The Royster surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,056 people carried this name — #4,409 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,658 in 2000.

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In print

Royster in American newspapers,
1899–1911.

Newspaper page from The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Royster
The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette 1911-03-18
Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Royster
Daily Inter Mountain 1899-01-21
Newspaper page from The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Royster
The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette 1911-04-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,675 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Royster in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1930s.

33 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Royster. The most, 13, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 19
New South Wales 5
Queensland 4
ACT (Canberra) 1
South Australia 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Royster,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah Elmira Royster
    Sarah Elmira Royster 1810–1888 · writer
  • James Daniel Royster 1807–1890
  • Virginia Carolina Royster 1835–1897 · Ziegfeld girl
  • Virginia Carolina Royster 1837–1897 · Ziegfeld girl
  • Iowa Michigan Royster 1840–1863
  • Wisconsin Illinois Royster 1845–1930

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Royster,
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 States470 records

470 records of the Royster name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 259
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 126
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 57
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • 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 William D. Royster

    Born 1922 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1941 at Oklahoma City; farm hand from Adair County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Fayetteville National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Robert D. Royster

    Born 1930; from Raleigh County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    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 Anne Royster

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Robert L. Lane from Liverpool, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 470 records for Royster 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

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