The Showalter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,786 people carried this name — #4,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,427 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Showalter surname
Variant of Schowalter.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Showalter» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Showalter in American newspapers,
1907–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,296 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Showalter in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1940s.
336 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Showalter. The most, 194, 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 South Australia, at 2.2 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Showalter.
Who carried it
People named Showalter,
with a public archive behind them.
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John William Showalter 1844–1898 · judge -
Anthony Johnson Showalter 1858–1924 · composer -
Jackson Showalter 1860–1935 · chess player -
Edna Blanche Showalter 1882–1974 · singer -
Max Showalter 1917–2000 · actor -
Daniel Showalter 1830–1866 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Showalter,
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 States406 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 280
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Robert L. ShowalterBorn 1923 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1943 at Seattle, Washington; apprentice machinist. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record James Edward ShowalterBorn 1944; from Chester, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Stephen D. ShowalterU.S. Army veteran. Born 1952, died 1995; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 406 records for Showalter 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, 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada4 records
- City of Calgary cemetery records 3
- City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Genevieve ShowalterBuried in 1990 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 96.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Harrison A. ShowalterBuried in 1993 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record John M. ShowalterBuried in 1940 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 3 of 4 records for Showalter in Canada.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Showalter.
- Shore 10,130 · U.S. census
- Shores 7,691 · U.S. census
- Short 57,477 · U.S. census
- Shorter 8,675 · U.S. census
- Shoup 5,164 · U.S. census
- Shouse 4,234 · U.S. census
- Showers 5,171 · U.S. census
- Shrader 6,855 · U.S. census
- Shreve 6,321 · U.S. census
- Shriver 5,942 · U.S. census
- Shropshire 4,469 · U.S. census
- Shroyer 3,904 · U.S. census
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