The Shumway surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,278 people carried this name — #6,434 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 4,848 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
31 Shumway families were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 205 people lived in those households, 6.6 to a family on average. 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. 262 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Shumway in American newspapers,
1899–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,574 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Shumway in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1960s.
35 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shumway. The most, 10, date from the 1950s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shumway.
Who carried it
People named Shumway,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henry Colton Shumway 1807–1884 · illuminator -
Amos Wight Shumway 1819–1893 · politician -
Lee Shumway 1884–1959 · actor -
Samuel A. Shumway 1831–1913 · miner
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Emma A Shumway 1849–1929 · teacher
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Julia Ross Shumway 1852–1926
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Shumway,
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 States341 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 139
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 70
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 66
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 55
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record John W. ShumwayBorn 1919 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Niagara Youngstown; metal worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Loundsberry Cemetery, Owego, 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 Geoffrey Raymond ShumwayBorn 1942; from Skaneateles, New York. U.S. Navy, pilot; declared dead 1972 in North Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Professor ShumwayArrived at New York in 1890 aboard the City of Chester from Liverpool, aged 34; professor. From London, England.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 341 records for Shumway 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) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia2 records
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Edwd ShumwayArrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Norma, aged 24.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 1 of 2 records for Shumway in Australia.
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).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Raymond H. ShumwayDied 1920; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Shumway.
- Shulman 4,104 · U.S. census
- Shults 4,146 · 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
- Shupe 5,861 · U.S. census
- Shuster 4,428 · U.S. census
- Shutt 3,852 · U.S. census
- Siam 363 · U.S. census
- Siano 1,112 · U.S. census
- Sias 3,112 · U.S. census
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