The Bontrager surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,507 people carried this name — #4,167 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,700 people counted. That is up 37% from 6,208 in 2000.

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In print

Bontrager in American newspapers,
1915–1926.

Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Bontrager
The Day Book 1915-07-09
Newspaper page from Ladysmith News-budget carrying the name Bontrager
Ladysmith News-budget 1920-10-22
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Bontrager
South Bend News-times 1926-01-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 524 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bontrager,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Bontrager 1750–
  • Eli J. Bontrager 1868–1958
  • Kenneth L. Bontrager 1937–2014

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bontrager,
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 States47 records

47 records of the Bontrager name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Samuel Bontrager

    Born 1922 in Illinois. Enlisted 1941 at Detroit, Michigan; auto mechanic from Cass County, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Orville Jay Bontrager

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1939, died 1997; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Alma G. Bontrager

    Born 1906 in Canada. Registered as a foreign national in Midland, Michigan, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 47 records for Bontrager in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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 · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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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