The Starcher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,657 people carried this name — #8,951 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,552 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Starcher surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the starcher’.

An early record he cites: Ralph le Starkere, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 714 · public domain.

In print

Starcher in American newspapers,
1889–1916.

Newspaper page from People And Patriot carrying the name Starcher
People And Patriot 1889-03-07
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Starcher
The Day Book 1916-12-11
Newspaper page from The Mellette County Pioneer carrying the name Starcher
The Mellette County Pioneer 1914-06-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Starcher in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1910s.

42 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Starcher. The most, 21, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 23
South Australia 6
Queensland 5
Western Australia 4
New South Wales 2
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Starcher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Virginia Starcher 1930–2012 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Starcher,
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 States139 records

139 records of the Starcher name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 110
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 24
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Oliver W. Starcher

    Born 1915 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1941 at Huntington; farm hand from Jackson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Emma Chapel Cemetery, Liberty, West Virginia.

    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 Wayne Starcher

    Born 1950; from Tampa, Florida. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; died in an accident 1971 in Binh Dinh, 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 Webster Starcher

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1939, died 2000; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 139 records for Starcher 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Starcher name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Starcher

    Buried in 1971 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Julia Frances Starcher

    Died 1959; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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