The Sirois surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,887 people carried this name — #8,483 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,811 in 2000.

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In print

Sirois in American newspapers,
1918–1922.

Newspaper page from The Lake County Times carrying the name Sirois
The Lake County Times 1922-04-24
Newspaper page from The Saratoga Sun carrying the name Sirois
The Saratoga Sun 1920-12-30
Newspaper page from The Saratoga Sun carrying the name Sirois
The Saratoga Sun 1918-05-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,233 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sirois in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1950s.

116 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sirois. The most, 69, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 4.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 111
Victoria 3
New South Wales 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Sirois,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marie Sirois
    Marie Sirois 1865–1920 · strongwoman
  • Joseph Sirois
    Joseph Sirois 1881–1941 · notary
  • Paschal Sirois-Duplessis 1762–1797 · politician
  • Louis-Philippe Sirois 1851–1921 · notary
  • Louis Joseph Sifroy Sirois 1859–1905 · Catholic priest
  • Pierre-Félix Sirois 1865– · 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 Sirois,
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 States403 records

403 records of the Sirois name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 174
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 135
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leon E. Sirois

    Born 1918 in Maine. Enlisted 1942 at Bangor; farmer from Aroostook County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Saint Thomas Cemetery, Madawaska, Maine.

    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 Maurice Leo Sirois

    Born 1937; from Winter Haven, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1968 in Binh Duong, 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 Paul A. Sirois

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1942, died 2001; buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Rhode Island.

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

Showing 3 of 403 records for Sirois 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Sirois name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Moise Sirois

    Died 1983; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jean Marie Sirois

    Buried in 1979 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 Roger Sirois

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Sirois in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · 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 Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Sirois 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 Maurice Leon Sirois

    Born 1915 in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais (Eure-et-Loir); died 1998 in Évian-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie).

    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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