The Ledford surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,532 people carried this name — #1,946 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 18,264 in 2000.

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In print

Ledford in American newspapers,
1882–1901.

Newspaper page from Western Kansas World carrying the name Ledford
Western Kansas World 1901-07-27
Newspaper page from Kansas Agitator carrying the name Ledford
Kansas Agitator 1901-07-19
Newspaper page from Dodge City Times carrying the name Ledford
Dodge City Times 1882-07-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,337 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ledford in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

128 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ledford. The most, 55, date from the 1900s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 43
Queensland 38
Victoria 23
South Australia 16
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Ledford,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frank F. Ledford, Jr.
    Frank F. Ledford, Jr. 1934–2019 · military physician
  • Steve Ledford 1906–1980 · musician
  • Mark Ledford 1960–2004 · singer

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 Ledford,
in the records of 3 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 States869 records

869 records of the Ledford name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 650
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 173
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald H. Ledford

    Born 1912 in California. Enlisted 1943 at Portland, Oregon; electrician from Multnomah County, Oregon. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Steve Dennis Ledford

    Born 1946; from Ruston, Louisiana. U.S. Navy, engineman; killed in action 1968 in Gia Dinh, 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 Samuel Ledford

    Arrived at New York in 1835 aboard the Orbit from Kingston, aged 32; seaman. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 869 records for Ledford 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Ledford name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Holt Ledford

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Frank Harold Ledford

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Ledford name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Eliane Jacqueline Ledford

    Born 1923 in Paris; died 1991 in Vincennes (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Juliette Huguette Ledford

    Born 1921 in Paris; died 1988 in Blois (Loir-et-Cher).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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