Brief Life History of James
When James Garner was born about 1683, in Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Garner, was 50 and his mother, Susanna Keene, was 45. He married Mary Bagley about 1705, in Northumberland, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died before 18 January 1726, in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America, and was buried in Northumberland, Virginia, British Colonial America.
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- Legacy NFS Source: James Garner - Government record: Probate record or will: birth-name: Vincent Garner
- James Garner - death: about 1710; Northumberland, Virginia
- Jas H Garner in entry for Unknown, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
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Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): perhaps occasionally from the Old French personal name Garnier (see Garnier ), but it is exeptionally rare as a personal name in medieval England and no certain evidence has been found for its use as a surname. Compare Warner .
English: from Middle English gern(i)er, garner, gurner, Anglo-Norman French gerner ‘granary’ (Old French grenier, from Late Latin granarium, a derivative of granum ‘grain’). It was probably a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of the stores kept in a granary.
English and Scottish: commonly shortened form of Gardner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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