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Early Origins of the Gumb family

The surname Gumb was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Gumb family

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Gumb Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gomm, Gumm, Gomme, Gom, Come, Com, Cumme, Cumm and others.

Early Notables of the Gumb family

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Australia Gumb migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Gumb Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Daniel Gumb, (b. 1829), aged 54, Cornish labourer travelling aboard the ship "Dharwar" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 30th September 1883 [1]
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Gumb, (b. 1833), aged 50, Cornish settler travelling aboard the ship "Dharwar" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 30th September 1883 [1]
  • Mr. Frederick Gumb, (b. 1871), aged 12, Cornish labourer travelling aboard the ship "Dharwar" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 30th September 1883 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Gumb (post 1700) +

  • John Gumb, American politician, Member of Nebraska State Senate, 1923 [2]


  1. Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 19). Emigrants to Australia NSW 1860 -88 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/nsw_passenger_lists_1860_88.pdf
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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