The Kershner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,219 people carried this name — #7,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,622 in 2000.

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In print

Kershner in American newspapers,
1841.

Newspaper page from Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser carrying the name Kershner
Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser 1841-07-01
Newspaper page from Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser carrying the name Kershner
Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser 1841-05-27
Newspaper page from Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser carrying the name Kershner
Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser 1841-06-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,029 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kershner in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1950s.

47 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kershner. The most, 31, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 15
Queensland 14
Victoria 5
South Australia 4
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Kershner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jefferson Engel Kershner
    Jefferson Engel Kershner 1854–1922 · astronomer
  • Jacob Kershner 1865–
  • Frederick Doyle Kershner 1875–1954 · writer
  • Richard B. Kershner 1913–1982 · engineer
  • Irvin Kershner 1923–2010 · actor
  • Irvin Kershner 1923–2010 · actor

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 Kershner,
in the records of the United States.

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 States301 records

301 records of the Kershner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 160
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 53
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 26
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 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 Garnons D. Kershner

    Born 1901 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe; draftsman from Santa Fe County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Kershner

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Aurania from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20. From Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Donald W. Kershner

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1994; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 301 records for Kershner in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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