The Fancher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,888 people carried this name — #5,861 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,858 in 2000.

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In print

Fancher in American newspapers,
1897–1928.

Newspaper page from The Falmouth Outlook carrying the name Fancher
The Falmouth Outlook 1928-09-14
Newspaper page from The Bourbon News carrying the name Fancher
The Bourbon News 1897-03-16
Newspaper page from The Newport Plain Talk carrying the name Fancher
The Newport Plain Talk 1915-02-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,987 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fancher in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

90 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fancher. The most, 27, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 22
Victoria 21
Queensland 14
ACT (Canberra) 12
South Australia 12
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 4
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Fancher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frederick B. Fancher
    Frederick B. Fancher 1852–1944 · politician
  • Louis D. Fancher
    Louis D. Fancher 1884–1944 · designer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fancher,
in the records of 3 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 States546 records

546 records of the Fancher name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 238
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 110
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 105
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 71
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jimmie Alvin Fancher

    Born 1935; from Seagoville, Texas. U.S. Army, unit supply specialist; died in an accident 1968 in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James A. Fancher

    Born 1922 in Alabama. Enlisted 1945 at Fort McClellan; stenographer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at the Elmwood Cemetery Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Clem Fancher

    Arrived at New York in 1894 aboard the La Bourgogne from Havre, aged 29; servant. From France.

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

Showing 3 of 546 records for Fancher in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Fancher name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Richard Fancher

    Died 1978; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. 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 Kenneth Orval Fancher

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Fancher

    Married 1883 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 5 records for Fancher in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Fancher 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 Louise Clemence Fancher

    Born 1901 in Marguerittes (Gard); died 1973 in Auch (Gers).

    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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