The Everhart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,186 people carried this name — #3,507 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,118 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

39 families named Everhart, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 209 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 27
Maryland 7
South Carolina 3
North Carolina 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 239 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Everhart in American newspapers,
1848–1928.

Newspaper page from Daily Northern Tribune carrying the name Everhart
Daily Northern Tribune 1848-05-06
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Everhart
Daily Kennebec Journal 1909-11-30
Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name Everhart
The Wolf Point Herald 1928-04-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,153 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Everhart in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1940s.

20 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Everhart. The most, 6, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

South Australia 5
Queensland 4
Western Australia 4
Victoria 3
New South Wales 2
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Everhart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Everhart
    William Everhart 1785–1868 · politician
  • James Bowen Everhart
    James Bowen Everhart 1821–1888 · lawyer
  • John Roskell Everhart
    John Roskell Everhart 1828–1901 · surgeon
  • Isaiah Fawkes Everhart
    Isaiah Fawkes Everhart 1840–1911 · naturalist
  • William Everhart
    William Everhart 1869–1948 · juggler
  • Benjamin Matlack Everhart 1818–1904 · writer

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 Everhart,
in the records of 5 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 States584 records

584 records of the Everhart name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 414
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 116
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 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 Robert C. Everhart

    Born 1919 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1940 at Milwaukee; nursery from Dane County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Spring Prairie Cemetery, Deforest, Wisconsin.

    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 Elmer Everhart

    Born 1932; from Hamilton County, Ohio. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1951 in North 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 Edger Everhart

    Arrived at New York in 1878 aboard the State of Louisiana from Glasgow, aged 27; student.

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

Showing 3 of 584 records for Everhart 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 · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Netherlands123 records

123 records of the Everhart name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 54
  • Dutch population registers 41
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 28
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Magdalena Everhart

    Married in 1916 in Amsterdam. Died 1945 in Ermelo, aged 59.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jakob Everhart

    Died 1858 in Blerick, aged 55.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Albartus Everhart

    In the population register of Brummen; day labourer, born 1806.

    Open Archives, Regionaal archief Zutphen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 123 records for Everhart 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).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Everhart name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fredk Everhart

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Algiers, aged 31; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Everhart in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Everhart name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Lemuel Everhart

    Listed at Lunenburg Township, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Everhart 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 Solange Mathilde Henriette Everhart

    Born 1900 in Tours; died 2001 in Saint-Avertin (Indre-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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