The McElhaney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,853 people carried this name — #8,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,691 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McElhaney surname

Variant of McElhinney.

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

In print

McElhaney in American newspapers,
1873.

Newspaper page from Independent Statesman carrying the name McElhaney
Independent Statesman 1873-03-27
Newspaper page from The People carrying the name McElhaney
The People 1873-03-27
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name McElhaney
The New York Herald 1873-03-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,878 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McElhaney in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

50 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McElhaney. The most, 16, 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 Queensland, at 4.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 43
New South Wales 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named McElhaney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ralph McElhaney 1877–1930 · association football player
  • James W. McElhaney 1937–2017 · lawyer
  • Samuel C. McElhaney 1840–1908 · politician

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named McElhaney,
in the records of 2 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 States203 records

203 records of the McElhaney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 140
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • 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 Jesse McElhaney

    Born 1900 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; painter. U.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II; died 1984, buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Lee Roy McElhaney

    Born 1947; from Ten Mile, Tennessee. U.S. Army, field artillery basic; killed in action 1968 in Kien Hoa, 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 Ann McElhaney

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the India from Glasgow, aged 23; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 203 records for McElhaney 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the McElhaney name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 James McElhaney

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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