The Absher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,407 people carried this name — #9,544 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,254 in 2000.

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In print

Absher in American newspapers,
1905–1913.

Newspaper page from World's Cresset carrying the name Absher
World's Cresset 1905-06-29
Newspaper page from The Roundup Record carrying the name Absher
The Roundup Record 1913-11-07

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

Who carried it

People named Absher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dick Absher 1944–2026 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Absher,
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 States134 records

134 records of the Absher name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 98
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • 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 Martin H. Absher

    Born 1900 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Michael Absher

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1937, died 1990; buried at Florence National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    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 Eileen M. Absher

    Born 1921 in East Ham, England. Entered the United States at New York in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

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

Showing 3 of 134 records for Absher 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. 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).

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