The Thibodeaux surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,850 people carried this name — #2,602 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 13,199 in 2000.

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In print

Thibodeaux in American newspapers,
1887–1926.

Newspaper page from Wood County Reporter carrying the name Thibodeaux
Wood County Reporter 1887-12-01
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Thibodeaux
Brownsville Herald 1926-09-01
Newspaper page from Fort Worth Daily Gazette carrying the name Thibodeaux
Fort Worth Daily Gazette 1887-11-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,717 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Thibodeaux,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux 1812–1866 · lawyer
  • James C. Thibodeaux 1911–2004 · photographer

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

In the public record

People named Thibodeaux,
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 States356 records

356 records of the Thibodeaux name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 271
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herman Thibodeaux

    Born 1925 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1943 at Lafayette; farm hand from Jefferson County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at St Landry Catholic Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana.

    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 Edward Joseph Thibodeaux

    Born 1947; from Greenwell Springs, Louisiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; 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 Oscar Wellington Thibodeaux

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1965; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 356 records for Thibodeaux 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Thibodeaux name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Amant Thibodeaux

    Married 1748 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Thibodeaux 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 Rene Andre Albert Thibodeaux

    Born 1946 in Audun-le-Roman; died 1976 in Briey (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    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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