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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.

Garand Spelling Variations

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

Garand Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Garand research. Another 143 words (10 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 Early Notables (pre 1700)

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 1726 to 1774. Charles Garand, born in Fribourg (Grand duchy of Bade) in 1832, finished his...

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The Great Migration

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 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Johann Garand, aged 23, who arrived in New York, New York in 1892 aboard the ship "Westerland" from Antwerp, Belgium ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6TQ-24S : 6 December 2014), Johann Garand, 04 May 1892; citing departure port Antwerp, arrival port New York, New York, ship name Westerland, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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]CITATION[CLOSE]
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXH2-NM4 : 6 December 2014), Delphine Garand, 12 Sep 1898; citing departure port Havre, arrival port New York, ship name La Navarre, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Eugene Garand, aged 9, originally from Mont Les Etrelles, who arrived in New York in 1898 aboard the ship "La Navarre" from Havre, France ^[4]CITATION[CLOSE]
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXH2-NMH : 6 December 2014), Eugene Garand, 12 Sep 1898; citing departure port Havre, arrival port New York, ship name La Navarre, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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 ^[5]CITATION[CLOSE]
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFCC-XZ5 : 6 December 2014), Andras Garand, 02 May 1906; citing departure port Fiume, arrival port New York, ship name Ultonia, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Garand Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Pierre Garand, from Rouen, France who married in 1669 in St-Famille-Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec
Catherine Garand married in 1670 in Quebec

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

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Citations

^ 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)
^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6TQ-24S : 6 December 2014), Johann Garand, 04 May 1892; citing departure port Antwerp, arrival port New York, New York, ship name Westerland, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXH2-NM4 : 6 December 2014), Delphine Garand, 12 Sep 1898; citing departure port Havre, arrival port New York, ship name La Navarre, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXH2-NMH : 6 December 2014), Eugene Garand, 12 Sep 1898; citing departure port Havre, arrival port New York, ship name La Navarre, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFCC-XZ5 : 6 December 2014), Andras Garand, 02 May 1906; citing departure port Fiume, arrival port New York, ship name Ultonia, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Other References

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Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
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Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
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