The Strawn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,343 people carried this name — #6,373 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,236 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

27 families named Strawn, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 149 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 9
North Carolina 8
Maryland 4
Virginia 3
South Carolina 2
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 264 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Strawn in American newspapers,
1894–1930.

Newspaper page from Oxford Eagle carrying the name Strawn
Oxford Eagle 1907-05-09
Newspaper page from The Lafayette Advertiser carrying the name Strawn
The Lafayette Advertiser 1894-10-20
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Strawn
Le Messager 1930-02-07

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

In print

Strawn in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

389 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Strawn. The most, 182, date from the 1930s. 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 Tasmania, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 127
Queensland 76
South Australia 55
Victoria 48
Western Australia 48
Tasmania 31
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Strawn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Silas Hardy Strawn
    Silas Hardy Strawn 1866–1946 · lawyer
  • Silas Hardy Strawn
    Silas Hardy Strawn 1866–1946 · lawyer
  • Emma Elizabeth Johnson 1863– · academic
  • Arthur Strawn 1900–1989 · writer
  • Richard R. Strawn 1923– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Strawn,
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 States290 records

290 records of the Strawn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 193
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Thomas Strawn

    Born 1942; from Salem, Oregon. U.S. Army, signal intelligence analyst; killed in action 1971 in North Vietnam. Buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Earl Mk K. Strawn

    Born 1925 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Tulsa, Oklahoma; porter from Muskegee County, Oklahoma. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James Edward Strawn

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1937, died 1965; buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 290 records for Strawn 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Strawn 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 Benj Strawn

    Sailed from Victoria in 1858 aboard the Prince Arthur, bound for Keppel Bay, aged 33.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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