The Sheets surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,384 people carried this name — #1,685 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 20,786 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

60 families named Sheets, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 346 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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

Pennsylvania 33
Maryland 9
Virginia 9
North Carolina 4
Massachusetts 3
Connecticut 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

Sheets in American newspapers,
1925.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Sheets
Daily Kennebec Journal 1925-01-10

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

In print

Sheets in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

723 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sheets. The most, 156, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 246
Victoria 211
Queensland 92
South Australia 69
Western Australia 58
Tasmania 34
ACT (Canberra) 8

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

Who carried it

People named Sheets,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Randolph Sheets d. 1892 · writer
  • Horace H. Sheets 1837– · politician
  • J. H. Sheets 1848– · politician
  • Earl W. Sheets 1886–1964 · university teacher
  • Millard Sheets 1907–1989 · architect
  • Walter Sheets 1911–2001 · orchestrator

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sheets,
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 States1,170 records

1,170 records of the Sheets name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 782
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 257
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 42
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 42
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald H. Sheets

    Born 1913 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa; aircraft worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Lake Amelia Cemetery, Villard, Minnesota.

    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 Margaret Sheets

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Pontiac from Liverpool, aged 40; farmer. From Germany; bound for New York.

    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 Winfried Albert Sheets

    Born 1947; from Ft Lewis, Washington. U.S. Army, general warehouseman; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 1,170 records for Sheets 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Sheets name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Frances Alice Sheets

    Buried in 1958 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

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

    Died in service in 1919.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Albert Sheets

    Married 1916 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Sheets 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. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Sheets name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Sheets

    East Surrey Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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