The Woodring surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,176 people carried this name — #6,542 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,809 in 2000.

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In print

Woodring in American newspapers,
1910–1922.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Woodring
Great Falls Tribune 1922-08-10
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Woodring
Arizona Republican 1911-02-22
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Woodring
Arizona Republican 1910-08-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,830 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Woodring in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

624 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Woodring. The most, 314, date from the 1930s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 175
New South Wales 172
Western Australia 84
Victoria 76
Tasmania 50
South Australia 49
ACT (Canberra) 13
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Woodring,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harry Hines Woodring
    Harry Hines Woodring 1890–1967 · politician
  • Wendell P. Woodring 1891–1983 · geologist
  • Carleton T. Woodring 1902–1992 · politician
  • Carl Woodring 1920– · painter
  • Kyle Woodring 1967–2009 · drummer

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 Woodring,
in the records of 2 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 Woodring name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles D. Woodring

    Born 1914 in Idaho. Enlisted 1944 at Seattle, Washington; driver from King County, Washington. U.S. Army veteran; died 1955, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Raymond L. Woodring

    Born 1931; from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in South 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 Ambrose Woodring

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1825, died 1903; buried at Ivy Mount Cemetery, Hiawassee, Georgia.

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

Showing 3 of 268 records for Woodring 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Woodring name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ralph Robert Woodring

    Born 1928 in the United States; died 1991 in Le Gosier (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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