Garrett Family History
- Garrett Name Meaning
- English: from either of two Germanic personal names introduced to Britain by the Normans: Gerard, composed of the elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’; and Gerald, composed of the elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + wald ‘rule’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,060,033 Historical Documents with Garrett on Ancestry
- 966,168 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 529,478 Census and Voter Lists
- 111,635 Military Records
- 35,267 Immigration Records
- 1,417,485 Member Trees
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Number of Garrett families
 699 - 1,395  234 - 698 |
 1 - 233  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Garrett families
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40 - 77 14 - 39 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Garrett census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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