The Hendershot surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,963 people carried this name — #5,805 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,967).

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In print

Hendershot in American newspapers,
1900–1928.

Newspaper page from The Suburban Citizen carrying the name Hendershot
The Suburban Citizen 1900-01-13
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Hendershot
The Washington Daily News 1928-03-09
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Hendershot
The Washington Times 1915-09-17

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

In print

Hendershot in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1950s.

33 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hendershot. The most, 21, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Western Australia 11
South Australia 6
Queensland 2
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hendershot,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Henry Hendershot
    Robert Henry Hendershot 1850–1925

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hendershot,
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 States350 records

350 records of the Hendershot name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 190
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 62
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 41
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 20
  • 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 Park O. Hendershot

    Born 1917 in Utah. Enlisted 1943 at Sheppard Field Witchita Falls, Texas; brakeman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    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 Roland A. Hendershot

    Born 1932; from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South 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 Jacob Hendershot

    Continental Army veteran of the Revolutionary War. Born 1747, died 1815; buried at Old Newton Burial Ground, New Jersey.

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

Showing 3 of 350 records for Hendershot 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Hendershot name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Peter Hendershot

    Buried in 1966 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. 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 Charles Cecil Hendershot

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record E. W. Hendershot

    Married 1881 in Queens, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Hendershot in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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