The Shuck surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,078 people carried this name — #8,130 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,061).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Shuck surname

As an English surname, from Old English scucca (“evil spirit”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Shuck» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Shuck in American newspapers,
1896–1913.

Newspaper page from The Crook County Monitor carrying the name Shuck
The Crook County Monitor 1913-07-11
Newspaper page from The Crook County Monitor carrying the name Shuck
The Crook County Monitor 1913-07-18
Newspaper page from New York Journal carrying the name Shuck
New York Journal 1896-10-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,702 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shuck in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

335 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shuck. The most, 119, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 202
New South Wales 79
Victoria 27
South Australia 12
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Shuck,
with a public archive behind them.

  • J. Lewis Shuck
    J. Lewis Shuck 1812–1863 · missionary
  • Henrietta Hall Shuck
    Henrietta Hall Shuck 1817–1844 · missionary
  • Oscar T. Shuck
    Oscar T. Shuck 1843–1905 · lawyer
  • Helen Clapsattle Shuck 1908– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shuck,
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 States273 records

273 records of the Shuck name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 155
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lenel G. Shuck

    Born 1909 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Ana Army Air Base, California; secondary school teacher. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Riverside 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 Herbert David Shuck

    Born 1931; from Snohomish County, Washington. U.S. Army, athletic instructor; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    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 Reinhard Shuck

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Dubbeldam from Amsterdam, aged 40; farmer. From Germany; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 273 records for Shuck 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia35 records

35 records of the Shuck name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 26
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Shuck

    Arrived in Queensland in 1911 aboard the Otranto, aged 18.

    Queensland State Archives (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 George Shuck

    Arrived in Victoria in 1911 aboard the Otranto, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Phyllis Elizabeth Shuck

    Of Delacombe, Victoria; died 1979.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 35 records for Shuck in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Shuck 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 W. Shuck

    West Yorkshire Regiment. 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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