The Shreve surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,321 people carried this name — #5,503 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,282 in 2000.

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In print

Shreve in American newspapers,
1860–1916.

Newspaper page from Northern Wisconsin Advertiser carrying the name Shreve
Northern Wisconsin Advertiser 1904-01-14
Newspaper page from Fayetteville Observer carrying the name Shreve
Fayetteville Observer 1860-01-19
Newspaper page from French Broad Hustler carrying the name Shreve
French Broad Hustler 1916-10-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 59,742 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shreve in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1950s.

81 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shreve. The most, 38, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 35
Queensland 14
South Australia 9
Victoria 8
Western Australia 6
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Shreve,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Miller Shreve
    Henry Miller Shreve 1785–1851 · inventor
  • Milton William Shreve
    Milton William Shreve 1858–1939 · lawyer
  • Lev Shreve
    Lev Shreve 1869–1942 · baseball player
  • Rebecca Ann Shreve 1813–1873
  • Mary Shreve 1847–1873
  • Richmond Shreve 1877–1946 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shreve,
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 States408 records

408 records of the Shreve name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 241
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 86
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clifford J. Shreve

    Born 1915 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso; engineer from El Paso County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Joseph Lynwood Shreve

    Born 1947; from Newark, California. U.S. Army; killed in action 1968 in South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Shreve

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the American Union from London, aged 45; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 408 records for Shreve 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, 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).

Canada19 records

19 records of the Shreve name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 17
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. 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 George Bolivar Shreve

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of North Buxton, Ontario.

    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 Roy Edwin Shreve

    Buried in 1938 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Harriet B. Shreve

    Died 1927 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 19 records for Shreve in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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