The Shoemake surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,205 people carried this name — #7,870 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,938 in 2000.

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In print

Shoemake in American newspapers,
1911–1922.

Newspaper page from The Wheeling Intelligencer carrying the name Shoemake
The Wheeling Intelligencer 1921-11-25
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Shoemake
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1922-02-22
Newspaper page from The Daily Ardmoreite carrying the name Shoemake
The Daily Ardmoreite 1911-07-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,067 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Shoemake,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hub Shoemake 1899–1984 · American football player
  • Shockley Shoemake 1922–2015 · lawyer

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

In the public record

People named Shoemake,
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 States168 records

168 records of the Shoemake name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 125
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 39
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • 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 Marion R. Shoemake

    Born 1910 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; painter from Hamilton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 James Ralph Shoemake

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 2001; buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    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 Jimmy Shoemake

    Born 1884 in Italy. Registered as a foreign national in Torrington City, Connecticut, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 168 records for Shoemake 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) · 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); 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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