The Shivers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,939 people carried this name — #5,052 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,658 in 2000.

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In print

Shivers in American newspapers,
1902–1921.

Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Shivers
Pullman Herald 1921-04-22
Newspaper page from Herald And News carrying the name Shivers
Herald And News 1902-05-01
Newspaper page from Herald And News carrying the name Shivers
Herald And News 1903-12-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,565 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shivers in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1980s.

652 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shivers. The most, 275, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 8.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 492
New South Wales 63
Victoria 46
Queensland 20
South Australia 14
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Shivers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Shivers
    John Shivers 1830–
  • Allan Shivers
    Allan Shivers 1907–1985 · lawyer
  • Joseph Shivers
    Joseph Shivers 1920–2014 · inventor
  • Thomas Revell Shivers 1751–1827 · naval officer
  • Louise Shivers 1930–2014 · writer
  • Gary Shivers 1933–2016 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shivers,
in the records of 4 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 States351 records

351 records of the Shivers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 217
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 86
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Wade B. Shivers

    Born 1913 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Montgomery; bakery worker from Randolph County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Ortona Cemetery, Labelle, Florida.

    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 Tommy E. Shivers

    Born 1931; from Rains County, Texas. U.S. Army, pioneer; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Margaret Shivers

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1881 aboard the Ohio from Liverpool, aged 23; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 351 records for Shivers 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Shivers name in Australia
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Alice Shivers

    Married 1876 in Westbury, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Henry Shivers

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index; born 1868.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Mary Shivers

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index; born 1854, died 1913.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Shivers in Australia.

Counts: State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Shivers name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Thomas Shivers

    Listed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1794.

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

Showing 1 of 2 records for Shivers in Canada.

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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Shivers name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Marij Shivers

    Buried in 1803 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (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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