The Craver surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,012 people carried this name — #8,259 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,852 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 20 people named Craver.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Morbihan.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Craver in American newspapers,
1911–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 234,011 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Craver in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.
66 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Craver. The most, 10, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.8 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Craver.
Who carried it
People named Craver,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bill Craver 1844–1901 · baseball player -
Malia Craver d. 2009 · songwriter
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Malia Craver d. 2009 · songwriter
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 Craver,
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 States351 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 189
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 82
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Frank K. CraverBorn 1914 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank; office clerk from Rensselaer County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Wynantskill, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Dennis Martin CraverBorn 1947; from Centerville, Iowa. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1971 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thomas CraverArrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool, aged 24; mechanic. From England.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 351 records for Craver in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).
France10 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Yves Albert Rene CraverBorn 1944 in Le Val-Saint-Père; died 1996 in Avranches (Manche).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Anne Marie CraverBorn 1902 in Caudan; died 1981 in Lanester (Morbihan).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Stephanie Eleonore Marie CraverBorn 1913 in Ploemeur; died 1989 in Lorient (Morbihan).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 10 records for Craver in France.
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).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Lijsbet CraverBaptised in 1717 in Almkerk.
Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Craver.
- Crank 4,204 · U.S. census
- Crapanzano 226 · U.S. census
- Crater 1,605 · U.S. census
- Crave 100 · U.S. census
- Craven 15,567 · U.S. census
- Cravens 6,104 · U.S. census
- Cravero 155 · U.S. census
- Crawford 164,457 · U.S. census
- Crawley 12,523 · U.S. census
- Crayton 5,709 · U.S. census
- Crea 794 · U.S. census
- Creach 559 · U.S. census
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