Garand History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Garand family

The surname Garand was first found in Anjou, a former county, duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France.

Early History of the Garand family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Garand research. Another 93 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1589, 1594, 1606, 1616, 1626, 1726, 1774, 1832, 1853 and 1869 are included under the topic Early Garand History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Garand Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Garand, Garant, Garandel, Garanton, Garande and others.

Early Notables of the Garand family

Notable amongst the name was

Jean-Baptiste Garand, born in the eighteenth century, who became a member of the Saint-Luc Academy, became well-known for his miniature paintings, and portraits which he were shown in expositions from...
Charles Garand, born in Fribourg (Grand duchy of Bade) in 1832, finished his studies of classics in Paris and began writing in 1853...

Garand Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Garand is the 470^th most popular surname. 1

Garand migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garand Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pedro Garand, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1813 2
Johann Garand, aged 23, who arrived in New York, New York in 1892 aboard the ship "Westerland" from Antwerp, Belgium 3
Delphine Garand, aged 40, originally from Mont Les Etrelles, who arrived in New York in 1898 aboard the ship "La Navarre" from Havre, France 3
Eugene Garand, aged 9, originally from Mont Les Etrelles, who arrived in New York in 1898 aboard the ship "La Navarre" from Havre, France 3

Garand Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Andras Garand, aged 24, originally from Bakovas, who arrived in New York in 1906 aboard the ship "Ultonia" from Fiume 3

Garand migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garand Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Pierre Garand, from Rouen, France who married in 1669 in St-Famille-Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec
Pierre Garand, son of Charles and Anne, who married Renée Chamfrin, daughter of Vincent and Marguerite, in Sainte-Famille, Quebec on 27th October 1669 4
Catherine Garand married in 1670 in Quebec
Pierre Garand, son of Charles and Anne, who married Catherine Labrecque, daughter of Pierre and Jeanne, in Saint-Laurent-de-lîle-d'Orléans, Quebec on 21st November 1684 4

Garand Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Pierre Garand, son of Pierre and Renée, who married Marie-Louise-Jeanne Moleur, daughter of Michel and Marie-Françoise, in Beaumont, Quebec on 9th September 1709 4
Pierre Garand, son of Pierre and Catherine, who married Marie-Madeleine Masson, daughter of Michel and Marie-Madeleine, in Saint-Thomas, Quebec on 10th September 1714 4
Jean Garand, son of Pierre and Catherine, who married Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre, daughter of Pierre and Françoise, in Saint-Vallier, Quebec on 8th October 1742 4
Michel Garand, son of Pierre and Marie-Louise, who married Agathe Brochu, daughter of Jean and Dorothée, in Saint-Vallier, Quebec on 21st February 1745 4
Jean Garand, son of Jean and Angélique, who married Marie-Anne Montmini, daughter of Jean-Baptiste and Marie-Françoise, in Saint-Michel, Quebec on 6th Noveember 1747 4
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Contemporary Notables of the name Garand (post 1700) +

Jean Cantius Garand (1888-1974), Canadian-born, American designer of firearms, best known for creating the M1 Garand, a semi-automatic rifle that was used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps
Pierre Garand (b. 1972), known by his stage name Garou, a French Canadian singer from Sherbrooke, Quebec

Citations +

"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.