The Shroyer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,904 people carried this name — #8,458 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,882 in 2000.

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In print

Shroyer in American newspapers,
1919–1926.

Newspaper page from The Harlem News carrying the name Shroyer
The Harlem News 1926-09-10
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Shroyer
The Ronan Pioneer 1926-09-10
Newspaper page from The Weekly Alaska Citizen carrying the name Shroyer
The Weekly Alaska Citizen 1919-02-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,918 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Shroyer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frederick B. Shroyer 1916– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shroyer,
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 States204 records

204 records of the Shroyer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 139
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • 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 Arthur L. Shroyer

    Born 1918 in Ohio. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky; metal grinder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at German Protestant Cemetery, New Bremen, Ohio.

    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 Charles T. Shroyer

    Born 1932; from Allegany County, Maryland. U.S. Army, chief medical aidman; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    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 Richard Mark Shroyer

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1957, died 1998; buried at Montgomery Cemetery, Hillsboro, Illinois.

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

Showing 3 of 204 records for Shroyer 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: 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Shroyer name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Shroyer

    Sailed from Victoria in 1861 aboard the Anglesey, bound for London, aged 31.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

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