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Garn Family History

Garn Surname Meaning

English (western): from a lost place called Garn in Westbury on Severn (Gloucestershire). English: perhaps a shortened form of the Old French personal name Geron the oblique case form of Garo a pet form of ancient Germanic names in Ger- (see Gerald Gerard Garbutt). A shortened form Gern would have given rise to a variant pronunciation Garn in late Middle English.

English: perhaps a shortened form of Garron. German: metonymic occupational name for a producer of or dealer in yarn Middle High German garn. East German: topographic name for a mountain dweller from the Slavic root gorn- e.g. in the Lower Sorbian adjective gorny ‘of the mountains’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Garn families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Garn family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Garn families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 28 Garn families living in Lancashire. This was about 23% of all the recorded Garn's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Garn families in 1891.
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What did your Garn ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Garn. 76% of Garn women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    76%
  • Unpaid Domestic Du
    7%
  • Invalid
    7%
  • Domestic D Unpaid
    7%

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Between 1953 and 2004, in the United States, Garn life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1959, and highest in 1988. The average life expectancy for Garn in 1953 was 61, and 79 in 2004.

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