The Haws surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,138 people carried this name — #7,992 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 14% from 3,641 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Haws surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘at the haw’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 366 · public domain.

In print

Haws in American newspapers,
1902–1923.

Newspaper page from The Berne Witness carrying the name Haws
The Berne Witness 1909-04-09
Newspaper page from Howard Times carrying the name Haws
Howard Times 1902-11-08
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Haws
Daily Kennebec Journal 1923-03-16

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

In print

Haws in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

784 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haws. The most, 157, date from the 1920s. Victoria 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 South Australia, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 254
South Australia 181
New South Wales 143
Queensland 124
Tasmania 40
Western Australia 38
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Haws,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Haws 1721–
  • John Henry Hobart Haws 1809–1858 · lawyer
  • George Thompson Haws 1833–1875
  • Cecilia Haws 1867–1921
  • Donald Raymond Haws 1931–2020 · Eucharistic minister
  • Larry Haws 1940–2012 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Haws,
in the records of 4 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 States256 records

256 records of the Haws name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 112
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 50
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Sacramento County historic burials 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 Leonard D. Haws

    Born 1919 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles; mechanic from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Granite Hill Cemetery, Grants Pass, Oregon.

    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 Homer Howard Haws

    Born 1948; from Seymour, Indiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, 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 Susan Haws

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the Aleppo from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 51; matron. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 256 records for Haws 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Canada19 records

19 records of the Haws name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Gertrude L. Haws

    Died 1875 in Acadia Mines, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Haws

    Died 1869 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record George Haws

    Married 1891 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 19 records for Haws in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Haws name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Haws

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John, arriving 1832; ticket of leave 1839.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Haws

    Arrived in Queensland in 1885 aboard the Roma.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record M. E. Haws

    Arrived in Victoria in 1920 aboard the Osterley, aged 33.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Haws in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Haws name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jack Milburn Haws

    Born 1931 in the United States; died 1991 in Brunoy (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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