The Shook surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,070 people carried this name — #2,262 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 16,202 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

40 families named Shook, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 248 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 16
Pennsylvania 14
New York 6
North Carolina 2
Maryland 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 261 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Shook in American newspapers,
1906–1910.

Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Shook
The Western News 1906-01-03
Newspaper page from The Iuka Vidette carrying the name Shook
The Iuka Vidette 1910-01-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 909,073 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shook in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

17,661 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shook. The most, 3,437, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 5,926
Victoria 4,180
Queensland 3,005
South Australia 2,139
Western Australia 1,282
Tasmania 713
ACT (Canberra) 103
Northern Territory 19

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

Who carried it

People named Shook,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Anna Nott Shook 1866–1956 · writer
  • Alexander MacDonald Shook 1888–1966 · flying ace
  • Arthur W. Shook 1890–1964 · photographer
  • Al Shook 1899–1984 · American football player
  • Robert Clarence Shook 1904– · economist
  • Janet Shook LaCoste 1912–1984

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shook,
in the records of 3 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 States1,003 records

1,003 records of the Shook name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 608
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 196
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 83
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 74
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert F. Shook

    Born 1921 in Maryland. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; aircraft worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Lonnie Roy Shook

    Born 1931; from Dona Ana County, New Mexico. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 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 Ellen Shook

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool, aged 31; servant.

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

Showing 3 of 1,003 records for Shook in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Shook name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Sophie Shook

    Buried in 2000 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 89.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Bernard William Shook

    Died 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 Carl Clinton Shook

    Died in service in 1942.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Shook in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Shook name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. K. Shook

    Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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