The Standifer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,438 people carried this name — #9,464 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,225 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Standifer surname

Americanized form of German Steindörfer.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Standifer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Standifer in American newspapers,
1911.

Newspaper page from Gunnison News-champion carrying the name Standifer
Gunnison News-champion 1911-06-23
Newspaper page from The Dolores Star carrying the name Standifer
The Dolores Star 1911-05-05
Newspaper page from The Dolores Star carrying the name Standifer
The Dolores Star 1911-04-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,100 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Standifer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Israel Standifer
    James Israel Standifer 1779–1837 · politician
  • Marie Scott Standifer d. 2006 · archaeobotanist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Standifer,
in the records of the United States.

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 States145 records

145 records of the Standifer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 108
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 35
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 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 Carl W. Standifer

    Born 1918 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1941 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; painter. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Anthony Standifer

    Born 1949; from Detroit, Michigan. U.S. Army, armor crewman; died of wounds 1969 in Binh Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Standifer

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Hammonia from Hamburg and Havre, aged 30. From Prussia, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 145 records for Standifer in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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).

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