The Guidry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,600 people carried this name — #1,739 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 19,967 in 2000.

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In print

Guidry in American newspapers,
1877–1911.

Newspaper page from Walla Walla Statesman carrying the name Guidry
Walla Walla Statesman 1877-08-11
Newspaper page from The Austin Weekly Statesman carrying the name Guidry
The Austin Weekly Statesman 1883-07-05
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Guidry
The Montgomery Advertiser 1911-10-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,727 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Guidry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jesse J. Guidry 1921–1987 · politician
  • Dick Guidry 1929–2014 · businessperson
  • Richard Guidry 1949–2008 · academic
  • Greg Guidry 1950–2003 · singer-songwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 34 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Guidry,
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 States642 records

642 records of the Guidry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 502
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 132
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 Raymond J. Guidry

    Born 1916 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at New Orleans; factory foreman from St Charles Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mimosa Pines Cemetery, Sulphur, Louisiana.

    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 Joseph Guidry

    Born 1931; from Jefferson County, Louisiana. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 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 Jean Guidry

    Arrived at New York in 1866 aboard the Bellona from Havre and London, aged 24; farmer. From Switzerland.

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

Showing 3 of 642 records for Guidry 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) · 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) · 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).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Guidry name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Magdeleine Guidry

    Died 1925 in Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jean Denis Guidry

    Died 1933 in Saulnierville, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Marie Josephine Guidry

    Married 1905 in Digby, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Guidry in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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