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Early Origins of the Wampold family

The surname Wampold was first found in Bavaria, where the name Wambolt was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. The family rose from these conflicts to hold a family seat at Groß-Umstadt, now in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hesse in Germany. The family can be traced to this area since the late mediaeval period.

Early History of the Wampold family

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Wampold Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wambolt, Wambold, Wamboldt, Wampolt, Vambolt, Vomboldt, Wemboldt, Weimbold and many more.

Early Notables of the Wampold family

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Migration of the Wampold family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who traveled to the New World and established themselves along the eastern seaboard of the United States in Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries..


Contemporary Notables of the name Wampold (post 1700) +

  • Simon Wampold, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1952 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 18) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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