The Shaner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,121 people carried this name — #6,612 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,906 in 2000.

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In print

Shaner in American newspapers,
1896–1902.

Newspaper page from The Greenville Times carrying the name Shaner
The Greenville Times 1902-05-17
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Shaner
The Anaconda Standard 1896-06-19
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Shaner
The Anaconda Standard 1896-07-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,188 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Shaner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wally Shaner 1900–1992 · baseball player
  • David Shaner 1934–2002 · artist
  • James Shaner 1935–2012 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shaner,
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 States343 records

343 records of the Shaner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 220
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • 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 Charles B. Shaner

    Born 1926 in Missouri. Enlisted 1945 at Jefferson Barracks; shipping clerk from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Richard L. Shaner

    Born 1932; from Muscatine County, Iowa. U.S. Army, medical aidman; killed in action 1951 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 Arnien Shaner

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Barbarossa from Cherbourg, aged 27; locksmith. From Privigye, Hungary.

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

Showing 3 of 343 records for Shaner 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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