The Reavis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,305 people carried this name — #6,411 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,341 in 2000.

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In print

Reavis in American newspapers,
1895–1902.

Newspaper page from The Dakota Chief carrying the name Reavis
The Dakota Chief 1895-08-15
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Reavis
The Billings Gazette 1902-08-08
Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Reavis
The Mirror And Farmer 1902-01-16

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

In print

Reavis in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

144 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Reavis. The most, 101, 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 71
Queensland 32
Victoria 19
Western Australia 15
South Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Reavis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • L. U. Reavis
    L. U. Reavis 1831–1889 · writer
  • James Reavis
    James Reavis 1843–1914
  • C. Frank Reavis
    C. Frank Reavis 1870–1932 · lawyer
  • Hattie King Reavis
    Hattie King Reavis 1890–1970 · actor
  • Isham Reavis 1836–1914 · judge
  • William Claude Reavis 1881–1955 · writer

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 Reavis,
in the records of 2 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 States344 records

344 records of the Reavis name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 213
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 95
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 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 Randall A. Reavis

    Born 1918 in Kansas. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Leavenworth; filling station attendant from Bourbon County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Kansas.

    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 Brett Grant Reavis

    Born 1948; from Grinnell, Iowa. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.

    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 Charles E. Reavis

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1997; buried at Pleasant Plains Baptist, Whiteville, North Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 344 records for Reavis 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, 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Reavis name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Reavis

    Arrived in Victoria in 1891 aboard the Orizaba, aged 32.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

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