The Chesser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,675 people carried this name — #6,047 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,557 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Chesser surname

Variant of Cheshire.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chesser» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Cheshire’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 175 · public domain.

In print

Chesser in American newspapers,
1898–1915.

Newspaper page from The Southern Herald carrying the name Chesser
The Southern Herald 1915-12-31
Newspaper page from The New Haven Union carrying the name Chesser
The New Haven Union 1913-12-11
Newspaper page from New York Journal And Advertiser carrying the name Chesser
New York Journal And Advertiser 1898-12-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 175,932 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Chesser in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1990s.

332 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chesser. The most, 69, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 146
New South Wales 112
Victoria 29
Queensland 23
Western Australia 13
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Chesser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John William Chesser
    John William Chesser 1862–1921 · lawyer
  • Elizabeth Chesser 1877–1940 · physician
  • Eustace Chesser 1902–1973 · psychiatrist
  • Eustace Chesser 1902–1973 · psychiatrist
  • Al Chesser 1914–2016
  • Edward Stewart Chesser 1932–2002 · psychiatrist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Chesser,
in the records of 5 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 States248 records

248 records of the Chesser name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 163
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • 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 Jefferson D. Chesser

    Born 1920 in Florida. Enlisted 1941 at Camp Blanding; filling station attendant. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1998, buried at Riverside Memorial Park, Florida.

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

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1888 aboard the Nova Scotian from Liverpool, aged 27; servant. From Russia; bound for Baltimore.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George R. Chesser

    Born 1931; from Navarro County, Texas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 248 records for Chesser 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Chesser name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Michael Chesser

    Arrived in Queensland in 1914 aboard the Otway, aged 21.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leo Chesser

    Retired of Keon Park, Victoria; died 1974.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Michael Chesser

    Arrived in Queensland in 1914 aboard the Otway.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Chesser in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Chesser name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Isobel Chesser

    Married in 1652 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Chesser in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Chesser name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alexander Chesser

    Died 1923; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Chesser 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 Eva Marie Helene Chesser

    Born 1921 in Bourbonne-les-Bains (Haute-Marne); died 1988 in Albigny-sur-Saône (Rhône).

    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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