Garlock History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Garlock family

The surname Garlock was first found in Cambridgeshire where Robert Garlec is generally understood to be the first record of the family as listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. The rather obvious misnomer that the name was a nickname for "'a garlick-monger', or a peasant; one who smelt of garlick" 1 has generally been dispelled. However, with that understanding, the name could have an occupational name for a spicer who cultivated and sold the onion. "Lancashire and Yorkshire were strongly represented by this name; they are so still." 1 "This is also an ancient name in the east of England. In the 13th century it occurred as Garlec in Cambridgeshire and as Garlek in Norfolk." 2 However, we can find no records of these place names surviving today. A rather rare surname, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Margareta Garlek there at that time. 1 A few years later, again in Yorkshire, Gilbert Garlek was listed there in 1491. (Reeney)

Early History of the Garlock family

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Garlock Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Garlwick, Garleck, Garlick, Garlicke, Gallic and others.

Early Notables of the Garlock family

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Garlock Ranking

In the United States, the name Garlock is the 10,078^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Garlock migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garlock Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Margaretta Garlock, aged 12, who arrived in New York in 1710 4

Garlock Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

William Henry Garlock, aged 61, originally from London, who arrived in New York in 1904 aboard the ship "Kaiser Wilhelm II" from Southampton, England 5
Florence A. Garlock, aged 56, who arrived in New York in 1907 aboard the ship "Caronia" from Liverpool, England 5
Frank Garlock, aged 19, who arrived in New York City, New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Lake Wilson" from Cristobal, C. Z. 5

Garlock migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garlock Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. John Garlock U.E. who settled in Ernest Town [Ernestown], Ontario c. 1784 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Garlock (post 1700) +

Dorothy Garlock (1942-2018), American best-selling author of over 50 historical romance novels, some under the pen names Johanna Phillips, Dorothy Phillips and Dorothy Glenn
Liu Stephen Garlock (b. 1992), also known as Stephen Liu, an Australia-born Hong Kong-Irish footballer
Ryan Garlock (b. 1986), Canadian professional ice hockey player

Historic Events for the Garlock family +

Monongah Mine

Mr. Andy Garlock (b. 1886), Polish coal miner who was in mine 8 at the Monongah mine on 6th December 1907 when it exploded and collapsed; he died 7

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
Monongah Mining Disaster retrieved on 8th August 2021. (Retrieved fromhttps://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/monongah.htm).