The Shealy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,620 people carried this name — #7,224 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 4,701 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Shealy surname

Reduced form of O'Shealy, an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sealbhaig (“descendant of Sealbhach”), a byname from the adjective sealbhach (“wealthy”).

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

In print

Shealy in American newspapers,
1909–1920.

Newspaper page from The New Haven Union carrying the name Shealy
The New Haven Union 1909-11-21
Newspaper page from The Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer carrying the name Shealy
The Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer 1920-01-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 333,151 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shealy in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1930s.

21 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shealy. The most, 7, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 7
Victoria 4
New South Wales 3
South Australia 3
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Shealy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ryan Shealy 1923–2001 · politician
  • C. Norman Shealy 1932–2024 · physician

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

In the public record

People named Shealy,
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 States257 records

257 records of the Shealy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 184
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Marvin J. Shealy

    Born 1921 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Greenlawn Memorial Park, Columbia, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Denis Shealy

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the City of Berlin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Tipperary, Ireland; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James L. Shealy

    U.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1936, died 1988; buried at St Lukes Lutheran Church, Batesburg, South Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 257 records for Shealy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Shealy name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 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 Michael Shealy

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Captain Cook, arriving 1836; certificate of freedom 1844.

    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 Ellen Shealy

    Arrived in Queensland in 1881 aboard the Scottish Knight, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. 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 John Shealy

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Boyne, arriving 1826; ticket of leave 1836.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Shealy in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Shealy name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Patrick Shealy

    Listed at Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1792.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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