The Garver surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,477 people carried this name — #7,441 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 4,564 in 2000.

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In print

Garver in American newspapers,
1899–1920.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Garver
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-11-10
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Garver
The Anaconda Standard 1899-06-20
Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Garver
The Brandon News 1910-08-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,562 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Garver in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

116 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Garver. The most, 19, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 46
Queensland 25
Victoria 14
Western Australia 14
South Australia 13
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Garver.

Who carried it

People named Garver,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Frederick Garver
    William Frederick Garver 1864–1942 · judge
  • Ned Garver
    Ned Garver 1925–2017 · politician
  • D. Garver 1830–1865 · soldier
  • Samuel B. Garver 1839–1911 · politician
  • Austin S. Garver 1847–1918
  • Oliver Garver 1900–1952 · film director

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Garver,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States275 records

275 records of the Garver name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 167
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Grace H. Garver

    Born 1900 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 in the Women's Army Corps at Los Angeles, California; teacher. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Phillip Eugene Garver

    Born 1947; from Calimesa, California. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Garver

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the John Garrow from Liverpool, aged 23; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 275 records for Garver in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Garver name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Debora L. Garver

    Died 1924 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Caroline Garver

    Married 1870 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Garver name in Australia NSW convict, estate and railway indexes
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Norah Garver

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Earl of Liverpool, arriving 1831; certificate of freedom 1844.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Norah Garver

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Earl of Liverpool, arriving 1831; ticket of leave 1838.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Garver name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jan Garver

    Married in 1846 in Leiden.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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