The Shoaf surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,227 people carried this name — #9,994 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,195 in 2000.

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In print

Shoaf in American newspapers,
1911–1913.

Newspaper page from The Whitefish Pilot carrying the name Shoaf
The Whitefish Pilot 1911-08-31
Newspaper page from Auttaja carrying the name Shoaf
Auttaja 1911-08-24
Newspaper page from The Times Dispatch carrying the name Shoaf
The Times Dispatch 1913-05-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,329 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shoaf in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1920s.

27 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shoaf. The most, 18, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 14
Queensland 7
Victoria 3
Tasmania 2
South Australia 1

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

In the public record

People named Shoaf,
in the records of the United States.

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 States195 records

195 records of the Shoaf name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 160
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 30
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Walter C. Shoaf

    Born 1923 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; farm hand from Rowan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Salisbury National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Delbert Wayne Shoaf

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1935, died 2000; buried at Kingman Fraternal Cemetery, Indiana.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Valerie A. Shoaf

    Born 1916 in Australia. Entered the United States in 1945. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 195 records for Shoaf 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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