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Early Origins of the Wampole family

The surname Wampole was first found in Bavaria, where the name Wambolt was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. The family rose from these conflicts to hold a family seat at Groß-Umstadt, now in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hesse in Germany. The family can be traced to this area since the late mediaeval period.

Early History of the Wampole family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wampole research. Another 84 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1546, 1582, 1601, 1629, 1647 and 1664 are included under the topic Early Wampole History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wampole Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wambolt, Wambold, Wamboldt, Wampolt, Vambolt, Vomboldt, Wemboldt, Weimbold and many more.

Early Notables of the Wampole family

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United States Wampole migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wampole Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Elias Wampole, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Wampole (post 1700) +

  • Harry Z. Wampole, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Telford, Pennsylvania, 1902-16, 1922-32 2
  • Christy Wampole, American bass player for Glass Wave, an American rock band


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 18) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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