Show ContentsLumby History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Lumby family

The surname Lumby was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held lands.

Early History of the Lumby family

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Lumby Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lumb, Loom, Limb, Loombe, Loomes, Lombe, Lomb and many more.

Early Notables of the Lumby family

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United States Lumby migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lumby Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Dom Lumby, who arrived in Virginia in 1650 1
Lumby Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Thomas Lumby, aged 21, who landed in New York, NY in 1812 1
  • Benjamin Lumby, aged 38, who arrived in New York, NY in 1812 1

Australia Lumby migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Lumby Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Ananias Lumby, (b. 1796), aged 31, British Labourer who was convicted in York, England for life for highway robbery, transported aboard the "Asia" on 19th November 1827, settling in New South Wales, Australia, he died in 1883 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Lumby (post 1700) +

  • Joseph Rawson Lumby (1831-1895), English cleric, Norrisian Professor of Divinity from 1879 to his death and Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity from 1892
  • Wendy Lumby (b. 1966), British alpine skier at the 1988 Winter Olympics
  • Jeff Lumby, Canadian actor and voice actor


  1. 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)
  2. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 8th January 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1827


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