The Fraley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,876 people carried this name — #3,020 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,449 in 2000.

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In print

Fraley in American newspapers,
1891–1925.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Fraley
The Anaconda Standard 1891-08-16
Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name Fraley
The Producers News 1925-04-03
Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name Fraley
The Producers News 1925-03-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,363 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fraley in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

320 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fraley. The most, 96, date from the 1960s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 197
New South Wales 66
Victoria 30
South Australia 10
Western Australia 8
ACT (Canberra) 5
Tasmania 3

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

Who carried it

People named Fraley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frederick Fraley
    Frederick Fraley 1804–1901 · politician
  • Sarah Catherine Fraley Hallowell
    Sarah Catherine Fraley Hallowell 1833–1914 · journalist
  • Bradford Fraley 1878–1942 · fencer
  • Oscar Fraley 1914–1994 · writer
  • Naomi Parker Fraley 1921–2018 · waiter

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 Fraley,
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 States607 records

607 records of the Fraley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 372
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 130
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 40
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eugene L. Fraley

    Born 1923 in Ohio. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 David Forrest Fraley

    Born 1946; from Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1967 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 Simon Fraley

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Trumbull from Liverpool, aged 35; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 607 records for Fraley 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Fraley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  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 Martin Fraley

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John Barry, arriving 1821; ticket of leave 1826. Native of Clare Co.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Fraley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Anne Royden, aged 22; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Bridget Fraley

    Will registered in Queensland in 1857.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Fraley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Fraley name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Etta Fraley

    Died 1913; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Annie Fraley

    Born 1866 in Lower Ward, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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