Gamble Family Research
UK Research


Genealogy is one of the fastest growing areas on the Web. This site is an ideal point of contact and  reference for those keen to trace their Gamble family trees. You'll find information on the origin of the Gamble surname and links to reference sites in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and across the world.  So, where was great-grandfather born? And why did he suddenly migrate to Australia? Start looking here

Origin of the Surname
Gamble: A surname of England and Ireland, Possibly of Anglo-Saxon origin, from old Norse "Gamall". Old Danish, Old Swedish "Gamal" - old. Most prolific in the county of Leicestershire.

Distribution
Tables showing where Gambles were in The English and Welsh Counties in 1881

Who's Who
Some members of the Gamble Family have achieved prominence in their activities and been recognised in publications. There have been architects, businessmen, inventors, a musician and a number of lawyers. Browse through extracts of their biographies on the Who's Who page.

The Irish Connection
Various books and publications which detail information on Irish history and genealogical material have been reviewed. In the book "More Irish Families", by Edward MacLysaght, and printed in 1982,  The Newsletter "The Ulster Link", published by the Rev H.W. Coffey of South Melbourne, provides some interesting information about one of the Gamble families in Northern Ireland.

Leicestershire Page
Take a pictorial tour of  Leicestershire where in medieval times there were Gamble families living in many of the towns and country hamlets of this picturesque rural county in central England. Now updated including more photographs, events list and family search batch numbers for South Leicestershire.

Links To Other Sites
Genealogical Resources, Other Gamble genealogy sites and  Gamble Personal Home Pages, and Businesses.

Your Stories 
If you have done a lot of research and written the story of your family or discovered an interesting story about others send it in to the feedback Email address found at the bottom of each page.

New Guestbook
For 2007 we have added a guestbook. For you privacy your Email address is not required however if you do want to be contacted by others you can enter it in the Email field or type it in the text body. 
 

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