The Maggard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,625 people carried this name — #5,266 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,359 in 2000.

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In print

Maggard in American newspapers,
1914–1927.

Newspaper page from Honolulu Star-bulletin carrying the name Maggard
Honolulu Star-bulletin 1914-04-11
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Maggard
The Bozeman Courier 1924-01-02
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Maggard
The Bozeman Courier 1927-09-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,876 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Maggard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Maggard 1690–1783
  • Samuel Maggard 1716–1778
  • Joshua Maggard 1741–1798
  • John Maggard 1773–1843

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Maggard,
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 States226 records

226 records of the Maggard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 174
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jobe Maggard

    Born 1917 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Huntington, West Virginia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at East Carter Co Memory Gardens, Grayson, Kentucky.

    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 Larry Dwight Maggard

    Born 1946; from Isom, Kentucky. U.S. Army, military police; died of wounds 1968 in Gia Dinh, 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 John Maggard

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1850 aboard the Lord Sandon from Liverpool, aged 30; grainer. From Ireland; bound for New Orleans.

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

Showing 3 of 226 records for Maggard 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

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