The Shrader surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,855 people carried this name — #5,109 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,836).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

29 families named Shrader, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 146 people lived in those households, 5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 10 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

Pennsylvania 21
Maryland 5
New York 1
North Carolina 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

Shrader in American newspapers,
1910–1912.

Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Shrader
The Roswell Daily Record 1910-01-12
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Shrader
The Roswell Daily Record 1910-01-11
Newspaper page from Evening Capital News carrying the name Shrader
Evening Capital News 1912-12-28

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

In print

Shrader in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

1,046 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shrader. The most, 504, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 651
Victoria 262
South Australia 85
Queensland 20
Western Australia 20
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Shrader,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Douglas Wall Shrader, Jr. 1953–2010 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shrader,
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 States413 records

413 records of the Shrader name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 264
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 44
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth I. Shrader

    Born 1914 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Rochester; meat cutter from Monroe County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Mount Ash Cemetery, Pavilion, 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 James Gaylord Shrader

    Born 1941; from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, heavy vehicle driver; killed in action 1970 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    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 Anna-M. Shrader

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Margaretta Maria from Bremen, aged 20; farmer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 413 records for Shrader 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada35 records

35 records of the Shrader name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 34
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Cynthia L. Shrader

    Died 1872 in Torbay, Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Arthur Shrader

    Died 1916; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Charles N. Shrader

    Married 1896 in Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 35 records for Shrader in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia24 records

24 records of the Shrader name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 16
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Henry Shrader

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Countess of Harcourt, sailing from Portsmouth in 1821. Native of London, Middlesex.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Keith Irvine Shrader

    Minister for religion of Allansford, Victoria; died 1966.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wilhelm Shrader

    Arrived in Victoria in 1881 aboard the Cuzco, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Shrader in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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