Garland Family History
Garland Name Meaning
metonymic occupational name for a maker of garlands or
chaplets, perhaps also a habitational name from a house sign. The word
is first attested in the 14th century, from Old French, and appears to
be of Germanic origin.habitational name from a minor place, such
as Garland in Chulmleigh, Devon, named from Old English gara
‘triangular piece of land’ (see Gore) + land ‘cultivated
land’, ‘estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Garland
Name Distribution of Garland Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Garland families
 321 - 640  108 - 320 |
 1 - 107  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Garland families
|
33 - 64 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Garland census records
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Garland Family Origin
Garland Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Garland Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Garland Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Garland census records
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Military Service by Garland
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