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The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Kabel came from Cabel, a given name of Germanic origin. The surname Cable denoted the son of Cabel.
The surname Kabel was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kabel research. Another 71 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1273 and 1500 are included under the topic Early Kabel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Kabel family name include Cable, Cabell, Cabel, Cabbell, Cabbel and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Kabel Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Kabel surname or a spelling variation of the name include: