The Shrum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,146 people carried this name — #6,583 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,009 in 2000.

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In print

Shrum in American newspapers,
1873–1926.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Shrum
The Anaconda Standard 1899-10-24
Newspaper page from Der Westbote carrying the name Shrum
Der Westbote 1873-10-23
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Shrum
The Washington Times 1926-06-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,366 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shrum in Australian newspapers,
the 1940s.

21 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shrum. The most, 8, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Victoria 5
Queensland 3
South Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Shrum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gordon Shrum 1896–1985 · physicist

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shrum,
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 States201 records

201 records of the Shrum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mansel M. Shrum

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    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 Leon Jerry Shrum

    Born 1946; from Bowling Green, Kentucky. U.S. Army, military police; killed in action 1968 in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam.

    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 Ross H. Shrum

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1881, died 1959; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

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

Showing 3 of 201 records for Shrum in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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).

Canada116 records

116 records of the Shrum name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 113
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Edith Shrum

    Killed in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 22.

    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 Eliza Ann Shrum

    Buried in 1951 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 82.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Charles William Shrum

    Killed in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 41; buried at Christ Church Cemetery, Dartmouth.

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

Showing 3 of 116 records for Shrum in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Shrum name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Guy Leonard Shrum

    Born 1922 in the United States; died 1993 in Toulon (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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