The Showers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,171 people carried this name — #6,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,980 in 2000.

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In print

Showers in American newspapers,
1926.

Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Showers
The Kevin Review 1926-11-18
Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Showers
The Kevin Review 1926-11-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Showers in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

4,453 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Showers. The most, 846, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 3,376
New South Wales 709
Queensland 126
South Australia 86
Western Australia 55
Tasmania 53
ACT (Canberra) 32
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Showers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Lionel Showers 1816–1895 · military officer
  • Mary Rosina Showers 1856– · spiritual medium
  • Harriet Douglass Whetten Showers 1869–1916 · writer
  • Elizabeth Barne 1911–2000

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Showers,
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 States344 records

344 records of the Showers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 169
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 40
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Quillie B. Showers

    Born 1920 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Dennis Karl Showers

    Born 1947; from Fair Oaks, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Lawrence Shirley Showers

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1937, died 1980; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 344 records for Showers 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Australia76 records

76 records of the Showers name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 55
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 19
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robert Showers

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Arundel, aged 23; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alice Showers

    Gentlewoman of Toorak, Victoria; died 1981.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Julia Showers

    Received an Imperial military pension in Queensland in 1883.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 76 records for Showers in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Showers name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Roderick Wallace Showers

    Buried in 1996 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 90.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 John Showers

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Bethyl Anne Showers

    Buried in 1980 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 55.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Showers 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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