The Shropshire surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,469 people carried this name — #7,457 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,342 in 2000.

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In print

Shropshire in American newspapers,
1897–1928.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Shropshire
The Washington Times 1928-12-13
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Shropshire
New-york Tribune 1897-03-19
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Shropshire
The Washington Times 1928-12-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,300 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shropshire in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1940s.

3,368 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shropshire. The most, 1,993, 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 New South Wales, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,054
Victoria 122
Queensland 74
Tasmania 56
South Australia 41
Western Australia 20
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Shropshire,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louise Shropshire 1913–1993 · composer
  • Louise Shropshire 1915–1993 · composer

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

In the public record

People named Shropshire,
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 States259 records

259 records of the Shropshire name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 163
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Lee Shropshire

    Born 1949; from New York, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Benjamin F. Shropshire

    Born 1923 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bragg; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Archie Shropshire

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1999; buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

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

Showing 3 of 259 records for Shropshire 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Shropshire name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mattie Shropshire

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Lizzie Spalding, aged 9; British subject.

    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 Josephine Shropshire

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Lizzie Spalding, aged 11; British subject.

    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 Clara Shropshire

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Lizzie Spalding, aged 14; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Shropshire in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Shropshire 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 R. G. Shropshire

    Lancashire Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    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 T. Shropshire

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

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

    Lancaspiire Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

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).

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