The Bordelon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,644 people carried this name — #5,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,616).

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In print

Bordelon in American newspapers,
1830–1899.

Newspaper page from The Arkansas Gazette carrying the name Bordelon
The Arkansas Gazette 1830-06-08
Newspaper page from The Whig Standard carrying the name Bordelon
The Whig Standard 1844-07-15
Newspaper page from Hopkinsville Kentuckian carrying the name Bordelon
Hopkinsville Kentuckian 1899-06-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,926 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bordelon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Guy Bordelon
    Guy Bordelon 1922–2002 · military officer
  • Laurent Bordelon 1653–1730 · writer
  • Myrna Bordelon Kassel 1918–1972 · economist
  • Melinda Bordelon 1949–1995 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bordelon,
in the records of 3 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 States216 records

216 records of the Bordelon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 167
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mitchel Bordelon

    Born 1912 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Beauregard; farm hand from Avoyelles Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at St Martin Tours Cemetery, Marksville, Louisiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bert J. Bordelon

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 2000; buried at Biloxi National Cemetery, Mississippi.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Marie C. Bordelon

    Born 1909 in Czechoslovakia. Registered as a foreign national in Houston, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 216 records for Bordelon 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France4 records

4 records of the Bordelon name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Andree Louise Bordelon

    Born 1896 in Sèvres; died 1978 in Versailles (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Daniel Camille Bordelon

    Born 1925 in Paris; died 2000 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lucien Henri Jean Bordelon

    Born 1917 in Paris; died 1987 in Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Bordelon in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Bordelon name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Louis Bordelon

    Married in 1710 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Bordelon 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).

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