The Ready surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,875 people carried this name — #6,896 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,806 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 40 people named Ready.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Nord 38
Gironde 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Ready in American newspapers,
1901–1920.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Ready
The Butte Inter Mountain 1901-07-12
Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Ready
The St. Charles Herald 1920-05-29
Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Ready
The St. Charles Herald 1920-06-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,975 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ready in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

20,723 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ready. The most, 3,329, date from the 1910s. Victoria 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 the Northern Territory, at 6.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 7,239
Tasmania 4,272
New South Wales 3,699
Queensland 3,336
South Australia 1,157
Western Australia 738
Northern Territory 156
ACT (Canberra) 86

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

Who carried it

People named Ready,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Ready
    Charles Ready 1802–1878 · lawyer
  • Rudolph Ready
    Rudolph Ready 1878–1958 · businessperson
  • Thelma Ready
    Thelma Ready 1903–2004 · musician
  • John Ready 1777–1845 · military leader
  • John Ready 1777–1845 · military leader
  • William Talbot Ready 1857–1914 · antiquarian seller

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 Ready,
in the records of 7 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 States1,473 records

1,473 records of the Ready name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 656
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 242
  • Other U.S. records 575
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward J. Ready

    Born 1924 in Connecticut. Enlisted 1943 at Hartford; driver from Fairfield County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Connecticut.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Emily Ready

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the City of Paris from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 18; dressmaker. From England; bound for California.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Ready

    Born 1950; from Edgefield, South Carolina. U.S. Army, food service specialist; died in an accident 1970 in Ninh Thuan, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,473 records for Ready in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger 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 · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia481 records

481 records of the Ready name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 219
  • Tasmanian Names Index 168
  • Other Australian records 94
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Bridget Ready

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Navarino, sailing from London in 1840. Native of Bristol, Gloucestershire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1845. Married 1845 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 24.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Michael Ready

    Died 1919 in Deep Bay, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1920.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Eliza Ready

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Birmingham, aged 44; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 481 records for Ready in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada48 records

48 records of the Ready name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 35
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 9
  • Other Canadian records 4
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Ready

    Came to Ontario in 1879 aboard the Polynesian, landing at Halifax, bound for London, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Ready

    Died 1973 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 65.

    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 Norman Frankland Ready

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 48 records for Ready in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); 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).

France15 records

15 records of the Ready 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 Richard James Georges Ready

    Born 1964 in Bordeaux; died 1991 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

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

    Born 1919 in Wasquehal; died 1999 in Anstaing (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rene Victor Ready

    Born 1925 in Wasquehal; died 1995 in Comines (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Ready in France.

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).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Ready name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Eleanor Ready

    Buried in 1841 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 60.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. C. Ready

    Second Lieutenant, R.Berks.R. Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Hannah Ready

    Buried in 1853 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 41.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Ready in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Ready name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Ready

    Died 1947, aged 32; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Catherine Ready

    Buried in 1913 at Lyttelton Catholic Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, aged 51.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Ready in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Ready name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Ada Mary Ready

    In the population register of Roermond; born 1864 in Melbourne.

    Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Roermond (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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