The Veach surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,896 people carried this name — #6,872 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,745 in 2000.

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In print

Veach in American newspapers,
1914–1922.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Veach
Great Falls Tribune 1922-10-11
Newspaper page from New Hampshire Farmer And Weekly Union carrying the name Veach
New Hampshire Farmer And Weekly Union 1914-07-08
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Veach
Great Falls Tribune 1922-12-15

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

In print

Veach in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

234 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Veach. The most, 41, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 87
Victoria 59
New South Wales 56
South Australia 18
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Veach,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles L. Veach
    Charles L. Veach 1944–1995 · astronaut
  • Walt Veach 1892–1976 · American football player
  • William Templeton Veach 1894–1969 · pianist
  • Tracy L. Veach 1942–2011 · psychologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Veach,
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 States282 records

282 records of the Veach name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 177
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Emmett L. Veach

    Born 1897 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Louisville; stock clerk from Jefferson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1956, buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Robert Eugene Veach

    Born 1949; from Lebanon, Indiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, 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 Margaret Veach

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the Ellen Austin from Liverpool, aged 12; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 282 records for Veach in the United States.

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

Australia4 records

4 records of the Veach name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Veach

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the James Baines, aged 31; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Rupert F. Veach

    Builder of Boronia, Victoria; died 1948.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Veach in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Veach name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James Veach

    Listed at New Dublin, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1793.

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

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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Veach name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Violet Veach

    Buried in 1800 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 54.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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