The Roush surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,386 people carried this name — #3,173 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 10,970 in 2000.

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In print

Roush in American newspapers,
1917–1919.

Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Roush
The Ogden Standard 1917-09-15
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Roush
The Laramie Republican 1919-10-11
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Roush
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-10-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,043 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Roush in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

337 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Roush. The most, 113, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 236
New South Wales 46
Victoria 35
South Australia 10
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 4
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Roush,
with a public archive behind them.

  • L. L. Roush
    L. L. Roush 1862–1918 · illustrator
  • Eva Myrtelle Fling
    Eva Myrtelle Fling 1886–1965 · school teacher
  • Edd Roush
    Edd Roush 1893–1988 · baseball player
  • Virginia d'Albert-Lake
    Virginia d'Albert-Lake 1910–1997 · resistance fighter
  • J. Edward Roush
    J. Edward Roush 1920–2004 · lawyer
  • Gar A. Roush 1883–1955 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 30 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Roush,
in the records of 5 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 States612 records

612 records of the Roush name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 435
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 139
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leroy F. Roush

    Born 1912 in Utah. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky; bookkeeper. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1968, buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 Samuel Emmerson Roush

    Born 1947; from Tucson, Arizona. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tin, 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 Wilhelm Roush

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Manhattan from Liverpool, aged 17; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 612 records for Roush in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Roush name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eliza Jane Roush

    Died 1867 in New Minas, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lorenzo Roush

    Married 1866 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record George Stillman Roush

    Born 1873 in New Minas, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Roush in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Roush name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Joseph Michael Roush

    Selected land at Warwick, Queensland in 1904.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Roush in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Roush 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 Virginia Roush

    Born 1910 in the United States; died 1997 in Pleurtuit (Ille-et-Vilaine).

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

    Born 1930 in the United States; died 1997 in Le Chesnay (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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Roush 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 Johanna Roush

    Married in 1719 in Driel.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (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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