The Boulware surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,903 people carried this name — #8,464 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 11% from 3,506 in 2000.

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In print

Boulware in American newspapers,
1921–1926.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Boulware
Evening Star 1921-10-01
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Boulware
The Washington Herald 1921-10-24
Newspaper page from The Cody Enterprise carrying the name Boulware
The Cody Enterprise 1926-06-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,836 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boulware in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1960s.

80 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boulware. The most, 37, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 21
ACT (Canberra) 18
New South Wales 14
South Australia 10
Victoria 8
Western Australia 5
Northern Territory 1
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Boulware,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jefferson R. Boulware 1867–1913 · politician
  • Franklin Roosevelt Boulware 1934–2015 · accountant

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boulware,
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 States238 records

238 records of the Boulware name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 150
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Claude Boulware

    Born 1924 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 Sherman James Boulware

    Born 1949; from Columbus, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Pleiku, 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 Joseph R. Boulware

    Confederate Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1818, died 1895; buried at Pitts/Boulware Cemetery, Cross Hill, South Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 238 records for Boulware in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, 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).

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