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guard Name Meaning and History

English: occupational name for a watchman, from Old French garde ‘watch’, ‘protection’, a word of Germanic origin. Compare Ward 1.

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The guard name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the guard family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of guard Families in the US in 1920
Number of guard families
 23-43
 8-22		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 29 - Messages: 56
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Isaac Henry Guard and Elizabeth Heydon MaryH5577 3
Guard/Gard Family Devon MaryCrane28 0
William GUARD b. 1880s in Indiana dmcripn 2
William A. Guard & Mary J. Ailes, Musk. Co. Ohio Joyceschatz 0
Guards in Va ol.comSharon 5
Scott or Marla Guard Stacey 0
Melinda Evelyn Guard and Richard Frank Blachek MaryH5577 2
Guard's of Cass Co., In. William, Hirum, Rufus........ Natasha 1
Jacob Guard dearborn Co IN JudyHuckleberry 3
Obit: Janet (Guard) Fegan NMFireHorse 0
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