The Snavely surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,607 people carried this name — #9,061 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,577 in 2000.

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In print

Snavely in American newspapers,
1898–1918.

Newspaper page from The Cordova Daily Times carrying the name Snavely
The Cordova Daily Times 1918-03-30
Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Snavely
Bisbee Daily Review 1911-06-14
Newspaper page from Richmond Dispatch carrying the name Snavely
Richmond Dispatch 1898-06-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,349 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Snavely in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Snavely. The most, 20, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 9
Victoria 7
Western Australia 7
Queensland 5
South Australia 2
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Snavely,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ralph A. Snavely
    Ralph A. Snavely 1898–1995 · military officer
  • William W. Snavely
    William W. Snavely 1920–2020 · military leader
  • Tipton R. Snavely 1890–
  • Kathleen Snavely 1902–2015
  • Lee Snavely 1950–1974
  • Ralph Snavely 1953–2025 · archaeologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Snavely,
in the records of 2 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 States197 records

197 records of the Snavely name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 132
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Snavely

    Born 1922 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Harrisburg; office clerk from Lebanon County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    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 Robert Ammon Snavely

    Born 1948; from Lebanon, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tin, 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 Bertram D. Snavely

    U.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1937, died 1999; buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

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

Showing 3 of 197 records for Snavely in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Snavely name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record J. W. Snavely

    Died 1920 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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