The Reeser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,270 people carried this name — #9,890 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,054 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

23 families named Reeser, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 122 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 8 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 20
Maryland 1
North Carolina 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 258 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Reeser in American newspapers,
1891–1920.

Newspaper page from The Greeneville Daily Sun carrying the name Reeser
The Greeneville Daily Sun 1920-09-25
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Reeser
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1919-10-31
Newspaper page from Washington Journal carrying the name Reeser
Washington Journal 1891-10-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,825 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Reeser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Reeser
    Mary Reeser 1884–1951
  • Hendrik Eduard Reeser
    Hendrik Eduard Reeser 1908–2002 · editor
  • Karen Reeser 1901– · swimmer
  • Leendert Emanuel Hendrik Reeser 1912–2001 · Marine officer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Reeser,
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 States169 records

169 records of the Reeser name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 92
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John R. Reeser

    Born 1916 in North Dakota. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lorenz Reeser

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the Nevada from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; laborer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald William Reeser

    Born 1932; from Deer Creek, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1952 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 169 records for Reeser 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands646 records

646 records of the Reeser name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 370
  • Dutch population registers 254
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 22
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Emanuel Hendrik Reeser

    Married in 1830 in Utrecht. Died 1847 in Alkmaar, aged 41.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Diderika Johanna Reeser

    Married in 1860 in Alkmaar. Died 1865 in Maassluis, aged 27.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hendrik Dirk Reeser

    Born 1851 in Haarlem. Died 1914 in Haarlem, aged 63.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 646 records for Reeser in the Netherlands.

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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France3 records

3 records of the Reeser name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Monique Wilhelmine Reeser

    Born 1909 in Great Britain; died 2000 in Limeil-Brévannes (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gerard Reeser

    Born 1938 in Paris; died 1987 in Belgium.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Odette Seraphine Reeser

    Born 1901 in Paris; died 1993 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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