Gerard Family History
Gerard Name Meaning
English (chiefly Lancashire) and French (Gérard): from
the personal name Gerard, Gérard, introduced to
Britain from France by the Normans; it is composed of the Germanic
elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard
‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gerard
Name Distribution of Gerard Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gerard families
 73 - 143  25 - 72 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gerard families
|
17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gerard Family Origin
Gerard Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gerard Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gerard census records
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Military Service by Gerard
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