The Shrewsbury surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,963 people carried this name — #10,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,046 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Shrewsbury surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Shrewsbury’.

An early record he cites: Agnes de Sewesebyry, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 688 · public domain.

In print

Shrewsbury in American newspapers,
1897–1922.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Shrewsbury
The Anaconda Standard 1897-01-10
Newspaper page from The Morning Tulsa Daily World carrying the name Shrewsbury
The Morning Tulsa Daily World 1922-08-06
Newspaper page from Weekly Union carrying the name Shrewsbury
Weekly Union 1898-07-20

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

In print

Shrewsbury in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1950s.

738 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shrewsbury. The most, 210, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 194
Victoria 184
Western Australia 178
South Australia 87
Queensland 68
Tasmania 25

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

Who carried it

People named Shrewsbury,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Susanna Julia Shrewsbury Hunt Howland
    Susanna Julia Shrewsbury Hunt Howland d. 1886
  • Arthur Shrewsbury
    Arthur Shrewsbury 1856–1903 · cricketer
  • Hugh Shrewsbury d. 1948 · lawyer
  • Irvin Shrewsbury 1817–1871 · politician
  • Henry L. Shrewsbury 1845– · politician
  • William Shrewsbury 1854–1931 · cricketer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shrewsbury,
in the records of 5 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 States131 records

131 records of the Shrewsbury name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 81
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 27
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • 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 Sherman D. Shrewsbury

    Born 1909 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Huntington; motorman from Fayette County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, West Virginia.

    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 Paul Wayne Shrewsbury

    Born 1948; from Newport News, Virginia. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, 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 William J. Shrewsbury

    Arrived at New York in 1877 aboard the St. of Pennsylvania from Glasgow and Larne, aged 25; clerk.

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

Showing 3 of 131 records for Shrewsbury 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) · 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).

Australia24 records

24 records of the Shrewsbury name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 21
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rd W. Shrewsbury

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Austral, aged 12; English.

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

    Arrived in Queensland in 1914 aboard the Orvieto.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record William Shrewsbury

    Left Launceston in 1852 aboard the Yarra Yarra, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Shrewsbury in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

United Kingdom6 records

6 records of the Shrewsbury 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. Shrewsbury

    Royal Garrison Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Shrewsbury

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 2 of 6 records for Shrewsbury in the United Kingdom.

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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Shrewsbury name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  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 William George Shrewsbury

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Counts: 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Shrewsbury name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Victoria Merle Shrewsbury

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Shrewsbury.

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