Garr Family History
Garr Name Meaning
Irish or Scottish: reduced form of McGarr.Altered form of German Gorr, from a short form of the
personal name Gregor, Latin Gregorius (see
Gregory).Possibly an altered spelling of German
Garre, a nickname for someone with a croaky voice, from a
derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German garren ‘to
whistle’, ‘to groan’.Alternatively, a metonymic occupational name
for a cartwright, from Middle High German garre, karre
‘cart’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Garr
Name Distribution of Garr Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Garr families
 34 - 65  12 - 33 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Garr families
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16 - 29 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Garr families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Garr Family Origin
Garr Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Garr
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Garr Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Garr census records
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