I am married to a man with the last name of Gribble.
I was told that everyone with this name is a relative rather white or black. There some in Tennese USA as well as other parts of the country . Can anyone help me with this question ?
2006-11-08 06:17:57 · 4 answers · asked by canada 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Gribble
(1) English: from a Norman personal name Grimbald, composed of the Germanic elements grim ‘mask’, ‘helmet’ + bald, bold ‘bold’, ‘brave’.
(2) Respelling of German Gribbel, from a pet form of a personal name formed with Greif.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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So, there are English Gribbles and German ones. If they are related, it is VERY distant.
The black ones and the white ones may be related. If your husband's ancestors had slaves, chances are about 4 out of 5 he has black cousins. My Pack ancestors did and I do. One of the dirty little secrets of the South was how many masters would wander down to the slave quarters for soalce when the Missus was having a headache.
If you read wills from slave owners, the phrase "treat with special kindness" pops up a lot, as in "I bestow my ***** man Moses to my son William, and ask that he be treated with special kindness." It is a code phrase for "He's your half brother; don't sell him down the river".
Back to the name - "Norman personal name Grimbald . . ." So it is like "Thompson", but rarer. All Thompsons are not related; they just had ancestors named Thomas at some point. (Johnsons, Simpsons and Petersons did too.)
The only people who can claim that everyone with their surname is related are the ones whose surname comes from a village or town. I don't have an example at hand, but there are some.
2006-11-08 08:23:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, we're ALL connected in some way. I'd say yeah, definitely if the last name is the same, then they're somewhere in the family tree. Do some geneology research and find those "other races" of people he doesn't think he's kin too. I wish more people would realize we're all a part of God's creation rather than seperate entities that work against each other....that wasn't the plan at all.
2006-11-08 14:22:33 · answer #2 · answered by Shining Ray of Light 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gribbles owned a grocery store here in Ohio--they were white--if that helps.
2006-11-11 02:31:18 · answer #3 · answered by fallingstar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know..
2006-11-12 03:06:01 · answer #4 · answered by indikask1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋