The Matney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,518 people carried this name — #6,198 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,207 in 2000.

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In print

Matney in American newspapers,
1895–1912.

Newspaper page from The Era-leader carrying the name Matney
The Era-leader 1912-04-18
Newspaper page from The Morning Times carrying the name Matney
The Morning Times 1895-07-21
Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Matney
The Port Gibson Reveille 1895-07-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,974 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Matney in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

32 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Matney. The most, 9, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 20
Queensland 6
South Australia 4
Victoria 2

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

In the public record

People named Matney,
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 States200 records

200 records of the Matney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 151
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • 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 Warren G. Matney

    Born 1921 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; farmer from Webster County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 Friedrich Matney

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1889 aboard the Gothia from Hamburg, aged 63; farmer. From Hohenschoenau, Prussia, Germany; bound for Baltimore.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald Eugene Matney

    Born 1932; from Webster County, Missouri. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 200 records for Matney 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) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

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