The Shuler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,315 people carried this name — #3,195 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 10,844 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
24 families named Shuler, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 135 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 261 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Shuler in American newspapers,
1906–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,832 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Shuler in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.
168 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shuler. The most, 46, 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 Victoria, at 2.1 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shuler.
Who carried it
People named Shuler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nettie Rogers Shuler 1862–1939 · clubwoman -
Marjorie Shuler 1888–1977 · suffragist -
Robert P. Shuler 1880–1965 · politician
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Dustin Shuler 1948–2010 · artist
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Shuler,
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 States643 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 371
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 123
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 73
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 37
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record George H. ShulerBorn 1898 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; janitor from Westchester County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Roger Dale ShulerBorn 1947; from Gastonia, North Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Adam ShulerArrived at New York in 1849 aboard the New York from Havre, aged 34; tailor. From Wurtemberg, Germany.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 643 records for Shuler 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). 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).
Canada6 records
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
- City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
- City of Calgary cemetery records 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Lillian Hazel ShulerBuried in 1997 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 84.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record George Edward ShulerDied 1979; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Hilda ShulerDied 1980; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
Showing 3 of 6 records for Shuler in Canada.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Australia6 records
- Queensland State Archives indexes 4
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record C. D. ShulerSailed from Victoria in 1906 aboard the Victoria II, bound for London, aged 37.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Christina S. ShulerHeld a land order in Queensland in 1865.
Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Jacob ShulerHeld a land order in Queensland in 1865.
Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Shuler 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Shuler.
- Showalter 8,786 · U.S. census
- Showers 5,171 · U.S. census
- Shrader 6,855 · U.S. census
- Shreve 6,321 · U.S. census
- Shriver 5,942 · U.S. census
- Shrum 5,146 · U.S. census
- Shull 9,565 · U.S. census
- Shultz 17,395 · U.S. census
- Shumaker 8,508 · U.S. census
- Shuman 9,043 · U.S. census
- Shumate 8,311 · U.S. census
- Shumway 5,278 · U.S. census
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