The McCarley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,106 people carried this name — #8,072 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,002 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McCarley surname

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhearghaile (“son of Fhearghal”), a personal name composed of the elements fear (“man”) and gal (“ardour, valour”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McCarley» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McCarley in American newspapers,
1880–1928.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name McCarley
Evening Star 1928-07-01
Newspaper page from The Iola Register carrying the name McCarley
The Iola Register 1896-04-10
Newspaper page from The Iola Register carrying the name McCarley
The Iola Register 1880-07-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,153 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McCarley in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.

382 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCarley. The most, 95, 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 Western Australia, at 10.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 355
New South Wales 11
Queensland 6
South Australia 5
Victoria 4
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named McCarley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert McCarley 1937–2017 · psychiatrist
  • Allen McCarley 1914–1963 · rugby union player
  • Theodore McCarley 1887–1927 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named McCarley,
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 States233 records

233 records of the McCarley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 156
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • 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 Earl R. McCarley

    Born 1924 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan; chemical plant worker from Randolph County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran; died 1998, buried at Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Lagrange, Georgia.

    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 Charles D. McCarley

    Born 1945; from East Point, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 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 Catherine McCarley

    Arrived at New York in 1863 aboard the Neptune from Liverpool, aged 50; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 233 records for McCarley 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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).

Australia6 records

6 records of the McCarley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth McCarley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1862 aboard the Birmingham, aged 20.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Felix McCarley

    Received an Imperial military pension in Queensland in 1878.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fredk Constantine McCarley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1862 aboard the Birmingham, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for McCarley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada5 records

5 records of the McCarley name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Katie McCarley

    Buried in 1977 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 68.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Amelia McCarley

    Buried in 1949 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Charles Gordon McCarley

    Died in service in 1915.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 5 records for McCarley in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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