The Buie surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,943 people carried this name — #5,816 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,556 in 2000.

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In print

Buie in American newspapers,
1907–1918.

Newspaper page from Waterbury Evening Democrat carrying the name Buie
Waterbury Evening Democrat 1907-08-29
Newspaper page from The Robesonian carrying the name Buie
The Robesonian 1918-11-14
Newspaper page from The Robesonian carrying the name Buie
The Robesonian 1917-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,318 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Buie in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

411 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Buie. The most, 76, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 172
Victoria 99
Queensland 63
South Australia 37
Tasmania 19
Western Australia 17
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Buie,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Buddy Buie 1941–2015 · composer

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

In the public record

People named Buie,
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 States292 records

292 records of the Buie name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 201
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Zachariah L. Buie

    Born 1910 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg; packer from Forsyth County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Salisbury National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    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 Alfred Richard Buie

    Born 1931; from Hickman County, Tennessee. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    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 Andrew Buie

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the City of Paris from Liverpool, aged 35; laborer.

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

Showing 3 of 292 records for Buie 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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, 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).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Buie name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • 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 Jessie Beryl Buie

    Buried in 1979 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 80.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 Hugh Buie

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Buie

    Married 1802 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Buie in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · 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. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Buie name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Christine Buie

    Arrived in Queensland in 1927 aboard the Themistocles, aged 32.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Buie

    Of Brooklyn, New South Wales; died 1931.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Buie in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Buie 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 Nicolas Richard Henri Buie

    Born 1918 in Metz; died 1979 in Metz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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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