Gabrielson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Scotland

The Anglo-Saxon name Gabrielson comes from Gabriel or Cebrail, an archangel in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. 1 2 The name denotes "descendant of Gabriel (God is my strength)." 3 The Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae records William Gabriel of Normandy in 1195. 4

Early Origins of the Gabrielson family

The surname Gabrielson was first found in Sussex where the Curia Regis Rolls of 1212 record Gabriel filius Reginaldi. Early rolls often listed this name as a forename as later the Subsidy Rolls of 1296 list Gabriele Spyg, again in Sussex. The same rolls go on to include Roger Gabyrel in the same year. In Suffolk, the Subsidy Rolls there include Nicholas Gabryel in 1327. 5

Again as a forename, we found two entries in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273: Gabriel Attelond, Kent; and Gabel Brenn, Norfolk. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1370 had only one entry: Thomas Gabriell who held lands there at that time. 6

Further north in Scotland, the name was mostly found in Aberdeenshire. "As a forename we have Gabriel Gymmill in Edinburgh, 1599. David Gabriel, a prominent citizen in Aberdeen, died in December, 1939. I have read somewhere that the family of Gabriel of Aberdeen is descended from a Gabriel Grant, but no such person appears in Sir William Fraser's Chiefs of Grant." 7

Early History of the Gabrielson family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gabrielson research. Another 109 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1212, 1273, 1455, 1487, 1825 and 1867 are included under the topic Early Gabrielson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gabrielson Spelling Variations

Before the last few hundred years, the English language had no fast system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations are commonly found in early Anglo-Saxon surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Gabrielson were recorded, including Gabriel, Gable, Gabell, Gaball, Gableson and many more.

Early Notables of the Gabrielson family

Distinguished members of the family include Mary Ann Virginia Gabriel, born at Banstead, Surrey, Feb. 7, 1825, learned the piano from Pixis, Döhler, and Thalberg, and harmony and construction from Molique. Her principal work...
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Gabrielson Ranking

In the United States, the name Gabrielson is the 10,913^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 8

Migration of the Gabrielson family

To escape oppression and starvation at that time, many English families left for the "open frontiers" of the New World with all its perceived opportunities. In droves people migrated to the many British colonies, those in North America in particular, paying high rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Although many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, those who did see the shores of North America perceived great opportunities before them. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Research into various historical records revealed some of first members of the Gabrielson family emigrate to North America: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Gabrielson (post 1700) +

Ira Noel Gabrielson (1889-1977), American naturalist and entomologist
Frank Gabrielson (1910-1980), American stage, film, and television writer
Ryan Gabrielson, American Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist
Leonard Hilburne "Len" Gabrielson (1915-2000), American first baseman Major League Baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1939 season
Guy George Gabrielson (1891-1976), American Republican politician, Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1949 to 1952 9
Leonard Gary "Len" Gabrielson (b. 1940), American former Major League Baseball outfielder

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