The Pharr surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,709 people carried this name — #8,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,686 in 2000.

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In print

Pharr in American newspapers,
1904–1920.

Newspaper page from The New Enterprise carrying the name Pharr
The New Enterprise 1904-02-11
Newspaper page from The Lakeland Evening Telegram carrying the name Pharr
The Lakeland Evening Telegram 1920-08-14
Newspaper page from The New Enterprise carrying the name Pharr
The New Enterprise 1904-02-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,319 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Pharr in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.

83 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pharr. The most, 20, 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 Queensland, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 44
Victoria 30
Western Australia 4
New South Wales 3
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Pharr,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Clyde Pharr 1883–1972 · university teacher
  • Clyde Pharr 1885–1972 · university teacher
  • Jessie Pharr Slaton 1908–1983 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pharr,
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 States210 records

210 records of the Pharr name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • 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 Thomas F. Pharr

    Born 1906 in Virginia. Enlisted 1941 at Richmond; crane operator from Brunswick County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Virginia.

    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 Bobby Jack Pharr

    Born 1931; from Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. Army; died in an accident 1952 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Hershel Tommy Pharr

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1940, died 2000; buried at Pilot Hill Cemetery, Vina, Alabama.

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

Showing 3 of 210 records for Pharr 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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