The name Kibble comes from one of the family having worked as a person who made or sold cudgels, which were short, stout sticks used as weapons. The surname Kibble was also applied as a
nickname to a person who was considered as stout and heavy.
Early Origins of the Kibble family
The surname Kibble was first found in Middlesex 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.
Early History of the Kibble family
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Kibble Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few
hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Kibble have been found, including: Keeble, Keble, Kebbell, Kebell, Kebill, Kebyll, Kibbel, Kibble, Kibel, Keebler and many more.
Early Notables of the Kibble family (pre 1700)
Notables of this surname at this time include: Sir Henry Keble, at the time of King Henry VIII; Richard Keble (died 1683), an English lawyer and judge, Commissioner of the...
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Migration of the Kibble family to the New World and Oceana
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in
England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in
England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Among the first immigrants of the name Kibble, or a variant listed above to cross the Atlantic and come to North America were :
Kibble Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Thomas Kibble, who landed in Virginia in 1658 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Kibble Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Robert Kibble, who arrived in Virginia in 1789 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Kibble Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- Richard Kibble, English convict from Buckinghamshire, who was transported aboard the "Ann" on August 1809, settling in New South Wales, Australia [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Ann voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1809 with 200 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/ann/1809
Contemporary Notables of the name Kibble (post 1700)
- John Westly Kibble (1892-1969), nicknamed "Happy," an American Major League Baseball third baseman for the Cleveland Naps in 1912
- George Herbert Kibble (1865-1923), English cricketer who played for Kent during the 1889 season
- Brendan Kibble (b. 1963), nicknamed "Wig, " an Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- John Kibble, Scottish merchant who had Kibble Palace, a wrought iron framed glasshouse built for his home at Coulport on Loch Long in the 1860s
- Nita Kibble (1879-1962), Australian librarian, founding member of the Australian Institute of Librarians, eponym of the Nita Kibble Literary Award, sponsored by her niece Nita Dobbie upon her death
- Chris Kibble (b. 1963), British jazz musician
- Sir Thomas Walter Bannerman "Tom" Kibble CBE FRS (1932-2016), British theoretical physicist and senior research investigator at The Blackett Laboratory, co-eponym of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism