The Phifer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,671 people carried this name — #6,051 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,375 in 2000.

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In print

Phifer in American newspapers,
1907–1916.

Newspaper page from Grand Forks Herald carrying the name Phifer
Grand Forks Herald 1916-07-26
Newspaper page from The Ward County Independent carrying the name Phifer
The Ward County Independent 1915-06-17
Newspaper page from The Daily Sentinel carrying the name Phifer
The Daily Sentinel 1907-09-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,111 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Phifer in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

241 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Phifer. The most, 69, date from the 1920s. 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 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 235
Queensland 3
Victoria 3

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

Who carried it

People named Phifer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luther C. Phifer
    Luther C. Phifer 1885–1972 · cartoonist
  • Charles W. Phifer 1834–1896 · military officer
  • Charles Lincoln Phifer 1860–1931 · writer
  • Edward William Phifer 1910–1980 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Phifer,
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 States347 records

347 records of the Phifer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 203
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 38
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry E. Phifer

    Born 1914 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Houston; cook from Harris County. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1985, 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 Freddie Joe Phifer

    Born 1947; from Ft Mill, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, 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 Anna Phifer

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Evans from London, aged 42; farmer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 347 records for Phifer 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); 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).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Phifer name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William E. Phifer

    Of Ashford and Australian Imperial Forces, New South Wales; died 1919.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Phifer in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Phifer name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Henricus Phifer

    Married in 1793 in Grave.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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