Garrou History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Garrou family

The surname Garrou 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 Garrou family

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Garrou 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 Garrou family

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Migration of the Garrou family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean Gareau who settled in Quebec in 1670 from Aunis on the west coast of France; Jacques Gareau also arrived in Quebec from Aunis in 1731; René Gareau arrived in Quebec from Brittany in 1759.

Contemporary Notables of the name Garrou (post 1700) +

Linda Garrou (1943-2022), American Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 1999 to 2012