Gribble History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Gribble family
The surname Gribble was first found in Staffordshire where the family name was first referenced in the year 1086 when Grimbaldus held a family seat in that shire. Saint Grimbald (Grimwald) (820?-903) was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Bertin near Saint-Omer, France. He was invited by Alfred to England but declined the Diocese of Canterbury. His son, King Edward the Elder appointed him abbot of the New Minster at Winchester and he died in the year of its dedication. 1
Early History of the Gribble family
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Gribble Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Grimbald, Grimble, Gribble, Grimball, Grimbell, Grimbaud, Grimbalde, Grimald and many more.
Early Notables of the Gribble family
Distinguished members of the family include Nicholas Grimald, Grimalde or Grimoald (1519-1562), English poet, born in Huntingdonshire in 1519, probably son of Giovanni Baptista Grimaldi, a clerk in...
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Gribble Ranking
In the United States, the name Gribble is the 7,485th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 2
Gribble migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Gribble Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Joseph B Gribble, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1835 3
- Joseph B, Gribble Jr., who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1836 3
- J Gribble, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 3
- Mr. Edwin Gribble, (b. 1849), aged 25, Cornish miner departing from Bristol aboard the ship "Cornwall" arriving in the United States on 1 May 1874 4
- Mr. William J. Gribble, (b. 1857), aged 30, Cornish miner departing from Liverpool aboard the ship "Aurania" arriving in Pennsylvania, USA on 31 May 1887 4
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Gribble migration to Australia +
Emigration to
Australia followed the
First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Gribble Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- John Gribble, English convict from Devon, who was transported aboard the "Arab" on July 3, 1822, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 5
- William Gribble, English convict from Devon, who was transported aboard the "Asia" on October 22nd, 1824, settling in New South Wales, Australia 6
- James Gribble, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Theresa" in 1847 7
- John Gribble, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Santipore" in 1848 8
- Mr. Benjamin Gribble, (b. 1812), aged 36, Cornish miner from Redruth, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "Blonde" arriving in Port Phillip, New South Wales, Australia on 15th October 1848 9
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Gribble migration to New Zealand +
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:
Gribble Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
- Elias Gribble, aged 22, a farm labourer, who arrived in Port Nicholson aboard the ship "Gertrude" in 1841 10
- Eliza Gribble, aged 19, a sempstress, who arrived in Port Nicholson aboard the ship "Gertrude" in 1841 10
- S M Gribble, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1844
- Mr. John Gribble, (b. 1834), aged 28, British farm labourer from Cornwall, travelling from London aboard the ship"Mersey" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 25th September 1862 11
- Mrs. Sophia Gribble, (b. 1834), aged 28, British settler from Cornwall, travelling from London aboard the ship"Mersey" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 25th September 1862 11
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Contemporary Notables of the name Gribble (post 1700) +
- Matthew Owen Gribble (1962-2004), American five-time gold medalist competitive swimmer, world champion, and world record-holder
- Wallace B. Gribble, American Republican politician, Member of West Virginia State Senate 12th District, 1917-20; Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1920 12
- W. D. Gribble, American Republican politician, Chair of Doddridge County Republican Party, 1945-46 12
- T. M. Gribble, American politician, Mayor of Waco, Texas, 1939 12
- Mark Gribble (b. 1975), English right-handed batsman cricketer
- Julian Royds Gribble VC (1897-1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Bernard Finegan "B.F." Gribble RBC SMA (1872-1962), prolific British marine artist and illustrator
- David Gribble, Australian cinematographer and director
- Bernard Gribble (1927-2004), Emmy Award and ACE Eddie Award nominated British film editor
- Di Gribble AM (1942-2011), Australian publisher, book editor and businessperson, co-founder of McPhee Gribble, an Australian publishing house in 1975
Citations +
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to New York 1820 - 1891 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_new_york_1820_1891.pdf
- State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Arab voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1822 with 155 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/arab/1822
- State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Asia 1 voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1824 with 9 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1824
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) THERESA 1847. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1847Theresa.htm
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) SANTIPORE 1848. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1848Santipore.htm
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, May 30). Ships' Passenger Lists of Arrivals in New South Wales on (1828 - 1842, 1848 - 1849) [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_nsw_1838_on.pdf
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 12th December 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html