The Weese surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,478 people carried this name — #7,437 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,274 in 2000.

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In print

Weese in American newspapers,
1895–1918.

Newspaper page from The Cordova Daily Times carrying the name Weese
The Cordova Daily Times 1918-05-24
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Weese
The Washington Times 1895-03-24
Newspaper page from Nogales Daily Herald carrying the name Weese
Nogales Daily Herald 1918-05-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,961 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Weese in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1940s.

25 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Weese. The most, 5, date from the 1840s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 9
Queensland 6
South Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 1
Victoria 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Weese,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Weese 1731–1775
  • Franz Weese 1848–1915 · architect
  • Max Weese 1855–1933 · artist
  • Max Weese 1855–1933 · artist
  • Arthur Weese 1868–1934 · university teacher
  • Harry Ernest Weese 1876–1956 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Weese,
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 States275 records

275 records of the Weese name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 143
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 26
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • 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 Russell W. Weese

    Born 1921 in Ohio. Enlisted 1942 at Huntington, West Virginia; sales clerk from Jackson County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Elk Cemetery, McArthur, Ohio.

    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 Georg Weese

    Arrived at New York in 1893 aboard the Columbia from Hamburg and Southampton, aged 28; engineer. From Hanover, Germany; bound for New York.

    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 Ronnie Gene Weese

    Born 1948; from Amity, Missouri. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 275 records for Weese 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); 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).

Germany32 records

32 records of the Weese name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Louis Weese

    From Winsen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 4 February 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 215).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Weese

    From Mittelwalde, Habelschwerdt. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 29 November 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Josef Weese

    From Schönwalde, Nerse. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 3 June 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 32 records for Weese in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands9 records

9 records of the Weese name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 4
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Carl Friedrich Weese

    Married in 1839 in Wormer; tailor. Died 1845 in Wormer, aged 40.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elisabetha Weese

    Died 1878 in 's-Hertogenbosch.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Margarete Johanna Weese

    In the population register of Zuilen; born 1907 in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Weese 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Weese name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Emma Weese

    Died 1999, aged 93; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  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 Thomas Garfield Weese

    Died in service in 1917.

    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 Donald Edward Weese

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Weese in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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