The Shade surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,148 people carried this name — #4,919 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,940 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

36 families named Shade, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 165 people lived in those households, 4.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 21
Maryland 5
Massachusetts 4
Maine 2
Vermont 2
New York 1
Virginia 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 261 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Shade in American newspapers,
1922–1925.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Shade
Daily Kennebec Journal 1925-09-22
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Shade
Daily Kennebec Journal 1922-02-18
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Shade
Great Falls Tribune 1922-02-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Shade in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

3,188 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shade. The most, 526, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,370
Victoria 1,016
South Australia 277
Queensland 215
Western Australia 177
Tasmania 52
ACT (Canberra) 26
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Shade,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dave Shade
    Dave Shade 1902–1983 · boxer
  • William August Shade 1848–1890 · painter
  • Chief Debro 1852–1924 · circus performer
  • Helena Shade 1895–1964
  • Eric Shade 1912–1984 · Australian rules football player

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 Shade,
in the records of 4 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 States481 records

481 records of the Shade name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 279
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 53
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 19
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth Leo Shade

    Born 1923 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1945 at Wilkes Barre; farmer from Lehigh County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at St Pauls Cemetery, Trexlertown, Pennsylvania.

    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 Everett Shade

    Born 1945; from Lansdale, Pennsylvania. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, 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 Bridget Shade

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Guy Mannering from Liverpool, aged 16; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 481 records for Shade 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Australia88 records

88 records of the Shade name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 48
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 23
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Shade

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lady Nugent, arriving 1835; ticket of leave 1843.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Walter Shade

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Chalmers, aged 17; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Andrew R. Shade

    Mariner of Geelong, Victoria; died 1871.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 88 records for Shade in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Shade name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lorne Shade

    Buried in 1947 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edna Marie Shade

    Died 1987; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Agnes Olise Shade

    Died 1993; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Shade in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Shade 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 Shade

    Buried in 1809 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 60.

    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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