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Early Origins of the Garrod family

The surname Garrod was first found in Languedoc where they had been anciently seated in the seigneurie of d'Arreau, a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées in the arrondissement of Bagnères in the south-west of France.

Early History of the Garrod family

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Garrod Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Garreau, Gareau, Garreault, Gareault, Garron, Garon, Garren, Garau, Garaud, Garaude, Garault, Garaut, Garot, Garoui, Garraud, Garrault, Garraut, Garrot, Garroui, Garriau, Garriaud, Garriot, Garro, Garros, Garroutte, Garrot, Garrow, Garrod, Garroux, Le Garreau, Legarreau, Le Gareau, Legareau, Le Garault, du Garreau and many more.

Early Notables of the Garrod family

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Australia Garrod migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Garrod Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Thomas Garrod, (b. 1796), aged 24, English carpenter who was convicted in Suffolk, England for 7 years for poaching, transported aboard the "Earl St Vincent" on 6th April 1820, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 1
  • Mr. Daniel Garrod, English convict who was convicted in Suffolk, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Charles Kerr" on 6th June 1837, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 2
  • Mr. Jeremiah Garrod, (b. 1801), aged 39, British Shoe Maker who was convicted in Suffolk, England for 10 years for burglary, transported aboard the "Asia" on 25th April 1840, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1841 3
  • Mr. Thomas Garrod, English convict who was convicted in Suffolk, England for life, transported aboard the "Blundell" on 13th March 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1844 shortly after arriving 4
  • Mr. Robert Clement Garrod, English saddler who was convicted in Saffron Walden, Essex, England for 7 years for larceny, transported aboard the "Bangalore" on 28th March 1848, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) from Bermuda, he died in 1881 5
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New Zealand Garrod migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Garrod Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Henry Garrod, aged 37, who arrived in Port Nicholson aboard the ship "Oriental" in 1840
  • Mary Ann Garrod, aged 23, who arrived in Port Nicholson aboard the ship "Oriental" in 1840
  • Mr. Henry Garrod, (b. 1802), aged 37, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Oriental" arriving in Port Nicholson, Wellington, New Zealand on 31st January 1840 6
  • Mrs. Garrod, (b. 1816), aged 23, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Oriental" arriving in Port Nicholson, Wellington, New Zealand on 31st January 1840 6
  • Rosalie Garrod, aged 20, a housemaid, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Oxford" in 1874
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Contemporary Notables of the name Garrod (post 1700) +

  • Rex Garrod (1943-2019), English inventor and roboteer from Mickfield, Suffolk, known for building the radio controlled car, which starred in Brum, and co-presenting The Secret Life of Machines
  • Ben Garrod (b. 1982), English evolutionary biologist, primatologist and broadcaster, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, since 2019
  • Heathcote William Garrod (1878-1960), British classical scholar and literary scholar, born in Wells, Somerset
  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Guy Garrod GBE, KCB, MC, DFC (1891-1965), senior British Royal Air Force officer, head of the RAF delegation to Washington D. C. from 1946 until he retired in 1948
  • Sir Archibald Edward Garrod (1857-1936), English physician who pioneered the field of inborn errors of metabolism; he also discovered alkaptonuria, understanding its inheritance, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford from 1920 to 1927, member of the Royal College of Physicians, London
  • Dorothy Garrod (1892-1968), British archaeologist who specialised in the Palaeolithic period, Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1939 to 1952, the first woman to hold a chair at either Oxford or Cambridge, daughter of Archibald Garrod
  • Alfred Henry Garrod (1846-1879), English zoologist, born in Charterhouse Square, London, eldest child of Sir Alfred Baring Garrod (1819–1907), an eminent physician 7
  • Paul Garrod Dixey (b. 1987), former English professional cricketer from Canterbury, Kent who played County Cricket as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper (2005-2012)


  1. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 10th September 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-st-vincent
  2. Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 1st February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/charles-kerr
  3. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th January 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1840
  4. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 25th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/blundell
  5. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 15th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/bangalore
  6. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  7. Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020


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