The Copenhaver surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,113 people carried this name — #8,046 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,956 in 2000.

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In print

Copenhaver in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Copenhaver
Pullman Herald 1912-09-20
Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Copenhaver
Pullman Herald 1912-09-13
Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Copenhaver
Pullman Herald 1912-02-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,022 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Copenhaver,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josephine B. Copenhaver 1842–1895
  • Laura Copenhaver 1868–1940 · writer
  • Wilfred Monroe Copenhaver 1898– · physician
  • Everett T. Copenhaver 1898–1986 · politician
  • Jesse R. Copenhaver 1899–1981 · farmer
  • Harold L. Copenhaver 1921–2016 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Copenhaver,
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 States232 records

232 records of the Copenhaver name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 166
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 Carl W. Copenhaver

    Born 1920 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Greensburg, Pennsylvania; sales clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at St Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Willard, Ohio.

    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 Walter W. Copenhaver

    Born 1931; from York County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantry reconnaissance scout; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    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 Roy James Copenhaver

    Veteran. Born 1889, died 1948; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 232 records for Copenhaver 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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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