The Guffey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,307 people carried this name — #4,828 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,995 in 2000.

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In print

Guffey in American newspapers,
1921.

Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Guffey
Casper Daily Tribune 1921-12-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Guffey in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1940s.

102 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Guffey. The most, 22, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 42
New South Wales 22
Queensland 16
South Australia 14
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Guffey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James M. Guffey
    James M. Guffey 1839–1930 · businessperson
  • Joseph F. Guffey
    Joseph F. Guffey 1870–1959 · politician
  • Emma Guffey Miller
    Emma Guffey Miller 1874–1970
  • Burnett Guffey 1905–1983 · cinematographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Guffey,
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 States338 records

338 records of the Guffey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 218
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 96
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 7
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 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 Travis H. Guffey

    Born 1910 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; carpenter from Pickett County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Rich Cemetery, Byrdstown, 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 Fred E. Guffey

    Born 1931; from Rutherford County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South 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 Thomas Guffey

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the City of Chester from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 26; laborer. From Ballymaster, Ireland; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 338 records for Guffey 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Guffey name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • 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 James Guffey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Indian Queen, aged 20; English.

    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 John Guffey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1868 aboard the Theophane, aged 23.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Indian Queen, aged 12.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Guffey in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

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