The Cannady surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,172 people carried this name — #6,548 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,862 in 2000.

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In print

Cannady in American newspapers,
1887–1902.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Cannady
The Billings Gazette 1902-04-11
Newspaper page from Independent Statesman carrying the name Cannady
Independent Statesman 1887-03-24
Newspaper page from The Bourbon News carrying the name Cannady
The Bourbon News 1901-11-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,770 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cannady,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Beatrice Morrow Cannady
    Beatrice Morrow Cannady 1889–1974 · lawyer
  • Beatrice Morrow Cannady
    Beatrice Morrow Cannady 1890–1974 · lawyer
  • John Cannady
    John Cannady 1923–2002 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cannady,
in the records of 2 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 States213 records

213 records of the Cannady name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 132
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 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 Durant O. Cannady

    Born 1916 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1940 at Richmond, Virginia; farm hand from Brunswick County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Woodrow Michael Cannady

    Born 1951; from Macon, Georgia. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; died of illness 1970 in Ninh Thuan, 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 Bridget Cannady

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Colonist from Tralee, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 213 records for Cannady 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) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Cannady name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Cannady

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Belle of the West, aged 25; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Pat Cannady

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Belle of the West, aged 22; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

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