The Heater surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,634 people carried this name — #9,001 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,323 in 2000.

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In print

Heater in American newspapers,
1910–1919.

Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Heater
The Enterprise 1910-10-13
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Heater
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-09-14

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

In print

Heater in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

1,172 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Heater. The most, 181, 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 370
Queensland 324
New South Wales 277
Western Australia 86
South Australia 78
Tasmania 24
ACT (Canberra) 10

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

Who carried it

People named Heater,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Claude Heater 1927–2020 · singer

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Heater,
in the records of 5 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 States221 records

221 records of the Heater name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 119
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Paul Leo Heater

    Born 1946; from Las Vegas, Nevada. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John L. Heater

    Born 1906 in Kansas. Enlisted 1943 at Denver, Colorado; farm hand from Idaho County, Idaho. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the City of Brussels from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 59; laborer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 221 records for Heater 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Heater name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Heater

    Arrived in Queensland in 1889 aboard the Scottish Lassie, as an infant.

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

    Arrived in Queensland in 1889 aboard the Scottish Lassie, aged 26.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record William Heater

    Selected land at Gympie, Queensland in 1906.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Heater in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Heater name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elmer Edward Heater

    Buried in 1994 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 60.

    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 James B. Heater

    Died 1905 in Halifax, 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 Roy Esworth Heater

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Heater in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · 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. 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Heater name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Nolane Heater

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born in Oakland.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register William Earl Heater

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1900 in Ritzville.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Heater name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. E. R.A. Heater

    Second Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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