The Salyers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,152 people carried this name — #5,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,782 in 2000.

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In print

Salyers in American newspapers,
1902–1916.

Newspaper page from Woodville Republican carrying the name Salyers
Woodville Republican 1902-08-16
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Salyers
The Billings Gazette 1902-08-15
Newspaper page from The Johnson City Comet carrying the name Salyers
The Johnson City Comet 1916-05-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,779 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Salyers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Abigail A. Salyers 1942–2013 · physicist

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Salyers,
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 States217 records

217 records of the Salyers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 166
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clifford C. Salyers

    Born 1915 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky; miner. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George E. Salyers

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1947, died 1975; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Ottilie Salyers

    Born 1886 in Russia. Registered as a foreign national in Waukesha, Wisconsin, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 217 records for Salyers 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 · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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