The Conaway surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,264 people carried this name — #4,300 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,878 in 2000.

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In print

Conaway in American newspapers,
1906.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Conaway
New-york Tribune 1906-11-11
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Conaway
Evening Star 1906-11-11
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Conaway
New-york Tribune 1906-11-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,858 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Conaway in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1930s.

49 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Conaway. The most, 16, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 20
Queensland 16
Victoria 10
South Australia 2
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Conaway,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt 1901–1978 · socialite
  • Frank M. Conaway Sr. 1933–2015 · politician
  • Jeff Conaway 1950–2011 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Conaway,
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 States485 records

485 records of the Conaway name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 283
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 120
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • 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 George S. Conaway

    Born 1909 in Kansas. Enlisted 1943 at Salt Lake City, Utah; driver from Bexar County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Fort Sam 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 London Conaway

    Born 1948; from Valdosta, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    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 Ann Conaway

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the James Foster Jr. from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 485 records for Conaway in the United States.

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

Canada7 records

7 records of the Conaway name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Conaway

    Died 1946; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catherine Conaway

    Died 1874 in Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 Harvey Jesse Conaway

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Conaway in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Conaway name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Conaway

    Farmer of England; died 1970.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record George Conaway

    Transported to New South Wales.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Mary Conaway

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1853.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Conaway in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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