The Shearin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,399 people carried this name — #9,563 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 2,976 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

23 families named Shearin, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 134 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 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

North Carolina 13
Pennsylvania 7
Massachusetts 1
Maryland 1
South Carolina 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

Shearin in American newspapers,
1902–1913.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Shearin
The San Francisco Call 1913-04-12
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Shearin
The San Francisco Call 1913-04-12
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Shearin
The Indianapolis Journal 1902-03-23

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

In print

Shearin in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

263 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shearin. The most, 59, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 166
Queensland 72
South Australia 9
Victoria 8
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 3

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

In the public record

People named Shearin,
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 States199 records

199 records of the Shearin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 111
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 39
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Talmon E. Shearin

    Born 1914 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bragg; paper mill worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at New Hope Um Church Cemetery, North 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 Mary A. Shearin

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Anchoria from Glasgow, aged 30; servant. From Tyrone, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Clifton Shearin

    Born 1946; from Louisburg, North Carolina. U.S. Army, military police; died in an accident 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 199 records for Shearin 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) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Shearin name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Charles Henry Francis Shearin

    Died 1917 in Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Shearin

    Will registered in Queensland in 1857.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record A. D. Shearin

    Australian Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Shearin in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Shearin name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Joseph Henry Shearin

    Born 1866 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    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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