The Deweese surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,095 people carried this name — #5,686 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,094).

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In print

Deweese in American newspapers,
1909–1915.

Newspaper page from The Springdale News carrying the name Deweese
The Springdale News 1915-08-06
Newspaper page from The Springdale News carrying the name Deweese
The Springdale News 1915-06-25
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Deweese
Evening Star 1909-04-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,711 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Deweese,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John T. Deweese
    John T. Deweese 1835–1906 · politician
  • Edmund Alexander Deweese 1822–1910
  • Sally Deweese 1824–
  • Harriet Ley Deweese 1901–1995 · artist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Deweese,
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 States286 records

286 records of the Deweese name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 202
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold W. Deweese

    Born 1919 in Ohio. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky; farm hand from Adams County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Sardinia 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 Billy Clarence Deweese

    Born 1941; from Barberton, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1966 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Earl Deweese

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1990; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 286 records for Deweese 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 · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands23 records

23 records of the Deweese name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 12
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 8
  • Dutch population registers 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Job de Weese

    Married in 1820 in Vlissingen; "buitenloods", born 1755 in Zierikzee.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Yvonne de Weese

    Born 1917 in Nunspeet.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Emile De Weese

    In the population register of Harderwijk.

    Open Archives, Streekarchivariaat Noordwest-Veluwe (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 23 records for Deweese 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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Belgium4 records

4 records of the Deweese name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Guillielmus De Weese

    Died 1910 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joanna De Weese

    Married in 1901 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Willy De Weese

    Born 1923 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Deweese 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Deweese 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 James Samuel Foch Deweese

    Born 1919 in Versailles (Yvelines); died 1985 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire).

    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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