The Detwiler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,849 people carried this name — #6,918 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,767 in 2000.

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In print

Detwiler in American newspapers,
1906–1925.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Detwiler
Daily Kennebec Journal 1925-06-27
Newspaper page from The River Press carrying the name Detwiler
The River Press 1907-03-27
Newspaper page from The French Broad Hustler carrying the name Detwiler
The French Broad Hustler 1906-06-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,330 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Detwiler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Donald S. Detwiler 1933–2020 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Detwiler,
in the records of the United States.

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 States272 records

272 records of the Detwiler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 191
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clyde Detwiler

    Born 1901 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; driver from Sullivan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Jefferson City National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Lawrence R. Detwiler

    Born 1946; from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, 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 Albert Detwiler

    Arrived at New York in 1887 aboard the La Bretagne from Havre, aged 20; farmer. From Switzerland; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 272 records for Detwiler 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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).

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