Brief Life History of Joseph Jasper
When Joseph Jasper Garland was born about 1794, in South Carolina, United States, his father, William Garland, was 40 and his mother, Lydia Cooley, was 25. He married Eliza Parrish before 1821. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 12 January 1871, in Vernon, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon, Louisiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Jasper Garland - head of household, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joe Garland in entry for Sarah Francis Dunnehoo, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
- Joseph Garland, "United States Census, 1820"
Spouse and Children
1794–1871 Male
1813–1890 Female
Children (11)
1836– Female
1838–1920 Female
1840–1929 Male
1845– Female
1847–1905 Male
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1755–1827 Male
1770–1841 Female
Siblings (6)
1787–1870 Male
1794–1871 Male
1798–1877 Female
1805–1882 Male
1805– Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 0
1807 · Louisiana is Divided into 19 Parishes
Age 13
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English gerlond, ger(e)land, garlond ‘metal chaplet, crown, coronet; wreath’, probably a nickname denoting a habitual wearer of such items, or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of them.
English: perhaps from the Old French personal name Gerland (ancient Germanic Garuland, probably from garw- ‘war-gear; prepared(ness)’ + land ‘land’; the first element of the French name may instead be from a name beginning with gēr ‘spear’).
English: topographic name from Middle English gor(e), gar(e) ‘triangular piece’ + lond ‘land’ (Old English gāra + land, lond), for someone who lived ‘(at the) triangular piece of land’. Compare Garfield .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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