The Halverson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,781 people carried this name — #3,040 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,377 in 2000.

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In print

Halverson in American newspapers,
1899–1929.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Halverson
Evening Star 1929-01-05
Newspaper page from The Abbeville Press And Banner carrying the name Halverson
The Abbeville Press And Banner 1899-12-27
Newspaper page from The Suburban Citizen carrying the name Halverson
The Suburban Citizen 1902-07-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,165 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Halverson in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1990s.

420 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Halverson. The most, 69, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 231
Western Australia 84
ACT (Canberra) 28
Queensland 28
Victoria 28
South Australia 15
Northern Territory 2
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Halverson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Anna Rosetta Halverson French
    Anna Rosetta Halverson French 1792–1828 · singer
  • C. A. Halverson
    C. A. Halverson 1886–1947 · politician
  • Richard C. Halverson
    Richard C. Halverson 1916–1995 · author
  • Serenus Halverson 1873–1957 · politician
  • Edna Merritt 1894–1972 · illustrator
  • Joyce Halverson 1928–2022

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Halverson,
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 States631 records

631 records of the Halverson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 306
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 168
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 90
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 40
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Andrew R. Halverson

    Born 1922 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Oklahoma City; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 2000, buried at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    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 Verlyn S. Halverson

    Born 1930; from Elmore County, Idaho. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South 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 Hans Halverson

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1881 aboard the Lord Gough from Liverpool, aged 29; farmer. From Germany; bound for Philadelphia.

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

Showing 3 of 631 records for Halverson 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Canada71 records

71 records of the Halverson name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 43
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 13
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 12
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Katherine Halverson

    Buried in 1981 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 84.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lawrence Thomas Halverson

    Died 1942 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 Laurence Theodore Halverson

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 71 records for Halverson in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Halverson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thorvald Halverson

    Arrived in Queensland in 1872 aboard the Humboldt, aged 20.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Frederick Augustus Halverson

    Anodiser of Clayton, Victoria; died 1960.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Harold Marious Halverson

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1894.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Halverson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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