James A. Garner

Brief Life History of James A.

When James A. Garner was born on 22 August 1894, in Campbell, Tennessee, United States, his father, William C Garner, was 34 and his mother, Phoebe Jane Bailey, was 26. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Rebecca E Jones. He lived in Jellico, Campbell, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 5, Campbell, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 24 June 1974, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

James A. Garner
1894–1974
Rebecca E Jones
1894–1983
Flora Elizabeth Garner
1921–2005
William Ansel Garner
1922–1952
James Thomas Garner
1924–1991
Jeremiah Garner
1925–1979
Raymond H Garner
1928–
Doris Edna Garner
1931–1931
Eugene Oran Garner
1938–2011

Sources (18)

  • Jim A Garner, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James A Garner, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • James A Garner, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"

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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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