The Cravens surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,104 people carried this name — #5,681 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,035 in 2000.

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In print

Cravens in American newspapers,
1863–1922.

Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Cravens
The Colfax Chronicle 1899-01-28
Newspaper page from The Patriot carrying the name Cravens
The Patriot 1922-07-14
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Cravens
The Portland Daily Press 1863-04-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 186,849 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cravens in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

420 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cravens. The most, 100, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 220
Queensland 103
South Australia 47
New South Wales 32
Tasmania 9
Western Australia 9

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

Who carried it

People named Cravens,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James H. Cravens
    James H. Cravens 1802–1876 · lawyer
  • James A. Cravens
    James A. Cravens 1818–1893 · politician
  • John R. Cravens
    John R. Cravens 1819–1899 · politician
  • Jordan E. Cravens
    Jordan E. Cravens 1830–1914 · judge
  • William B. Cravens
    William B. Cravens 1872–1939 · lawyer
  • Vinita Cravens d. 1994 · theatrical producer

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 Cravens,
in the records of 2 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 States342 records

342 records of the Cravens name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 214
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 101
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Rufus C. Cravens

    Born 1904 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; clerk from Nueces County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1949, 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 Robert Milton Cravens

    Born 1947; from Olney, Illinois. U.S. Army, combat engineer; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, 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 James Cravens

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Wisconsin from Liverpool, aged 21; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 342 records for Cravens 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Cravens name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Roberta Cravens

    Buried in 1925 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Lanier Cravens

    Died in service in 1917.

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

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

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