The Currier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,513 people carried this name — #3,403 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 9,870 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Currier surname

A surname originating as an occupation for a currier.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Currier» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the currier’.

An early record he cites: Simon Currour, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Currer and Currier.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 225 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

147 families named Currier, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 827 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. 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

New Hampshire 72
Massachusetts 54
Maine 9
Vermont 9
South Carolina 2
Maryland 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

Currier in American newspapers,
1905–1907.

Newspaper page from Hopkinsville Kentuckian carrying the name Currier
Hopkinsville Kentuckian 1907-04-27
Newspaper page from Kingsbury County Independent carrying the name Currier
Kingsbury County Independent 1907-03-29
Newspaper page from Kingsbury County Independent carrying the name Currier
Kingsbury County Independent 1905-11-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 885,343 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Currier in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

1,387 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Currier. The most, 269, date from the 1910s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 442
New South Wales 372
Tasmania 241
Victoria 208
South Australia 85
Western Australia 34
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Currier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Moody Currier
    Moody Currier 1806–1898 · lawyer
  • Nathaniel Currier
    Nathaniel Currier 1813–1888 · printmaker
  • Joseph Merrill Currier
    Joseph Merrill Currier 1820–1884 · politician
  • Benjamin Connor Currier
    Benjamin Connor Currier 1822–1902 · politician
  • John James Currier
    John James Currier 1834–1912 · politician
  • Stephen Currier d. 1967

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 Currier,
in the records of 6 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 States973 records

973 records of the Currier name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 380
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 193
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 151
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 105
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 85
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 41
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 8
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph C. Currier

    Born 1909 in Maine. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1972, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    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 Gerald Francis Currier

    Born 1937; from Lawrence, Massachusetts. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1966 in 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 Bridget Currier

    Arrived at Boston in 1851 aboard the Jane Glasson from Liverpool, aged 50; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 973 records for Currier 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Australia55 records

55 records of the Currier name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 34
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. 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 William Currier

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Competitor, sailing from England in 1823. Native of Birmingham, Warwickshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 James Currier

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Macaulay, aged 23; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Darrell Leslie Currier

    Process worker of Pascoe Vale South, Victoria; died 2000.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 55 records for Currier in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada51 records

51 records of the Currier name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 34
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Enfry Currier

    Died 1928 in Arcadia, Yarmouth, 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 George Webster Currier

    Died 1938; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 James Joseph Currier

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Showing 3 of 51 records for Currier 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 Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

France2 records

2 records of the Currier 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 Suzanne Adrienne Louise Currier

    Born 1908 in Levallois-Perret (Paris); died 1974 in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lucienne Marguerite Currier

    Born 1902 in Levallois-Perret (Paris); died 1981 in Argentan (Orne).

    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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Currier name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Emile Joseph Currier

    Married in 1946 in Berghem.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Charles Currier

    In the population register of Roermond; born 1857 in St.Thomas.

    Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Roermond (CC BY 4.0)

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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Currier 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 H. G. Currier

    Joucestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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).

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