The Rideout surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,986 people carried this name — #8,313 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,903 in 2000.

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In print

Rideout in American newspapers,
1879–1922.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Rideout
The Birmingham Age-herald 1913-07-27
Newspaper page from Canton Register carrying the name Rideout
Canton Register 1879-08-15
Newspaper page from The Herald And News carrying the name Rideout
The Herald And News 1922-07-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,699 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rideout in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

1,626 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rideout. The most, 485, 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 Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 733
Queensland 640
Victoria 167
South Australia 39
Western Australia 13
Northern Territory 12
Tasmania 10
ACT (Canberra) 8

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

Who carried it

People named Rideout,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Milner Rideout
    Henry Milner Rideout 1877–1927 · biographer
  • Louise Caroline Paget d. 1947
  • Ernest Henry Rideout d. 1923
  • Amy Augusta Rideout d. 1935
  • John Wood Rideout 1827–1904
  • Alice Rideout 1874–1953 · artist

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 Rideout,
in the records of 5 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 States291 records

291 records of the Rideout name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 139
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 60
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Sacramento County historic burials 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 Emerson E. Rideout

    Born 1923 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; metal worker from Middlesex County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    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 David James Rideout

    Born 1945; from San Bernardino, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, 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 Jane Rideout

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 40; matron. From London.

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

Showing 3 of 291 records for Rideout 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) · 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 · 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); 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).

Canada154 records

154 records of the Rideout name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 132
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 10
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hubert George Rideout

    Died 1922 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Charles Bertram Rideout

    Died 1953; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Lorne Clarence Rideout

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 154 records for Rideout 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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia31 records

31 records of the Rideout name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 19
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • 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 William Rideout

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Elphinstone, sailing from Sheerness in 1842. Native of Blandford, Dorset.

    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 George Rideout

    Labourer of Cavendish, Victoria; died 1926.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 Car Rideout

    Arrived in Victoria in 1908 aboard the Marathon, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 31 records for Rideout in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); 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).

United Kingdom6 records

6 records of the Rideout 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 C. J. Rideout

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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 W. Rideout

    Dorsetshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

    Dorsetshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Rideout in the United Kingdom.

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 Rideout 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 Stella Rideout

    Born 1919 in Canada; died 1998 in Saint-Pierre.

    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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