The Nealy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,485 people carried this name — #7,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,856 in 2000.

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In print

Nealy in American newspapers,
1901–1920.

Newspaper page from Wheeling Register carrying the name Nealy
Wheeling Register 1901-06-21
Newspaper page from The Ward County Independent carrying the name Nealy
The Ward County Independent 1920-08-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Nealy in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

591 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nealy. The most, 100, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 282
New South Wales 159
Queensland 78
Western Australia 29
South Australia 24
Tasmania 14
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Nealy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Nealy 1953–2001 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Nealy,
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 States331 records

331 records of the Nealy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 124
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 62
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 50
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Sacramento County historic burials 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 Norman E. Nealy

    Born 1910 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Louisville; driller from Logan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Memorial Gardens, Russellville, Kentucky.

    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 Bridget Nealy

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the United Kingdom from Glasgow, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

    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 Odell Werner Nealy

    From Richland County, South Carolina. U.S. Army, field artillery cannoneer; died of wounds 1950 in South Korea.

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

Showing 3 of 331 records for Nealy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Australia37 records

37 records of the Nealy name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 21
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Owen Nealy

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Asia, arriving 1825; certificate of freedom 1831.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Matthew Nealy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Mooresfort, aged 26; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leonard Roy Nealy

    Retired packerman of Ballarat, Victoria; died 1981.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 37 records for Nealy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Nealy name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  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 Louis Nealy

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Chicago, Illinois.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lottie Nealy

    Died 1927 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James C. Nealy

    Married 1886 in Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Nealy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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