The Hawn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,556 people carried this name — #9,176 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is down 11% from 3,988 in 2000.

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In print

Hawn in American newspapers,
1907–1922.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Hawn
The Montgomery Advertiser 1912-03-31
Newspaper page from Marble Hill Press carrying the name Hawn
Marble Hill Press 1907-11-21
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Hawn
The Birmingham Age-herald 1922-01-18

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

In print

Hawn in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

135 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hawn. The most, 23, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 40
Queensland 31
New South Wales 29
South Australia 14
Western Australia 8
Tasmania 7
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hawn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Manley H. Thompson 1917–1994 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hawn,
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 States211 records

211 records of the Hawn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 122
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George J. Hawn

    Born 1922 in Ohio. Enlisted 1943 at Cleveland; metal worker from Trumbull County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Pineview Memorial Park, Warren, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Hawn

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Saint George from Liverpool, aged 22; farmer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jack H. Hawn

    U.S. Coast Guard veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1975; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

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

Showing 3 of 211 records for Hawn in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Hawn name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lillian Hawn

    Died 1977, aged 67; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record May Louisa Hawn

    Died 1941 in Pentz Settlement, Lunenburg, 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 Harold Albert Hawn

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 14 records for Hawn in Canada.

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

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Hawn name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Aubrey Alexander Hawn

    Married in 1946 in Meppel; watchmaker.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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