The Cavender surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,460 people carried this name — #7,470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,300 in 2000.

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In print

Cavender in American newspapers,
1883–1918.

Newspaper page from St. Landry Democrat carrying the name Cavender
St. Landry Democrat 1883-07-07
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Cavender
Evening Star 1918-08-13
Newspaper page from St. Paul Daily Globe carrying the name Cavender
St. Paul Daily Globe 1895-07-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,847 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cavender in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

354 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cavender. The most, 126, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 5.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 192
New South Wales 59
Queensland 24
Western Australia 10
Victoria 7

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

Who carried it

People named Cavender,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Glen Cavender
    Glen Cavender 1883–1962 · actor
  • George R. Cavender
    George R. Cavender 1919–2004 · military personnel

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cavender,
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 States260 records

260 records of the Cavender name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 170
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 69
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Mack D. Cavender

    Born 1930; from Robertson County, Tennessee. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Bausey B. Cavender

    Born 1924 in Georgia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; sales clerk from Coweta County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Hanson Cemetery, Madison, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Benjamin Cavender

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the City of Richmond from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30; laborer. From England; bound for Iowa.

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

Showing 3 of 260 records for Cavender 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) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Cavender name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Margaret Cavender

    Married 1866 in Rawdon, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Ivan Reginald Cavender

    Born 1910 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jessie Cavender

    Married 1894 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Cavender in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Cavender name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Cavender

    Arrived in Queensland in 1862 aboard the Young Australia, aged 23.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record James Larson Cavender

    Born 1889 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Cavender in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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