The Shackelford surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,525 people carried this name — #3,130 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 11,367 in 2000.

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In print

Shackelford in American newspapers,
1865–1916.

Newspaper page from Clarksville Weekly Chronicle carrying the name Shackelford
Clarksville Weekly Chronicle 1865-10-06
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Shackelford
The Milwaukee Leader 1916-08-16
Newspaper page from Clarksville Weekly Chronicle carrying the name Shackelford
Clarksville Weekly Chronicle 1865-09-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,691 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shackelford in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

207 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shackelford. The most, 50, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 82
New South Wales 62
South Australia 31
Queensland 21
Tasmania 5
ACT (Canberra) 2
Western Australia 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Shackelford,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jack Shackelford
    Jack Shackelford 1790–1857 · politician
  • James M. Shackelford
    James M. Shackelford 1827–1909 · military officer
  • John Williams Shackelford
    John Williams Shackelford 1844–1883 · politician
  • Lawrence F. Shackelford
    Lawrence F. Shackelford 1933–1992 · politician
  • Thomas Shackelford d. 1877 · politician
  • Doris Schuchhardt d. 2016

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shackelford,
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 States629 records

629 records of the Shackelford name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 399
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 195
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gilbert M. Shackelford

    Born 1923 in Nebraska. Enlisted 1943 at Denver, Colorado; auto mechanic from Chase County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Imperial, Nebraska.

    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 Ivan J. Shackelford

    Born 1946; from Muldrow, Oklahoma. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    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 Frank Harris Shackelford

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1956; buried at San Francisco National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 629 records for Shackelford 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, 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) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Shackelford name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Francis H. B. Shackelford

    Grazier of Glen Forbes, Victoria; died 1917.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Shackelford

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Viola.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record A. T. Shackelford

    Second Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Shackelford in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Shackelford name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Shackelford

    Buried in 1800 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 30.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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