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Early Origins of the Garbe family

The surname Garbe was first found in Austria, where this family name became a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times. Always prominent in social affairs, the name Garb became an integral part of that turbulent region as it emerged to form alliances with other families within the Feudal System and the nation.

Early History of the Garbe family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Garbe research. Another 118 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1715 and 1722 are included under the topic Early Garbe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Garbe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Garbe, Garber, Garbers, Garbes, Garberer, Gharb, Gharber, Garbee, Garp, Garpe and many more.

Early Notables of the Garbe family

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Garbe Ranking

In France, the name Garbe is the 4,904th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1


United States Garbe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garbe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Garbe, who arrived in San Francisco in 1851
  • Mr. Garbe, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
  • Frederick Garbe, who settled in Philadelphia in 1856

Contemporary Notables of the name Garbe (post 1700) +

  • Brandon James Garbe (b. 1981), American former minor league baseball player from Moses Lake, Washington
  • Conrad Garbe, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1907-09, 1914 3
  • Antoine Felix Garbe, American politician, U.S. Consular Agent in Bône, 1897-1905 3
  • Robert Hermann Garbe (1847-1932), German railway engineer, Chief Engineer of the Berlin division in the Prussian state railways from 1895 to 1917
  • Marie Théodore Urbain Garbé, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 5) Marie Garbé. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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