When John William Garland was born in 1914, in North Battleford, North Battleford No. 437, Saskatchewan, Canada, his father, John Garland Jr., was 28 and his mother, Rachael Heidel, was 18. He lived in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1916 and North Battleford No. 437, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1926. He died on 2 February 2003, in Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 89, and was buried in Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada.
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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.
Possible Related NamesAccording to Alice Garland Webb: They would play hockey in the winter on the frozen lake. From Left to Right; John W. Garland, Isalbell Brads, Charles Garland, Alice Garland, W.J. Bruce Webb, Robert Garland.
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