The Clardy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,713 people carried this name — #8,817 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,563 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Clardy surname
Reduced form of McLardy.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Clardy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
19 Clardy families were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 105 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 234 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Clardy in American newspapers,
1892–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,891 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Clardy in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.
63 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Clardy. The most, 19, date from the 1950s. 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 1.8 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Clardy.
Who carried it
People named Clardy,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Daniel Clardy 1828–1918 · politician -
Martin L. Clardy 1844–1914 · lawyer -
Kit Clardy 1892–1961 · lawyer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Clardy,
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 States217 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 137
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 70
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record James E. ClardyBorn 1919 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling; porter from Hennepin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record James Donald ClardyBorn 1947; from Easley, South Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Thomas ClardyU.S. Army veteran. Born 1891, died 1956; buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 217 records for Clardy in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Netherlands12 records
- Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 11
- Dutch population registers 1
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Johannes Frederik ClardyMarried in 1913 in 's-Gravenhage; typesetter.
Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Antonius ClardyIn the population register of Eindhoven; born 1888 in 's-Gravenhage.
Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Antonius ClardyDied 1942 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 76.
Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 12 records for Clardy 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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Clardy.
- Clancy 12,556 · U.S. census
- Clanton 7,965 · U.S. census
- Clapp 8,689 · U.S. census
- Clapper 4,944 · U.S. census
- Clar 320 · U.S. census
- Clara 1,099 · U.S. census
- Clare 4,309 · U.S. census
- Clarey 911 · U.S. census
- Clarin 604 · U.S. census
- Clark 562,679 · U.S. census
- Clarke 68,281 · U.S. census
- Clarkson 9,004 · U.S. census
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