The Sowards surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,420 people carried this name — #9,503 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,403).

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In print

Sowards in American newspapers,
1895–1911.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Sowards
The Salt Lake Herald 1895-07-21
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Sowards
Omaha Daily Bee 1895-07-21
Newspaper page from The Lafayette Advertiser carrying the name Sowards
The Lafayette Advertiser 1911-11-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,346 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sowards,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jesse Kelley Sowards 1924–1996 · historian
  • Jack B. Sowards 1929–2007 · actor

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

In the public record

People named Sowards,
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 States161 records

161 records of the Sowards name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 119
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 Raymond C. Sowards

    Born 1910 in Iowa. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; manager from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army veteran; died 1971, buried at Los Angeles 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 David Michael Sowards

    Born 1947; from West Liberty, Kentucky. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Nam, 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 Donald Lee Sowards

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 1998; buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

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

Showing 3 of 161 records for Sowards 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Sowards name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maude Sowards

    Died 1924 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record George Sowards

    Listed at Cow Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1827.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Sowards

    Married 1902 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Sowards in Canada.

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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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