Researching James Garner
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9466 people with the Garner surname? In that year Garner was ranked number 434 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Garner on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Garner and the Garner Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Garner Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Garner family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 13244 people with the Garner surname in the UK? Garner is now ranked number 436 for popularity in the UK. |
Garner Family Tree Databases
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Garner Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 94186 people with the Garner surname in the USA? Garner is ranked number 126 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Garner Databases
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Some Famous People called James Garner
James Garner
James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner, April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor and producer. He starred in several television series over more than seven decades, including popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the 1950s Western series Maverick and as Jim Rockford in the 1970s private detective show, The Rockford Files. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews, Grand Prix (1966) with Toshiro Mifune, Marlowe (1969) with Bruce Lee, Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), The Castaway Cowboy (1974), Blake Edwards's Victor/Victoria (1982) with Julie Andrews, and Murphy's Romance (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Garner's career and popularity continued through another decade in movies like Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood, voicing an animated film titled Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) with Michael J. Fox and Cree Summer, and The Notebook (2004) with Gena Rowlands, and his TV sitcom role as Jim Egan in 8 Simple Rules (2003–2005).
Source: James Garner, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
James Finn Garner
James Finn Garner (born 1961) is an American writer and satirist based in Chicago. He is the author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Politically Correct Holiday Stories, Apocalypse Wow, "Once Upon A More Enlightened Time" and May 2007 "Recut Madness" (www.jamesfinngarner.com)
Garner graduated from the University of Michigan, where he won a Hopwood Award for one of his short plays. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Garner's first book, has sold more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S. and has been translated into 20 languages. It spent 65 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Source: James Finn Garner, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames Garner (cricketer)
James Peter Garner (born 27 January 1972) is a former English cricketer. Garner was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Tittleshall, Norfolk and educated at Felsted School.
Garner made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Garner played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2002, which included 19 Minor Counties Championship matches and 18 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cornwall in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. He made 5 further List A appearances, the last coming against Kent in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 54 runs at an average of 10.80, with a high score of 27.
Source: James Garner (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames William Arthur Garner
James William Arthur "Jim" Garner (born August 19, 1944) is a Canadian farmer, rancher and former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Wilkie from 1978 to 1986 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Conservative.
He was born in Wilkie, Saskatchewan, the son of William J. Garner and Lillian Brown, and was educated there. In 1967, he married Marie Angeline Harriet Skeates. Garner was defeated by Linda Clifford when he ran for the Wilkie seat in the Saskatchewan assembly in 1975; he defeated Clifford to win the seat in 1978. Garner served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Highways. He resigned from cabinet after it was revealed that he had diverted a Saskatchewan government plane to Unity to take him and his family to Regina. Garner did not run for reelection in 1986.
Source: James William Arthur Garner, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Garner
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