The Withrow surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,262 people carried this name — #4,302 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,268).

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In print

Withrow in American newspapers,
1903–1904.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Withrow
New-york Tribune 1904-05-15
Newspaper page from The Colored American carrying the name Withrow
The Colored American 1904-02-27
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Withrow
New-york Tribune 1903-03-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,848 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Withrow in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1980s.

126 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Withrow. The most, 46, 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 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 76
Queensland 13
Victoria 12
Western Australia 10
Tasmania 6
South Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Withrow,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Jacob Withrow
    John Jacob Withrow 1833–1900
  • John Jacob Withrow
    John Jacob Withrow 1834–1900
  • John L. Withrow
    John L. Withrow 1837–1909 · theologian
  • William Henry Withrow
    William Henry Withrow 1839–1908 · writer
  • Archibald F. Withrow
    Archibald F. Withrow 1848–1927 · politician
  • Adoniram Judson Withrow 1825–1867 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Withrow,
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 States465 records

465 records of the Withrow name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 318
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 108
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • 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 Ralph J. Withrow

    Born 1913 in Ohio. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Hayes Columbus; miner from Belmont County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Rock Hill Cemetery, Flushing, Ohio.

    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 Michael Dennis Withrow

    Born 1948; from Mesquite, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, 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 John L. Withrow

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Abyssinia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 35; clergyman.

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

Showing 3 of 465 records for Withrow 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Canada312 records

312 records of the Withrow name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 300
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Richmond Alex Withrow

    Buried in 1950 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 79.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Leslie Withrow

    Died 1958 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 Warren Russell Withrow

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 312 records for Withrow 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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Withrow name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record William Withrow

    Left Hobart in 1830 aboard the Bussorah Merchant, bound for Swan River, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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