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![Show Contents]() Garde History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Garde familyThe surname Garde was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1275 when Richard and John Gard held Lands. Early History of the Garde familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Garde research. Another 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1605, 1606, 1645, 1662 and 1697 are included under the topic Early Garde History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Garde Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Garde family name include Gard, Guard, Garde, Guarde and others. Early Notables of the Garde familyDistinguished members of the family include William Dugard, or Du Gard, (1606-1662), English schoolmaster and printer who printed many important documents and propaganda, first in support of Charles I and later of Oliver Cromwell. He was the son of the Rev. Henry Dugard and was born at the Hodges, Bromsgrove...
Another 49 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Garde Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Garde RankingIn France, the name Garde is the 1,843rd most popular surname with an estimated 3,333 people with that name. 1
 Garde migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Garde surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Garde Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Roger Garde, who landed in New England in 1644 2
- Jean Garde, who landed in South Carolina in 1679 2
Garde Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Jean DeLa Garde, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 2
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Garde Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. Charles Garde, (b. 1800), aged 20, British Convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Earl St Vincent" on 6th April 1820, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 3
- H.W. Garde, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Lord Goderich" in 1838 4
- Bridget Garde, aged 18, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Elgin" in 1849 5
- Mr. William H. Garde, (b. 1862), aged 21, Cornish settler travelling aboard the ship "Duke of Westminster" arriving in Queensland, Australia on 23rd June 1885 6
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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: Garde Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Christopher Garde, aged 30, a labourer, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Ocean Mail" in 1875
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The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 7Garde Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Alexander DeLa Garde, aged 27, who arrived in Barbados in 1635 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Garde (post 1700) | + |
- Harold Garde (1923-2022), American abstract expressionist painter, known for his Strappo technique
- Andrew E. Garde, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Cromwell; Elected 1910 8
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Toujours fidele
Motto Translation: Always faithful.
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- 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)
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 10th September 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-st-vincent
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) LORD GODERICH 1838. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1838LordGoderich.htm
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) ELGIN 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Elgin.htm
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retreived 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_australia_queensland.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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