The Shiver surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,238 people carried this name — #7,812 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,256).

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In print

Shiver in American newspapers,
1910–1925.

Newspaper page from Americus Times-recorder carrying the name Shiver
Americus Times-recorder 1925-08-20
Newspaper page from Americus Times-recorder carrying the name Shiver
Americus Times-recorder 1910-09-16
Newspaper page from Americus Times-recorder carrying the name Shiver
Americus Times-recorder 1923-08-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 328 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shiver in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

282 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shiver. The most, 69, date from the 1950s. 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 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 129
Victoria 50
Queensland 43
South Australia 25
Western Australia 19
Tasmania 9
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Shiver,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ivey Shiver 1907–1972 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shiver,
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 States219 records

219 records of the Shiver name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 170
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Earl V. Shiver

    Born 1922 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farm hand from Laurens County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Dublin Memorial Gardens, Georgia.

    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 Henry Arnold Shiver

    Born 1942; from Oviedo, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Francizek Shiver

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Arizona from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Poland, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 219 records for Shiver 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Shiver name in Australia
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Cecil Shiver

    Died 1979; buried at Woden Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Shiver in Australia.

Counts: ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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