The Gambill surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,227 people carried this name — #7,835 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,131 in 2000.

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In print

Gambill in American newspapers,
1894–1921.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Gambill
Evening Star 1917-08-30
Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Gambill
The Herald 1894-01-14
Newspaper page from The Ordway New Era carrying the name Gambill
The Ordway New Era 1921-12-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,899 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gambill in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1940s.

60 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gambill. The most, 47, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 56
Tasmania 3
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gambill.

Who carried it

People named Gambill,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Gray Gambill, Jr. 1915–2003 · director
  • Robert Gambill 1927–2009 · mathematician

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gambill,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States214 records

214 records of the Gambill name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 171
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Delbert F. Gambill

    Born 1911 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Denver, Colorado; auto mechanic from Denver County, Colorado. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Lee Gambill

    Born 1931; from Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Gambill

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1955; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 214 records for Gambill in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Gambill name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Oscar Gambill

    Served in the First World War.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Florence Gambill

    Arrived in Victoria in 1867 aboard the Western Empire.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Gambill in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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