The Dewberry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,960 people carried this name — #8,361 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,800 in 2000.

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In print

Dewberry in American newspapers,
1909–1913.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Dewberry
The Washington Herald 1909-08-01
Newspaper page from The Elkins Inter-mountain carrying the name Dewberry
The Elkins Inter-mountain 1913-08-08
Newspaper page from The Nicholas Chronicle carrying the name Dewberry
The Nicholas Chronicle 1913-01-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,742 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dewberry in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

984 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dewberry. The most, 340, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 859
South Australia 32
Queensland 26
Victoria 25
Tasmania 8
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Dewberry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frederick L. Dewberry 1921–1990 · politician
  • Thomas E. Dewberry 1951–2025 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dewberry,
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 States205 records

205 records of the Dewberry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 140
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • 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 Charles Dewberry

    Born 1918 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio; janitor from Montgomery County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

    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 Jerry Don Dewberry

    Born 1948; from Ardmore, Oklahoma. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, 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 Eanna Dewberry

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the City of Paris from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 2. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 205 records for Dewberry in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, 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).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Dewberry name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 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 Dewberry

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Proteus, sailing from Portsmouth in 1831. Native of Stone, Buckinghamshire.

    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 Laura Dewberry

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Sussex, aged 10; English.

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

    Of Armidale, New South Wales; died 1926.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Dewberry in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Dewberry 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 A. Dewberry

    Royal Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. F. Dewberry

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

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. W. Dewberry

    Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Dewberry name in Canada City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harold Dewberry

    Buried in 1982 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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