The Schoonover surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,756 people carried this name — #4,573 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,652 in 2000.

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In print

Schoonover in American newspapers,
1907–1934.

Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Schoonover
The Roswell Daily Record 1907-07-17
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Schoonover
The Laramie Republican 1921-05-04
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Schoonover
Evening Star 1934-04-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,970 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Schoonover,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frank Schoonover
    Frank Schoonover 1877–1972 · illustrator
  • Ray H. Schoonover 1896–1966 · businessperson
  • Anna Mae Schoonover 1917–2016 · beauty pageant contestant
  • Thomas David Schoonover 1936–2023 · historian
  • Terry Schoonover 1951–1984 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 15 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Schoonover,
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 States476 records

476 records of the Schoonover name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 252
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 104
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 68
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 41
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • 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 Billy L. Schoonover

    Born 1926 in Nebraska. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; aircraft worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Eagle Point National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 George E. Schoonover

    Born 1930; from Monroe County, Ohio. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; declared dead 1951 in South Korea.

    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 Kenneth J. Schoonover

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 1998; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

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

Showing 3 of 476 records for Schoonover 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). 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).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Schoonover name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Dirk Schoonover

    Buried in 1727 in Polsbroek.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Cornelius Schoonover

    Baptised in 1733 in Reeuwijk.

    Open Archives, RHC Rijnstreek en Lopikerwaard (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ernst Schoonover

    Buried in 1731 in Polsbroek.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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