Garth Family History
Garth Name Meaning
Northern English: topographic name for someone who lived near
an enclosure, normally a paddock or orchard, from northern Middle
English garth ‘enclosed area’, ‘yard’ (from Old Norse
garðr ‘enclosure’).German (also
Gärth): topographic name from Old Saxon gard
‘enclosure’, ‘farm(yard)’, originally denoting a settlement protected
by a fence.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Garth
Name Distribution of Garth Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Garth families
 140 - 277  47 - 139 |
 1 - 46  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Garth families
|
21 - 40 8 - 20 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Garth census records
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Garth Family Origin
Garth Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Garth Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Garth census records
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Military Service by Garth
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