The Mowry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,793 people carried this name — #6,989 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,842 in 2000.

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In print

Mowry in American newspapers,
1897–1919.

Newspaper page from Foster's Daily Democrat carrying the name Mowry
Foster's Daily Democrat 1897-04-15
Newspaper page from The News Scimitar carrying the name Mowry
The News Scimitar 1919-06-27
Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Mowry
The Glasgow Courier 1919-06-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 59,785 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mowry in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

331 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mowry. The most, 128, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 136
Victoria 91
Queensland 67
South Australia 24
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Mowry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Augustus Mowry
    William Augustus Mowry 1829–1917 · historian
  • Sylvester Mowry
    Sylvester Mowry 1830–1871 · writer
  • Sylvester Mowry
    Sylvester Mowry 1833–1871 · writer
  • Ella Uphay Herod
    Ella Uphay Herod 1865–1923 · politician
  • Ella Uphay Herod
    Ella Uphay Herod 1865–1923 · politician
  • Daniel Mowry, Jr. 1729–1806 · judge

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mowry,
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 States344 records

344 records of the Mowry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 189
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 34
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • 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 Alfred W. Mowry

    Born 1902 in Canada. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; janitor. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1963, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 James Mowry

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Georgiana from Limerick, aged 30; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Richard Scott Mowry

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1953, died 1998; buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 344 records for Mowry 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Mowry name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary McM Mowry

    Died 1950; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Edgar Hubert Mowry

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record J. Winchester Mowry

    Married 1871 in Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Mowry in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Mowry name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jeanne Wigghtman Mowry

    Born 1925 in the United States; died 1998 in Arès (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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