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Early Origins of the Gambrill family

The surname Gambrill was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia), the largest city and the capital of Emilia-Romagna Region. The famous University of Bolgna was founded in the 11th century, by the 13th century the student body was nearly 10,000. Dante and Petrarch studied there. Tisso was tried there in 1564 for writing satirical poems. Bologna naturally, is famous for its sausages. But many noted scholars were born there. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time was in itself a family honor.

Early History of the Gambrill family

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Gambrill Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gabrelli, Gabreli, Gabriele, Gabrieli, Gabrielli, Gabrielini, Gabriellini, Gabbello, Gabello, Gabriel, Gabriele, Gambrielli and many more.

Early Notables of the Gambrill family

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Migration of the Gambrill family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: those who arrived along the east coast of North America.


Contemporary Notables of the name Gambrill (post 1700) +

  • Stephen Warfield Gambrill (1873-1938), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Maryland State House of Delegates, 1920-22; Member of Maryland State Senate, 1924; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1924 1
  • Robert L. Gambrill, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1952, 1956 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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