The Daugherty surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 34,987 people carried this name — #997 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,430 people counted. That is up 1% from 34,650 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Daugherty surname

Variant of Doherty.

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

In print

Daugherty in American newspapers,
1921–1924.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Daugherty
Great Falls Tribune 1921-03-08
Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name Daugherty
The Producers News 1924-04-04
Newspaper page from The Llano Colonist carrying the name Daugherty
The Llano Colonist 1922-12-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Daugherty in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

1,433 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Daugherty. The most, 1,314, date from the 1920s. New South Wales 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 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 396
Queensland 287
Victoria 201
Tasmania 195
South Australia 177
Western Australia 169
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Daugherty,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Alexander Daugherty
    James Alexander Daugherty 1847–1920 · judge
  • Jerome Daugherty
    Jerome Daugherty 1849–1914 · Catholic priest
  • Harry Micajah Daugherty
    Harry Micajah Daugherty 1860–1941 · lawyer
  • Roy Daugherty
    Roy Daugherty 1870–1924 · gangster
  • Jonathan Daugherty d. 1856 · politician
  • Frank B. Daugherty d. 1911 · politician

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 Daugherty,
in the records of 4 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 States2,077 records

2,077 records of the Daugherty name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,278
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 477
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 134
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 52
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 51
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 43
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 17
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 7
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Thomas R. Daugherty

    Born 1925 in Montana. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Douglas, Utah; farmer from Carbon County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Belfry Cemetery, Billings, Montana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Daugherty

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; servant. From Limerick, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Oliver Daugherty

    Born 1944; from Charles City, Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,077 records for Daugherty 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Daugherty name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Kenneth Daugherty

    Died 1921; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Julia Daugherty

    Died 1912 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  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 Wesley Keith Daugherty

    Died in service in 1947.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Daugherty in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Daugherty name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Daugherty

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Lightning, aged 21; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Grace Masanhaw Daugherty

    Of South Aust, Victoria; died 1960.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Bridget Daugherty

    Died 1886 in Tasmania, aged 67.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Daugherty in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Daugherty name in the United Kingdom Stirling Council burial records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Michael Daugherty

    Buried in 1956 at Killin Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 61.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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