The Eberly surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,796 people carried this name — #6,985 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,578 in 2000.

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In print

Eberly in American newspapers,
1895–1919.

Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Eberly
The Telegraph-courier 1909-09-30
Newspaper page from The Seattle Post-intelligencer carrying the name Eberly
The Seattle Post-intelligencer 1895-01-02
Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Eberly
Casper Daily Tribune 1919-08-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 101,222 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Eberly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Angelina Eberly 1798–1860
  • Joseph H. Eberly 1935–2025 · physicist

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Eberly,
in the records of 2 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 States252 records

252 records of the Eberly name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 133
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 49
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 41
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Woodrow W. Eberly

    Born 1912 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1944 at New Cumberland; mechanic from Lebanon County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    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 Clarence A. Eberly

    Born 1930; from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, message center clerk; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Therese Eberly

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Rhodes from Havre, aged 50; farmer. From France.

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

Showing 3 of 252 records for Eberly 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Eberly name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 Albert Edward Eberly

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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