The Boudreau surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,103 people carried this name — #3,534 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,037 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 32 people named Boudreau.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Deux-Sèvres 18
Vienne 4
Charente-Maritime 2
Guadeloupe 2
Gironde 1
Jura 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Boudreau in American newspapers,
1909–1913.

Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Boudreau
Evening Times-republican 1913-09-01
Newspaper page from San Antonio Light And Gazette carrying the name Boudreau
San Antonio Light And Gazette 1909-10-22
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Boudreau
The Birmingham Age-herald 1913-09-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,262 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boudreau in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

38 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boudreau. The most, 21, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 9
Queensland 4

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

Who carried it

People named Boudreau,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lucien Boudreau
    Lucien Boudreau 1874–1962 · politician
  • Lou Boudreau
    Lou Boudreau 1917–2001 · basketball player
  • Rolland Boudreau d. 2013 · lawyer
  • Jean Boudreau 1748–1827 · politician
  • Édouard Boudreau 1873–1945 · notary
  • Francis Boudreau 1901–1980 · 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 Boudreau,
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 States1,156 records

1,156 records of the Boudreau name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 531
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 351
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 154
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 70
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 48
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William B. Boudreau

    Born 1915 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1943 at Boston; inspector from Norfolk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    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 John Henry Boudreau

    Born 1945; from Birmingham, Michigan. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, 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 Susan Boudreau

    Arrived at New York in 1877 aboard the Russia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 50; sister of mercy.

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

Showing 3 of 1,156 records for Boudreau in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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 · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); 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).

Canada3,743 records

3,743 records of the Boudreau name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3,670
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 40
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 9
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 5
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Ralph Boudreau

    Killed in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 45.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George Thomas Boudreau

    Buried in 1970 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 61.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  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 Joseph Boudreau

    Died in service in 1975.

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

Showing 3 of 3,743 records for Boudreau in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); 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).

France15 records

15 records of the Boudreau 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 Marcel Andre Leon Boudreau

    Born 1918 in Vers-en-Montagne (Jura); died 1978 in Germany.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Renee Jeanne Marie Boudreau

    Born 1909 in Loiré-sur-Nie; died 1997 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély (Charente-Maritime).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Pierre Joseph Roland Boudreau

    Born 1923 in Canada; died 1993 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Boudreau 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).

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