The Mowery surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,226 people carried this name — #4,321 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,002 in 2000.

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In print

Mowery in American newspapers,
1912–1926.

Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Mowery
The Bozeman Courier 1926-07-23
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Mowery
The Washington Times 1912-07-30
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Mowery
New-york Tribune 1920-06-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,167 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mowery in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1930s.

25 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mowery. The most, 11, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 10
Victoria 7
New South Wales 3
South Australia 3
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Mowery,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harold Mowery 1930–2014 · politician
  • Anna Mowery 1931–2017 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mowery,
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 States385 records

385 records of the Mowery name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 269
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 88
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Nelson E. Mowery

    Born 1920 in Oregon. Enlisted 1943 at Sacramento, California; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1953, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    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 Carl Francis Mowery

    Born 1946; from Springfield, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, 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 Martin Mowery

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Silas Greenman from Liverpool, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 385 records for Mowery 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) · 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).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Mowery name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William M. Mowery

    Buried in 1923 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Douglas Tudor Mowery

    Died in service in 1917.

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

    British Columbia Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Mowery in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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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