The Hargis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,503 people carried this name — #4,168 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,361 in 2000.

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In print

Hargis in American newspapers,
1906–1909.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Hargis
The Washington Times 1906-07-01
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Hargis
The Washington Times 1908-02-07
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Hargis
The Washington Times 1909-06-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hargis in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

38 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hargis. The most, 10, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 17
Victoria 8
Queensland 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Hargis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Hargis
    John Hargis 1920–1986 · basketball player
  • Denver David Hargis
    Denver David Hargis 1921–1989 · politician
  • Gladys Hargis 1865–1936 · photographer
  • William J. Hargis, Jr. 1923–2008 · parasitologist

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 Hargis,
in the records of the United States.

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 States439 records

439 records of the Hargis name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 311
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 114
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • 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 Leon A. Hargis

    Born 1915 in Maryland. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Danny Wayne Hargis

    Born 1950; from Henrietta, Texas. U.S. Army, flight operations coordinator; died in an accident 1969 in Binh Duong, 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 William T. Hargis

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 24; merchant. From London.

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

Showing 3 of 439 records for Hargis 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

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