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Early Origins of the Gants family

The surname Gants was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has held a family seat since early times.

Early History of the Gants family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gants research. Another 172 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1258, 1307, 1385, 1420, 1440, 1500, 1612 and 1669 are included under the topic Early Gants History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gants Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gand, Gans, Gant, Gond, Gons, Gont, Gande, Gonde, Gandes, Gondes, Gante, Gonte, Gantes, Gontes, de Gand and many more.

Early Notables of the Gants family

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Gants migration to the United States +



Gants Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johan Nicolaes Gants, who landed in New York in 1709 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Gants (post 1700) +

  • Ralph D. Gants (1954-2020), American attorney and jurist, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
  • I. E. Gants, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1948 2
  • C. F. Gants, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1908 3
  • Mrs. C. E. Gants, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1940 3
  • Albert M. Gants, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1966 3


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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