The Funkhouser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,971 people carried this name — #8,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,885 in 2000.

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In print

Funkhouser in American newspapers,
1915–1925.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Funkhouser
The Milwaukee Leader 1918-04-18
Newspaper page from The Oroville Weekly Gazette carrying the name Funkhouser
The Oroville Weekly Gazette 1915-08-27
Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Funkhouser
Casper Daily Tribune 1925-02-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,407 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Funkhouser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Howard G. Funkhouser
    Howard G. Funkhouser 1898–1984 · mathematician
  • Albert Craig Funkhouser 1893–1919 · writer
  • Barbara Funkhouser 1930–2014 · editor

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 Funkhouser,
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 States201 records

201 records of the Funkhouser name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • 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 Joe R. Funkhouser

    Born 1910 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Sill; driver from Oklahoma County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Carl T. Funkhouser

    Born 1944; from Anderson, Indiana. U.S. Army, armor crewman; died of wounds 1966 in 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 Kenneth Gene Funkhouser

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1952, died 1997; buried at Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 201 records for Funkhouser in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Funkhouser 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 Harvey George Funkhouser

    Died in service in 1943.

    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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