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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