The Reedy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,884 people carried this name — #3,017 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,555 in 2000.

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In print

Reedy in American newspapers,
1894–1915.

Newspaper page from The Manitowoc Pilot carrying the name Reedy
The Manitowoc Pilot 1911-03-23
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Reedy
The Ogden Standard 1915-12-11
Newspaper page from The Dalles Daily Chronicle carrying the name Reedy
The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1894-12-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,528 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Reedy in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

7,032 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Reedy. The most, 1,277, date from the 1930s. 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 Western Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,394
Victoria 1,247
Western Australia 1,048
Queensland 842
South Australia 369
Tasmania 73
ACT (Canberra) 40
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Reedy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hanara Tangiawha Te Ohaki Reedy
    Hanara Tangiawha Te Ohaki Reedy 1903–1971 · politician
  • George Reedy 1917–1999 · writer
  • Daniel Ross Reedy 1935–2023 · university teacher
  • Tamati Reedy 1936–2026 · civil servant
  • Pani Stirling 1937–2014 · school teacher
  • James A. Reedy 1938–2023 · coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Reedy,
in the records of 6 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 States946 records

946 records of the Reedy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 406
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 176
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 167
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 100
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 40
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 31
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Henry Reedy

    Born 1947; from Merced, California. U.S. Navy, aviation ordnanceman; died in an accident 1968 in North Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Cecelia M. Reedy

    Born 1905 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at Minneapolis; secretary. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 26; servant. From Queenstown, Ireland; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 946 records for Reedy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia171 records

171 records of the Reedy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 76
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 47
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 28
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 6
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 5
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  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 John Reedy

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Sir Charles Forbes, sailing from England in 1825. Native of Marylebone, Middlesex.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Reedy

    Arrived in Queensland in 1880 aboard the Windsor Castle, aged 23.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Samuel Reedy

    Carrier of Sth Aust, Victoria; died 1914.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 171 records for Reedy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Reedy name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Albert Reedy

    Died 1953 in Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John Albert Reedy

    Married 1915 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record John Albert Reedy

    Born 1924 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 5 records for Reedy 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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Reedy 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 Daniel Joseph Reedy

    Died 1996, aged 82; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Reedy 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).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Reedy name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record D. Reedy

    Labour Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Reedy

    King's Own Scottish Borderers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Reedy 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 Eugene Forrest Reedy

    Born 1910 in the United States; died 1996 in Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales).

    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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