Ginkel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Ginkel

What does the name Ginkel mean?

The Ginkel surname is of uncertain origins, but is thought to be a local name for someone "of Gingdale, some spot in Wiltshire or Gloucestershire. I have not identified the place, but Gingell is thus originated. The surname is still closely connected with the district in which it arose." 1

Early Origins of the Ginkel family

The surname Ginkel was first found in Wiltshire where Michael de Gingedale was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. 1

Another source notes: "Godart de Ginkell, Baron de Reede, came with William, Prince of Orange, into England. He accompanied him to Ireland, where he besieged and took Athlone, for which service he was created Earl of Athlone." 2

So as to underline this reference, we found that not all of the family ventured to England as the Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae notes that Ralph and Ranulph Gansell of Normandy, France in 1198. 3

Early History of the Ginkel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ginkel research. Another 99 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1570, 1576, 1630, 1674, 1688, 1703, 1762 and 1873 are included under the topic Early Ginkel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ginkel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gingell, Gingold, Gingle, Gingen, Ginkell and many more.

Early Notables of the Ginkel family

Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone (1630-1703), eldest son of Godard Adriaan van Reede, Baron Ginkel, born at Utrecht in 1630...

Ginkel migration to the United States +

Ginkel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Willem Van Ginkel, who arrived in Iowa in 1857 4
Klaas Van Ginkel, who landed in Iowa in 1857 4
Jan Van Ginkel, who arrived in Iowa in 1857 4
Heintie Van Ginkel, who landed in Iowa in 1857 4
Grietje Van Ginkel, who arrived in Iowa in 1857 4
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Sources +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
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)