Gimblett One-Name Study

Gimblett
One-Name Study

Topics

About the Gimblett One-Name Study
Variants
Frequency of the name
Distribution of the name
Data
Contact Details

About the Gimblett One-Name Study

I began the one-name study after an attempt to prove or disprove the family rumour that we were related to Harold Gimblett, the Somerset and England cricketer. As a result I collected a lot of information about the Somerset branch of this name. Looking on the 1881 census, I realised that Gimblett and its' variants were not common names and the rest, as they say, is history.

Variants

The registered variants of Gimblett are Gimblet, Gimblette, Gimlett, Gimlet, Gimlette

Frequency of the name

There's not many Gimbletts out there! In the 1881 census there were 282 instances of the name. This jumped to 385 in the twenty years to the 1901 census. However, according to the ONS statistics at http:/taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php, there are only 312 instances of the name in England and Wales as at September 2002. Some Gimblett's emigrated but I have little information as to density and distribution.

Distribution of the name

On the home front, Gimbletts appear to have concentrated mainly in the South West of England and South Wales. Obviously some strayed and they have been found in London, Newcastle and the Isle of Wight among other places. Some earlier Gimbletts have been found in Birmingham and Essex.

Data

All civil registration index entries for births, marriages and deaths up to 2004

Probably about 99% of census records for 1841 - 1901

USA Census entries from 1850 - 1930

Some BMD information for USA and Canada

Worldwide entries for the IGI

Probate index from 1858 to 2001

Quite a few marriage certificate transcripts for Devon, Cornwall and Somerset

Building up a good collection of parish records in Devon and Somerset

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mrs Barbara Roach
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