The Shavers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,609 people carried this name — #9,054 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is up 18% from 3,068 in 2000.

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In print

Shavers in American newspapers,
1925–1930.

Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Shavers
The Republican 1930-01-30
Newspaper page from Pocahontas Times carrying the name Shavers
Pocahontas Times 1925-11-12

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

In print

Shavers in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shavers. The most, 4, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 10
New South Wales 6
Victoria 4
South Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Shavers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charlie Shavers
    Charlie Shavers 1917–1971 · composer
  • Maurice Evans Shavers Jr. d. 2010
  • Earnie Shavers 1944–2022 · boxer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shavers,
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 States123 records

123 records of the Shavers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 77
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 35
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • 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 Willie F. Shavers

    Born 1909 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1942 at New Orleans, Louisiana; route man. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Port Hudson National Cemetery, Louisiana.

    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 Robert L. Shavers

    Born 1930; from Coweta County, Georgia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North 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 Lige Shavers

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 1991; buried at Beaufort National Cemetery, South Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 123 records for Shavers 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, 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 Shavers name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Gijsbertha Shavers

    Died 1944 in Boskoop, aged 63.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Guilielmus Shavers

    Buried in 1727 in Huijbergen.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Wilhelmina Shavers

    In the population register of Purmerend.

    Open Archives, Waterlands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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