The Hoag surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,752 people carried this name — #5,173 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 6,822 in 2000.

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In print

Hoag in American newspapers,
1877.

Newspaper page from The Tiffin Tribune carrying the name Hoag
The Tiffin Tribune 1877-05-31
Newspaper page from The Tiffin Tribune carrying the name Hoag
The Tiffin Tribune 1877-07-26
Newspaper page from The Tiffin Tribune carrying the name Hoag
The Tiffin Tribune 1877-06-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 65,803 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hoag in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

307 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hoag. The most, 45, date from the 1910s. New South Wales 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 Tasmania, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 103
Victoria 67
Queensland 64
South Australia 30
Tasmania 28
Western Australia 13

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

Who carried it

People named Hoag,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jonathan E. Hoag
    Jonathan E. Hoag 1831–1927 · poet
  • Amos Hoag 1805–1895 · politician
  • Truman H. Hoag 1816–1870 · politician
  • Julia S. Hoag 1837–1910 · clerk
  • Enoch Hoag 1856–
  • Isabelle Hoag 1897–1974

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hoag,
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 States993 records

993 records of the Hoag name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 302
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 251
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 230
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 144
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • Sacramento County historic burials 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John C. Hoag

    Born 1925 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; sales clerk from Haakon County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Masonic Cemetery, Philip, South Dakota.

    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 Paul Richard Hoag

    Born 1949; from Poughkeepsie, New York. U.S. Army, food service specialist; killed in action 1968 in Tay Ninh, 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 Heinr Hoag

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Furst Bismarck from Hamburg and Southampton, aged 22; butcher. From Asperg, Wurtemberg, Germany; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 993 records for Hoag in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Hoag name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas A. Hoag

    Arrived in Victoria in 1872 aboard the Polly Lewis, aged 23; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Emily Hoag

    Of Carlton, Victoria; died 1899.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 12 records for Hoag in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada6 records

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

    Died 1962; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Samuel Henry Hoag

    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 David E. Hoag

    Married 1913 in Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hoag in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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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