The Newhouse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,471 people carried this name — #5,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,399 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Newhouse surname

A habitational surname from English.

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

In print

Newhouse in American newspapers,
1874–1876.

Newspaper page from The New Orleans Bulletin carrying the name Newhouse
The New Orleans Bulletin 1874-11-28
Newspaper page from The New Orleans Democrat carrying the name Newhouse
The New Orleans Democrat 1876-02-17
Newspaper page from The New Orleans Bulletin carrying the name Newhouse
The New Orleans Bulletin 1876-02-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,165 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Newhouse in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

1,919 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Newhouse. The most, 310, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 807
New South Wales 729
South Australia 140
Queensland 127
Western Australia 70
Tasmania 29
ACT (Canberra) 7

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

Who carried it

People named Newhouse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Newhouse
    Samuel Newhouse 1853–1930 · businessperson
  • Edward Newhouse
    Edward Newhouse 1911–2002 · writer
  • Jean Shiley
    Jean Shiley 1911–1998 · athletics competitor
  • Norman Newhouse d. 1988
  • Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. 1895–1979 · publisher
  • Neil Newhouse 1901– · pollster

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 Newhouse,
in the records of 4 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 States520 records

520 records of the Newhouse name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 214
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 109
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 94
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 58
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Halvor O. Newhouse

    Born 1922 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling; farmer from Douglas County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Garland Andrew Newhouse

    Born 1946; from Upperglade, West Virginia. U.S. Army, field artillery basic; killed in action 1967 in Tay Ninh, 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 Lewis Newhouse

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Wyoming from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 520 records for Newhouse 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Australia37 records

37 records of the Newhouse name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 16
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 13
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Newhouse

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Henri IV, aged 28; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Chil Icyk Newhouse

    Retired of Elwood, Victoria; died 1987.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Newhouse

    Died 1856 in New Norfolk, Tasmania, aged 40.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 37 records for Newhouse in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Newhouse name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James Leslie Newhouse

    Buried in 1988 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 72.

    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 Muriel Newhouse

    Died 1990; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  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 Elijah Levi Newhouse

    Died in service in 1921.

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

Showing 3 of 15 records for Newhouse in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · 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).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Newhouse name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record M. Newhouse

    Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. W. Newhouse

    Lance Corporal, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Newhouse

    King's (Liverpool Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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