
El Paso Herald 1910-12-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,722 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Whitmire,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Fredrick Whitmire 1742–1829
  • Myra Whitmire 1889–1920
  • James Robert Whitmire 1917–1918
  • James D. Whitmire 1935–2022 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Whitmire,
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 States353 records

353 records of the Whitmire name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 253
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 80
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 Gordon H. Whitmire

    Born 1915 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; kitchen worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    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 Warren Taylor Whitmire

    Born 1945; from Fairfax, Virginia. U.S. Army; declared dead 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Wilford L. Whitmire

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1984; buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

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

Showing 3 of 353 records for Whitmire 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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