The Gumbley Family History Page

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This page is very much unfinished.
Changes:

• Corrected a few mistakes; Added my second and third children.
• Started section about the Australian side of the family.

This web page is an attempt at publishing the research done into the Gumbley family history by John Gumbley and Harold Gumbley of Staffordshire, England. The web page is maintained by Matthew James Gumbley of Kent (formerly Newcastle-under-Lyme), England. Any mistakes are probably Matt's, not John's!

John's research was mainly conducted with the help of the Family History Library, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. This is run by the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), who kindly collate and publish parish records from all over the world on microfiche. (Matt's note: they may have a web site, and their databases may be available online; I haven't checked yet)

Parish records only go back so far - the earliest date we have is 1564. (although the details of that haven't made it to this page yet)

Several times during this research, guesses have had to be made, involving family members moving, getting married, remarried, having children and dying. Wherever possible, John has tried to match people he has found, when data has not been sufficient to link people with complete accuracy.

This research follows the males of the Gumbley family, i.e. the family name. Any insights into the female side are also gratefully received!

Help!

Also, if you're planning on having children, don't call them Henry, Thomas or Joseph! Future Gumbley geneologists will get very confused if you do! (Only kidding; my own son is called Thomas!)

Alleged family crest

Burke's Peerage World List of Gumbleys

This book contains general information about geneology, a table of statistics about our worldwide distribution, and then the directory.

Origins of the Gumbley family

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Country	Total estimated households	Total households in registry	Total estimated population	No. of countries, states, territories or provinces where households reside	Most populous county, state, territory, kanton or province
United States	11	8	24	5	Rhode Island
Canada	67	48	147	3	Ontario
Australia	24	17	53	2	New South Wales
New Zealand	28	20	62	2	North Island
Great Britain	280	200	700	27	West Midlands
Ireland	4	3	10	1	Cavan

Matt has been visible on the Internet since October 1992. Since then, he has received email from around the world from various Gumbleys. The above table indicates that most of us are located in Great Britain, although he has contacts in the Isle of Man (originating from Birmingham), Canada, and Australia.

Australian branch

"... all the Gumbleys in Australia are related .. some more distantly than others. Funny thing is my Dad (the oldest in his family born in 1921) is called Harold Francis. Apparently, Harold and Francis were family names. My brother is Paul Francis and I'm John James (apparently James was another family name). Now here's what I can recall about our distant past in Oz :

All the family were butchers, stretching back to my great grandfather's day. The great grandaddy made a lot of money out of his butcher's shop in Sydney and apparently was big into horse racing. He helped set up Randwick Racecourse which is the biggest and oldest in Australia. The trail runs cold pre- the great grandfather's day but when I next speak to Dad I'll ask him for more details. It would be great to be able to tell them about their Pommie roots."

Can anyone else provide more information on the Australian branch of the family? When did the first Gumbley move down under?

Chronological history of the Gumbley Family

18th April 1927

The earliest Gumbley we have found is Thomas. The responsibility of carrying on this strain of the family name rests with Paul and Matt. Paul has children; Matt has three: Natasha, Hannah and Thomas.

Angela Margaret Gumbley