The Shirey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,020 people carried this name — #5,757 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,829 in 2000.

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In print

Shirey in American newspapers,
1911–1917.

Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Shirey
The Butte Daily Post 1917-11-15
Newspaper page from The Donaldsonville Chief carrying the name Shirey
The Donaldsonville Chief 1911-10-14
Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Shirey
The Butte Daily Post 1917-10-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,872 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shirey in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1960s.

104 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shirey. The most, 36, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 34
Queensland 26
Western Australia 16
South Australia 13
Victoria 11
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Shirey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Violet Mary Agnes Elton 1907–
  • Fred Shirey 1914–1961 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Shirey,
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 States321 records

321 records of the Shirey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 235
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 70
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Wendell B. Shirey

    Born 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Lubbock; farmer from Hockley County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Fort Bayard National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    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 Patrick Shirey

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the E. Buckley from Liverpool, aged 18; laborer. From 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 Roy Edward Shirey

    Born 1931; from Franklin, Georgia. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1950 in Korea.

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

Showing 3 of 321 records for Shirey 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Shirey name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. 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 John William Shirey

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Shirey in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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