The Byerly surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,661 people carried this name — #6,059 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,607 in 2000.

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In print

Byerly in American newspapers,
1874–1919.

Newspaper page from The New Orleans Bulletin carrying the name Byerly
The New Orleans Bulletin 1874-12-27
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Byerly
Evening Star 1919-03-23
Newspaper page from The New Orleans Bulletin carrying the name Byerly
The New Orleans Bulletin 1874-12-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,053 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Byerly in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

284 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byerly. The most, 65, date from the 1850s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 129
Victoria 88
South Australia 45
New South Wales 16
Western Australia 3
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Byerly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Perry Byerly 1897–1978 · university teacher
  • Bertha Barkhuff 1917–2001 · badminton player
  • Bud Byerly 1920–2012 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Byerly,
in the records of 3 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 States289 records

289 records of the Byerly name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 197
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 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 Lee J. Byerly

    Born 1908 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Sam Houston; carpenter from Nueces County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Houston National Cemetery, 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 Robert Lee Byerly

    Born 1930; from Pittsylvania County, Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman - parachutist; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Byerly

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Margaret Evans from London, aged 20; joiner. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 289 records for Byerly 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Byerly name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record J. F. Byerly

    Left Hobart in 1828 aboard the Bengal Merchant, bound for Port Jackson, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record C. W. Byerly

    Arrived in Victoria in 1844 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Royal Consort.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Byerly name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Robert Bennett Byerly

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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