The garber Surname

garber Name Meaning and History

English: occupational name for a reaper or harvester, or for someone who collected wheatsheaves owed in rent, from an agent derivative of Middle English garbe ‘wheatsheaf’ (see Garbe).
North German: from a personal name composed of geri, gari ‘spear’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.
North German form of Gerber.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Gerber, from Yiddish garber.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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garber Family Facts

Distribution of garber Families in the US in 1920

Number of garber families

173-344

58-172

1-57

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trying to find Garber Families of Maryland from 1900-present	truesonsoflight	0
Samuel Garber,bn.abt 1775, York co., Pa./wf. Ann Mock	Barton Rhodes Lydy	14
Frank Garber	girlwhoeatsbeets	0
Seeking Godfrey Garber of 28th PVI, Co. E	JoeNihen	0
garber / herrick, ohio	lovesreeses	0
Leander Garber and Rose Twaits Garber, Indiana, born 1870's	Carole Thwaits	3
Samuel A. Garber burried wife, 6 kids in 3 months 1844	whbsbb	10
Amiel GARBER and Sophia HOGREFE - Chicago, IL	exbuckeye	0
Mahala Garber Nelson	lorideiblechaffin	0
Frank Day Garber, 24 Jan 1873, pictures found	MNAJPA	2

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