The Shumaker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,508 people carried this name — #4,165 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,381 in 2000.

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In print

Shumaker in American newspapers,
1893–1927.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Shumaker
The Washington Times 1907-05-19
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Shumaker
Evening Star 1927-09-18
Newspaper page from The Durham Daily Globe carrying the name Shumaker
The Durham Daily Globe 1893-08-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,140 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shumaker in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

42 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shumaker. The most, 11, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 18
New South Wales 16
Western Australia 4
Victoria 3

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

Who carried it

People named Shumaker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward Seitz Shumaker 1867–1929 · writer
  • Arthur Wesley Shumaker 1913– · writer
  • Alice Shumaker 1919–2012

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

In the public record

People named Shumaker,
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 States535 records

535 records of the Shumaker name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 349
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 112
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 23
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Roy C. Shumaker

    Born 1899 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Sacramento, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Shumaker

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Pennland from Antwerp, aged 4; farmer. From Krutskau, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Thomas A. Shumaker

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1997; buried at Mount Zion Community Cemetery, Cornelius, North Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 535 records for Shumaker 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Shumaker name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Vernon John Shumaker

    Buried in 1947 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Joseph Alexander Shumaker

    Died 1976; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Earl Dwayne Shumaker

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Shumaker in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Shumaker 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 Jeanne Paulette Shumaker

    Born 1909 in Richelieu; died 1986 in Tours (Indre-et-Loire).

    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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