The Thibodeau surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,904 people carried this name — #4,487 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,746 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Thibodeau surname

Thibodeau: a surname.

Variant of Thibaudeau, from the personal name Thibault.

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

In print

Thibodeau in American newspapers,
1911–1916.

Newspaper page from St. Johnsbury Caledonian carrying the name Thibodeau
St. Johnsbury Caledonian 1916-07-26
Newspaper page from The Barre Daily Times carrying the name Thibodeau
The Barre Daily Times 1916-07-20
Newspaper page from San Antonio Light And Gazette carrying the name Thibodeau
San Antonio Light And Gazette 1911-03-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,419 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Thibodeau,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tante Blanche 1738–
  • François Thibodeau 1939–2023 · Catholic priest
  • Lysanne Thibodeau 1959–2018 · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Thibodeau,
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 States759 records

759 records of the Thibodeau name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 312
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 308
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 94
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • 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 Donald C. Thibodeau

    Born 1923 in Maine. Enlisted 1943 at Portland; cook from Kennebec County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, 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 David Paul Thibodeau

    Born 1949; from Rumford, Maine. U.S. Marine Corps, field artillery radar operator; killed in action 1968 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 Lloyd E. Thibodeau

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1934, died 1995; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 759 records for Thibodeau in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

Canada505 records

505 records of the Thibodeau name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 483
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 9
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 4
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Bertha Grace Thibodeau

    Buried in 1983 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 77.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Bazile Thibodeau

    Died 1910 in Metaghan, Digby, 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 Emile Thibodeau

    Died in service in 1941.

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

Showing 3 of 505 records for Thibodeau 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · 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); 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).

France2 records

2 records of the Thibodeau name in France
  • France's national death register, 1970–2001 1
  • Loire-Atlantique's First World War dead 1
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Georges Thibodeau

    Born 1889 in Rennes; "coiffeur". Died in the First World War on 23 April 1917 at Villequier-Aumont (Aisne); recorded “Mort pour la France”. Private, 264th Infantry Regiment.

    Département de Loire-Atlantique, Mémorial virtuel des morts pour la France (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rosalie Josephine Marie Thibodeau

    Born 1896 in Josselin (Morbihan); died 1982 in Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (Ille-et-Vilaine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) · Département de Loire-Atlantique, Mémorial virtuel des morts pour la France (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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