The Shattuck surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,228 people carried this name — #6,494 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,128 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Shattuck surname

Variant of Chadwick.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Shattuck» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

84 families named Shattuck, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 486 people lived in those households, 5.8 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

Massachusetts 55
New Hampshire 19
Connecticut 4
Vermont 3
Maine 2
New York 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

Shattuck in American newspapers,
1871–1902.

Newspaper page from The Florida Star carrying the name Shattuck
The Florida Star 1902-04-04
Newspaper page from The Florida Star carrying the name Shattuck
The Florida Star 1902-03-28
Newspaper page from The Highland Weekly News carrying the name Shattuck
The Highland Weekly News 1871-05-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 110,572 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shattuck in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1990s.

142 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shattuck. The most, 48, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 43
Victoria 33
Queensland 26
South Australia 18
Western Australia 10
Tasmania 6
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Shattuck,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Job Shattuck
    Job Shattuck 1736–1819 · revolutionary
  • George Cheyne Shattuck Sr.
    George Cheyne Shattuck Sr. 1783–1854 · physician
  • Lemuel Shattuck
    Lemuel Shattuck 1793–1859 · politician
  • Calvin Wilbur Shattuck
    Calvin Wilbur Shattuck 1811–1885 · politician
  • George Cheyne Shattuck
    George Cheyne Shattuck 1813–1893 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shattuck,
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 States551 records

551 records of the Shattuck name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 196
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 125
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 105
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 88
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dorothy H. Shattuck

    Born 1924 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1944 in the Women's Army Corps at Huntington, West Virginia; office machine operator. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 Bernard Merle Shattuck

    Born 1947; from Hinsdale, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; died in an accident 1967 in Quang Nam, 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 John Shattuck

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Umbria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 36; confectioner. From London, England.

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

Showing 3 of 551 records for Shattuck in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Shattuck name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James Ernest Shattuck

    Died 1950; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record George Henry Shattuck

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record W. D. Shattuck

    Buried in 1903 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

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

Showing 3 of 5 records for Shattuck in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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