The Sweitzer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,183 people carried this name — #7,909 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,115 in 2000.

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In print

Sweitzer in American newspapers,
1899–1914.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Sweitzer
The Anaconda Standard 1899-05-07
Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Sweitzer
Daily Inter Mountain 1899-04-01
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Sweitzer
The Ogden Standard 1914-05-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,334 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sweitzer in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

47 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sweitzer. The most, 13, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 21
New South Wales 10
Victoria 8
South Australia 4
Western Australia 4

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

Who carried it

People named Sweitzer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacob B. Sweitzer
    Jacob B. Sweitzer 1821–1888 · lawyer
  • N. Bowman Sweitzer
    N. Bowman Sweitzer 1828–1898
  • Robert Sweitzer
    Robert Sweitzer 1868–1938 · politician
  • Harold "Slim" Switzer
    Harold "Slim" Switzer 1925–1967 · actor
  • Annie Bowman Sweitzer 1855–1941
  • J. Russell Sweitzer 1890–1988 · politician

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 Sweitzer,
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 States346 records

346 records of the Sweitzer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 178
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 63
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 25
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Burton T. Sweitzer

    Born 1922 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Milwaukee; machine shop worker from Milwaukee County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    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 Adolphe Sweitzer

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Labrador from Havre, aged 22; engraver. From Strassbourg, Germany; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Frederick C. Sweitzer

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1956, died 2001; buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery, Florida.

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

Showing 3 of 346 records for Sweitzer 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands47 records

47 records of the Sweitzer name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 28
  • Dutch population registers 13
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 6
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Renske Sweitzer

    Married in 1890 in Baflo; maidservant. Died 1954 in Baflo, aged 85.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Grietje Sweitzer

    Born 1871 in Oostdongeradeel. Married in 1909 in Baflo; maidservant. Died 1960 in Appingedam, aged 89.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Cornelia Sweitzer

    In the population register of Vlissingen; "plooister", born 1785 in Vlissingen.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 47 records for Sweitzer in the Netherlands.

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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Sweitzer name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elsie May Sweitzer

    Buried in 1939 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

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

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

Australia1 record

1 record of the Sweitzer 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 George Sweitzer

    Arrived in Victoria in 1873 aboard the Khandeish, aged 46.

    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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