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Early Origins of the Gorbet family

The surname Gorbet was first found in Savoy (French: Savoie) in the Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps, where they held a family seat from the 12th century. One of the earliest records of the name was Gilles de Corbeil (ca. 1140-?), a French royal physician, teacher, and poet. Peter of Corbeil (died 1222), was a preacher and canon of Nôtre Dame de Paris, a scholastic philosopher and master of theology at the University of Paris, ca 1189.

William of Corbeil, Curbuil or Corbeuil (d. 1136), was Archbishop of Canterbury, "was doubtless born at the little town of Corbeil, on the Seine, halfway between Paris and Melun, unless indeed the unimportant village, Corbeil-le-Cerf, some distance south of Beauvais, has a better claim to this distinction. " 1

Early History of the Gorbet family

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Gorbet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Corbeil, Corbeile, Corbeille, Corbeill, Corbeile, Corbeyle, Corbail, Corbaille, Corbaille, Corbaill, Corbayle, Gorbeil, Gorbeile, Gorbeille, Gorbeill, Gorbeile, Gorbeyle, Gorbail, Gorbaile, Gorbaille, Gorbaill and many more.

Early Notables of the Gorbet family

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United States Gorbet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gorbet Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Andras Gorbet, aged 18, who immigrated to the United States, in 1902
  • Alice Gorbet, aged 27, who settled in America from London, England, in 1908


  1. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print


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