The Crouse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,598 people carried this name — #2,650 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (13,654).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

47 families named Crouse, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 277 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 22
North Carolina 10
Maryland 8
New York 6
Virginia 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 236 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Crouse in American newspapers,
1911–1935.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Crouse
Daily Kennebec Journal 1911-11-10
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Crouse
The Montgomery Advertiser 1924-02-17
Newspaper page from The Lincoln Times carrying the name Crouse
The Lincoln Times 1935-11-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 63,459 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Crouse in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

138 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crouse. The most, 26, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 50
New South Wales 49
Queensland 23
South Australia 7
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Crouse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George W. Crouse
    George W. Crouse 1832–1912 · politician
  • Jacob Crouse 1769–1819

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 59 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Crouse,
in the records of 7 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 States934 records

934 records of the Crouse name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 470
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 179
  • Other U.S. records 285
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ernest E. Crouse

    Born 1917 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; stock clerk from Inyo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    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 Leslie Dewayne Crouse

    Born 1931; from Ft Dodge, Iowa. U.S. Army; killed in action 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Richardson National Cemetery, Alaska.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eliza Crouse

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Wieland from Bremen, aged 20; servant. From Germany; bound for Connecticut.

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

Showing 3 of 934 records for Crouse in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Canada1,489 records

1,489 records of the Crouse name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1,465
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 12
  • Other Canadian records 12
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Reuben Crouse

    Killed in 1906 at the Fifteen Mile Brook mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edith Eileen Crouse

    Buried in 1993 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 77.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 Donald Crouse

    Died in service in 1941.

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

Showing 3 of 1,489 records for Crouse 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); 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).

Netherlands112 records

112 records of the Crouse name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 45
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 36
  • Dutch population registers 31
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mietje Crouse

    Married in 1895 in Naarden. Died 1933 in Utrecht, aged 68.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jan Hinderks Crouse

    Died 1812 in Finsterwolde, aged 19; farmhand.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arie Crouse

    Married in 1874 in Amsterdam; coppersmith.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 112 records for Crouse 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Belgium12 records

12 records of the Crouse name in Belgium
  • Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 10
  • Belgian population registers 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Richard Crouse

    Died 1839 in Ninove.

    Open Archives, Erfgoedcel Denderland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Achille Crousé

    Married in 1888 in Meerbeke.

    Open Archives, Erfgoedcel Denderland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Achille Crousé

    Born 1859 in Ninove.

    Open Archives, Erfgoedcel Denderland (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Crouse in Belgium.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Crouse name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Fred Crouse

    Seaman aboard the Indus, Queensland in 1884.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record C. J. Crouse

    Sailed from Victoria in 1878 aboard the Alhambra, bound for New Zealand, aged 34.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 7 records for Crouse in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Crouse name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. T. Crouse

    Corporal. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Crouse 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 Edwin Joseph Crouse

    Born 1944 in the United States; died 1994 in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine).

    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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