The Hunley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,556 people carried this name — #7,323 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,478 in 2000.

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In print

Hunley in American newspapers,
1908–1913.

Newspaper page from Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier carrying the name Hunley
Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier 1908-12-22
Newspaper page from The Farmer And Mechanic carrying the name Hunley
The Farmer And Mechanic 1913-10-14
Newspaper page from The Oskaloosa Herald carrying the name Hunley
The Oskaloosa Herald 1908-12-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,598 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hunley in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

196 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hunley. The most, 39, 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 New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 99
Queensland 40
Victoria 28
Western Australia 14
South Australia 7
Tasmania 7
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hunley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Horace Lawson Hunley
    Horace Lawson Hunley 1823–1863 · businessperson
  • Helen Hunley 1920–2010 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hunley,
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 States252 records

252 records of the Hunley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 160
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 Swanie B. Hunley

    Born 1919 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1940 at Charlotte, North Carolina; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1957, buried at Knoxville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 James William Hunley

    Born 1948; from Dayton, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 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 Honor Hunley

    Arrived at Boston in 1851 aboard the Robert from Liverpool, aged 40; servant. From Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 252 records for Hunley in the United States.

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

Canada12 records

12 records of the Hunley name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sheila Mae Hunley

    Died 1953 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Alexander Duncan Hunley

    Married 1916 in Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died 1971 in Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, aged 74.

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

Showing 3 of 12 records for Hunley 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).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Hunley name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Hunley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1880 aboard the Cotopaxi, aged 38.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 Frank Hunley

    Arrived in Tasmania in 1858 aboard the Hargraves.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Lilian Sarah Hunley

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1946.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Hunley in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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