The Stivers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,412 people carried this name — #7,534 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,174 in 2000.

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In print

Stivers in American newspapers,
1912–1915.

Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Stivers
The Ogden Standard 1915-11-04
Newspaper page from The Lynden Tribune carrying the name Stivers
The Lynden Tribune 1912-11-14
Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Stivers
Pullman Herald 1915-05-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 149,214 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stivers in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

160 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stivers. The most, 37, date from the 1880s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 52
Victoria 50
Queensland 28
South Australia 19
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 4

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

Who carried it

People named Stivers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Moses D. Stivers
    Moses D. Stivers 1828–1895 · politician
  • H. C. Stivers 1849–1922 · politician
  • Louise M. Davies 1900–1998 · philanthropist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stivers,
in the records of 4 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 States347 records

347 records of the Stivers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 175
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 75
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • 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 Henry Stivers

    Born 1922 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 at Peoria; construction laborer from Will County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1945, buried at Quincy National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 George Edward Stivers

    Born 1942; from Tulsa, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1967 in Dinh Tuong, 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 Hugh Stivers

    Arrived at New York in 1835 aboard the Carroll of Carrolton from Liverpool, aged 23; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 347 records for Stivers in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Stivers name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alma Roenia Stivers

    Died 1970 in New Minas, Kings, Nova Scotia, aged 78.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record I. T. Ratchford Stivers

    Married 1875 in Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Leslie Freeman Stivers

    Died 1963 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 15 records for Stivers 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).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Stivers name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Stivers

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 23; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Stivers 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Stivers name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Teunis Stivers

    Married in 1593 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jan Stivers

    Buried in 1781 in Heeze.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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