The Peavy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,016 people carried this name — #6,726 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,934 in 2000.

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In print

Peavy in American newspapers,
1872–1901.

Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Peavy
The New York Herald 1872-04-24
Newspaper page from Barre Evening Telegram carrying the name Peavy
Barre Evening Telegram 1901-12-31
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Peavy
New-york Tribune 1901-10-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,512 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Peavy in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1930s.

32 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Peavy. The most, 10, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 18
New South Wales 9
Queensland 2
South Australia 2
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Peavy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paulina Peavy 1901–1999 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Peavy,
in the records of the United States.

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 States277 records

277 records of the Peavy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 183
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 61
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Wilmer D. Peavy

    Born 1925 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Grimes County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Thomas Michael Peavy

    Born 1949; from San Diego, California. U.S. Army, food service specialist; died in an accident 1970 in Bien 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 James Peavy

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Atlantic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; mason. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 277 records for Peavy 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); 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).

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