The Heatherly surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,987 people carried this name — #10,701 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 99,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,994).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Heatherly surname

From Old English hǣþer (“heather”) + lēah (“meadow”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Heatherly» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Heatherly in American newspapers,
1897–1917.

Newspaper page from The Oklahoma City Times carrying the name Heatherly
The Oklahoma City Times 1917-08-23
Newspaper page from The Chickasha Daily Express carrying the name Heatherly
The Chickasha Daily Express 1915-05-22
Newspaper page from Lewiston Teller carrying the name Heatherly
Lewiston Teller 1897-11-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 120,973 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Heatherly in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

57 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Heatherly. The most, 21, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 17
Victoria 15
Western Australia 10
South Australia 9
Queensland 4
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Heatherly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • May Heatherly
    May Heatherly 1942–2015 · film actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Heatherly,
in the records of 2 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 States143 records

143 records of the Heatherly name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 97
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 33
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dillard T. Heatherly

    Born 1919 in Alabama. Enlisted 1946 at Keesler Field Biloxi, Mississippi. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Lambridge Cemetery, Abbeville, Mississippi.

    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 Willie S. Heatherly

    Born 1930; from Robertson County, Tennessee. U.S. Army, cook; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Maynard Heatherly

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1880, died 1943; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 143 records for Heatherly 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Heatherly name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Heatherly

    Sailed from Victoria in 1853 aboard the Queen of Sheba II, bound for Adelaide, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Heatherly in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

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