The Abshire surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,778 people carried this name — #7,010 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,616 in 2000.

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In print

Abshire in American newspapers,
1900–1919.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Abshire
Evening Star 1900-09-08
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Abshire
The Salt Lake Herald 1900-09-09
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Abshire
The Washington Times 1919-08-07

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

Who carried it

People named Abshire,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Manker Abshire
    David Manker Abshire 1926–2014 · diplomat
  • Nathan Abshire 1913–1981 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Abshire,
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 States169 records

169 records of the Abshire name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 124
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 John Abshire

    Born 1918. Enlisted 1941 at Houston, Texas; farm hand from Galveston County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery, Hitchcock, Texas.

    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 Richard Franklin Abshire

    Born 1944; from Abbeville, Louisiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    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 Don Peglar Abshire

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1956, died 1999; buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 169 records for Abshire 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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).

France1 record

1 record of the Abshire 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 Darleen Marie Therese Abshire

    Born 1949 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Paris); died 1981 in the United States.

    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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