Gimblett

Gimblett One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Gimblett

Variants: Gimblet, Gimblette, Gimlet, Gimlett, Gimlette

Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.

Guild hosted website: gimblett.one-name.net

Contact: Mrs Barbara Roach

About the 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.

Variant names

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

Name frequency

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

Civil Registration index entries for births and deaths from 1837 to 2018

Civil Registration index entries for marriages from 1837 to 2013

Probably about 99% of census records for 1841 - 1911

Probate index from 1858 to 2019

A good collection of UK parish records for baptisms, marriages and burials

Open records from the 1939 Register

USA Census entries from 1850 - 1940

Canada Census entries from 1861 - 1921

Good selection of BMD information for USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland

Worldwide entries for the IGI

Many other small record sets

DNA

I have set up a DNA project, which can be found here.

Links

I have a Gimblett One Name Study Facebook Group

Contact Details

Mrs Barbara Roach

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Gimblett in the Guild Indexes

(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)

Global Marriages (public) 607
Global Marriages (members)* 653

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