The Troyer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,981 people carried this name — #2,132 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,400 people counted. That is up 30% from 13,091 in 2000.

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In print

Troyer in American newspapers,
1905–1909.

Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Troyer
The Beatrice Daily Express 1909-10-12
Newspaper page from The Labor World carrying the name Troyer
The Labor World 1905-09-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,676 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Troyer in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1940s.

26 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Troyer. The most, 13, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 8
Queensland 8
Victoria 4
Western Australia 3
South Australia 1
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Troyer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ferdinand Julius von Troyer
    Ferdinand Julius von Troyer 1698–1758 · Catholic priest
  • Carlos Troyer
    Carlos Troyer 1837–1920 · composer
  • Fortunat Troyer 1611–1707 · theologian
  • Andreas Troyer 1648–1699 · diplomat
  • Howard William Troyer 1901– · writer
  • Byron Leroy Troyer 1909–1980 · writer

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 Troyer,
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 States178 records

178 records of the Troyer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 28
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Rodney Phillip Troyer

    Born 1944; from Blackwell, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Victor V. Troyer

    Born 1900 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Kalamazoo, Michigan; civil engineer from St Joseph County, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Danl Troyer

    Arrived at New York in 1847 aboard the John R Skiddy from Liverpool, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 178 records for Troyer 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, 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Troyer name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Cyril Troyer

    Died 1968 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. 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 William Stanley Troyer

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. 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 Walter Case Troyer

    Died in service in 1917.

    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. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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