The Strayer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,636 people carried this name — #8,994 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,505 in 2000.

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In print

Strayer in American newspapers,
1912–1917.

Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Strayer
The Daily Missoulian 1917-06-29
Newspaper page from Casco Bay Breeze carrying the name Strayer
Casco Bay Breeze 1912-08-29
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Strayer
The Daily Missoulian 1917-06-28

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

Who carried it

People named Strayer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Drayton Strayer
    George Drayton Strayer 1876–1962
  • Frank R. Strayer
    Frank R. Strayer 1891–1964 · screenwriter
  • Hazel Strayer 1891–1959 · university teacher
  • Joseph Strayer 1904–1987 · historian
  • Barry Strayer 1932–2022 · judge

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 Strayer,
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 States212 records

212 records of the Strayer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 127
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert C. Strayer

    Born 1922 in Ohio. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; welder. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lena Strayer

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Java Packet from Rotterdam, aged 45; farmer. From Hesse Nassau, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Patrick Joseph Strayer

    Born 1943; from Cleveland, Ohio. U.S. Army, armor crewman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 212 records for Strayer 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands19 records

19 records of the Strayer name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 16
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Cornelis Strayer

    In the population register of Bruinisse; farmhand, born 1871 in Kerkwerve.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Leendert Strayer

    In the population register of Haamstede; farmer, born in Haamstede.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Strayer

    Married in 1805 in Middelburg.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Strayer in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Strayer name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Rex Joseph Strayer

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Strayer name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Gerald Strayer

    Left Launceston in 1837 aboard the Hetty, bound for Port Phillip, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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