The Gaddy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,342 people carried this name — #4,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,926 in 2000.

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In print

Gaddy in American newspapers,
1905–1917.

Newspaper page from The State Herald carrying the name Gaddy
The State Herald 1917-08-03
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Gaddy
The San Francisco Call 1908-03-07
Newspaper page from The New South-news carrying the name Gaddy
The New South-news 1905-11-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,427 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gaddy in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

188 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gaddy. The most, 67, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 90
New South Wales 38
Western Australia 33
Queensland 12
South Australia 12
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Gaddy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William M. Gaddy 1888–1967
  • John Gaddy 1914–1966 · baseball player
  • Bea Gaddy 1933–2001 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gaddy,
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 States413 records

413 records of the Gaddy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 260
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 110
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • 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 Richard L. Gaddy

    Born 1910 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; driver from Kings County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Willie Gene Gaddy

    Born 1949; from Griffin, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, 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 Mary Gaddy

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Vanguard from Liverpool, aged 14; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 413 records for Gaddy 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) · 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, 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Gaddy name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ida Marie Gaddy

    Died 1971; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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