The Hunsaker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,114 people carried this name — #6,623 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 13% from 4,527 in 2000.

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In print

Hunsaker in American newspapers,
1920–1924.

Newspaper page from The Brookings Register carrying the name Hunsaker
The Brookings Register 1920-07-08
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Hunsaker
Evening Star 1923-11-27
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Hunsaker
The Washington Times 1924-11-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,152 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hunsaker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jerome Clarke Hunsaker
    Jerome Clarke Hunsaker 1886–1984 · engineer
  • Nicholas Hunsaker 1825–1913
  • Elizabeth Blake Hunsaker 1913–1986
  • Jerome Clarke Hunsaker 1915–2009

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 Hunsaker,
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 States178 records

178 records of the Hunsaker name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 116
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hurvel L. Hunsaker

    Born 1918 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 at Jefferson Barracks; welder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Greenlawn Funeral Home & Cemetery South, Springfield, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Harold Gene Hunsaker

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1971; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria H. Hunsaker

    Born 1917 in Argentina. Registered as a foreign national in Ogden, Utah, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 178 records for Hunsaker 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Norway4 records

4 records of the Hunsaker name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Harald Hunsaker

    Census of 1910: Hunsaker, Hof; farmer, born 1872 in Hof.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Nils H. Hunsaker

    Census of 1910: Hunsaker, Hof; born 1909 in Hof.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Nils N. Hunsaker

    Census of 1910: Hunsaker, Hof; born 1842 in Hof.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Hunsaker in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hunsaker name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Kathleen Hunsaker

    Buried in 2000 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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