The Ouellette surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,984 people carried this name — #2,583 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 13,498 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ouellette surname

A French-Canadian surname.

From Hoûallet (hoer), from houe (hoe), thus meaning smallholder.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ouellette» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Ouellette in American newspapers,
1910–1954.

Newspaper page from Fort Mill Times carrying the name Ouellette
Fort Mill Times 1910-12-08
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Ouellette
Evening Star 1930-10-09
Newspaper page from The Brooksville Journal carrying the name Ouellette
The Brooksville Journal 1954-10-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,414 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ouellette,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Édouard Ouellette
    Édouard Ouellette 1860–1931 · politician
  • Eddie Ouellette
    Eddie Ouellette 1911–1975 · ice hockey player
  • Genevieve Ouellette 1820–
  • Dan Ouellette 1901– · illustrator
  • Joseph E. M. Ouellette 1908–1992 · politician
  • André Ouellette 1913–2001 · Catholic priest

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ouellette,
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 States1,201 records

1,201 records of the Ouellette name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 539
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 446
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 178
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 25
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arthur N. Ouellette

    Born 1926 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Banks Boston; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Gibson Cemetery, Pelham, New Hampshire.

    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 Donald Roland Ouellette

    Born 1946; from Wapping, Connecticut. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ronald C. Ouellette

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1951, died 2000; buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,201 records for Ouellette in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada83 records

83 records of the Ouellette name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 32
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 16
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 15
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 11
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Olive Ouellette

    Died 1984, aged 72; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Winters Jannie Ouellette

    Died 1941 in Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 James Oliver Ouellette

    Died in service in 1952.

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

Showing 3 of 83 records for Ouellette in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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