The Groover surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,678 people carried this name — #8,904 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,589 in 2000.

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In print

Groover in American newspapers,
1904–1921.

Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Groover
Evening Times-republican 1918-05-31
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Groover
The San Francisco Call 1904-02-24
Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Groover
New Britain Herald 1921-10-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,357 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Groover in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1950s.

30 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Groover. The most, 13, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 19
Queensland 5
Victoria 5
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Groover,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Denmark Groover, Jr.
    Denmark Groover, Jr. 1922–2001 · politician
  • Jan Groover 1943–2012 · photographer
  • Jan Groover 1943–2012 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Groover,
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 States208 records

208 records of the Groover name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 150
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • 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 Lee T. Groover

    Born 1925 in Georgia. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farm hand from Dade County, Florida. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Ephesus Church Cemetey, Claxton, Georgia.

    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 Richard Anthony Groover

    Born 1942; from Warrington, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Thua Thien, 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 Ray Gene Groover

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1959, died 1998; buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, New Jersey.

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

Showing 3 of 208 records for Groover 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Groover name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Maria Groover

    Born 1812 in Velsen.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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