Ron Guidry
07/18/2009 – Ron Guidry – Ron Guidry “The Final Season” Exclusive Book Signing at Bookends in Ridgewood on July 18, 2009 – Bookends, 232 East Ridgewood Avenue – Ridgewood, NJ, USA – Photo Credit: Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos
Birth Name: Ronald Ames Guidry
Place of Birth: Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 28, 1950
Ethnicity: Cajun French, as well as distant German, Irish, and Spanish
Ron Guidry is an American professional baseball player and coach. A left-handed pitcher, he played his entire career for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was also the Yankees’ pitching coach. He is nicknamed “Louisiana Lightning” and “Gator.”
Ron is the son of Mary (Broussard) and Ronald Guidry. He is married to Bonnie Rutledge, with whom he has three children.
Ron’s paternal grandfather was Augustin/Augustine “Gus” Guidry (the son of John Alan Guidry and Rosa/Rose Lejeune). John was the son of Eugene Guidry and Emelia Dugas. Rosa was the daughter of Zepherin Blaise Lejeune and Alzire Bertrand.
Ron’s paternal grandmother was Mollie/Molly Cormier (the daughter of Arcade Cormier and Amelie/Emelie Broussard). Mollie was born in Louisiana. Arcade was the son of Louis Homere “Homer” Cormier and Pauline Benoit. Amelie was the daughter of Pierre Mozart/Mozard Broussard and Marie Idelie/Idalie Broussard.
Source: Genealogy of Ron Guidry (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
>> Augustin/Augustine “Gus” Guidry. Rosa was the daughter of Zepherin Blaise Lejeune and Alzire Bertrand.
http://hpeterjr.us/pedigree.php?personID=I288184&tree=1
other few distant German ancestors
from the first link you put up, through Mollie Cormier, Ron has distant Irish and German ancestry too.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GM5Y-V1J
Cajun French to be more precise, just like you’d label French in Canada French Canadian.
He looks off-white.
The Guidrys are said to have remote matrilineal First Nations ancestry, but there’s maybe something more recent.
His father is white, haven’t found a non-white ancestor on that side.
Mollie was the daughter of Arcade Cormier and Amelie/Emelie Broussard. Arcade was the son of Louis Homere “Homer” Cormier and Pauline Benoit. Amelie was the daughter of Pierre Mozart/Mozard Broussard and Marie Idelie Broussard.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ4-FG95
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121423683/molly-guidry
he is evidently 1/1024 Mi’kmaw (First Nations)
http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-GUIDRY.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/G9FB-LSS
I did not check all the lines but they may be a few other “Indian” ancestors.
Still white though, 1/1024 anything won’t change that. Don’t know about his mother, but I’ll assume she’s also Cajun for now.
Yes, it seems there’s no surprise in his ancestry. He is largely French (Cajun, Acadian etc), alongside distant German, Irish and remote First Nations.
He may have some Spanish ancestry (which isnt uncommon for Cajuns) but his mother’s background is oddly missing. Normally Cajuns/Acadians family trees are super accurate.
Broussard is a very Common surname among both Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles, and the first name isn’t really helping with identifying his mother. If I find her birth year it will be easier to find her on a census, but I haven’t yet. Might try again tonight.