| WELCOME TO MY SITE! I am from the Gambrells of Smith County, Mississippi (NOT Misssouri - please see note farther down about this common error!) and the Morgans originally from the Myrick Community in Mississippi. I was born in Jones County but lived most of my childhood in Summerland (Smith County) Mississippi. Most of my ancestors from Europe settled in West Virginia and Maryland and then moved on to the Carolinas. Some settled in Georgia and Alabama (particularly Monroe County) and then from there, my more recent ancestors settled and raised families in Mississippi primarily in counties including (but not limited to) Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Perry, Smith and Wayne Counties. Others settled first in Pennsylvania and New Jersey before migrating South. My Native American relations include Cherokee from South Carolina and Alabama (Wolf Clan), Choctaw from Wayne County MS, and Musocgee Creek (Wind Clan) from Alabama and later some relatives in Oklahoma. I personally am a member of the Perdido Bay Tribe of Muscogee Creek.
The mixture makes me a "melting pot" of British, French, German, Irish, Native American, Scandanavian, Scottish, and Welsh descent, which is probaly true of many Americans. My goal here is to find out how the particular mixtures of families and nationalities came down to make me who I am. The research has already brought to light quite a few surprises! Some that explain heretofore unexplained family characteristics like my son Len having what is called the "Creek knot" skull! Of course, descendants from all these family lines are now scattered all over the world. If you discover you're a distant relative, please do let me know! There are some notables in the family tree, for which I can take no credit. They include a LOT of European royalty, some Native American chiefs, a Miss Mississippi and a Miss Okahoma (both were runner's up in the Miss America pageneant, "Doc" Holliday, President Jimmy Carter - and others, including some I didn't bother to link in because the relationships are so distant, like more US Presidents, Britney Spears, Margaret Mitchell, Laura-Ingalls Wider (by marriage to Almanzo Wilder who is a distant cousin), and quite a few others. But by and large my family is from just regular folks who worked and raised their families. Some were state and local community leaders. But it's always the few who stand out in a family tree and the majority of us just have fairly ordinary lives. It's fun to see who is "famous" or historically noteworthy, but I also really enjoy just learning about the journeys of these families from European soils to America to build new lives They are the true heroes in our family trees. I don't have all the "notables" linked in because The more I find all the links to so many families, I'm beginning to believe I must be related to "the world" and I'm convinced that with the way families married into families sometimes more than once, I've concluded I'm my own distant cousin! Through all the research my world has both been widened and at the same time brought closer to home. It has been fun to finally "see" how I'm related to families I grew up being told I was kin to but it was never explained what the connections were - like finding out my 3rd grade teacher was a cousin. This genealogical journey continues to be a source of ongoing mining for family gems like that. If we have some information to share, that would be great! I know there are bound to be errors if for no other reason than the My Heritage "Smart Match" doesn't weed out duplications and other errors without some assistance. I'm always having to "clean up" those type things. If you do notice an error I haven't fixed or you have information I lack, please do let me know! Thanks! Keep in mind - it's a work in progres Debbie Gambrell Lapeyrouse NOTE ABOUT MY GAMBRELL FAMILY There was information written and circulated that indicates my branch of the Gambrell family settled in Smith County, Missouri (MO). That is incorrect. We settled in Smith County, Mississippi (MS). I should know. I grew up in Summerland, Smith County, Mississippi and have a number of relatives buried in the Summerland Baptist Church Cemetery, where I went to church when I was growing up. So if you have the incorrect information, I hope you will correct it so it will eventually get around to more people and they will be able to correct it in their data as well. Thanks! DIRECT-DESCENDENCY SURNAMES IN MY TREE These Are Some of Main Family Lines That Eventually Resulted in Me! Surnames in Caps Are Those with 10 or More Consecutive Generations in My Personal Family Lines Abbott, Agullion, Ainsworth, Alvideleg, Amale, Amberfield, Anderson, Anjou, Annesley, Antonius, Appleyard, Appleton, Ardennes, Arlington, Arundel, Ashton, Aspall, Aston, At Bridge, Atheling, Atkinson, Att Leez, Aubigny, Augur, Austin, Avranches, Avenal Balbus, Bardwell, Barham, Barker, Barrett, Barton, Bassett, Baynham, Beauclerc, Beaulieu, Beaumont, Belleme, Berenger, Berenquer, Binns, Blakeney, Blood, Bloyou, Bodenham, Bohun, Bolbec, Booth, Bostock, Botiller, Bourgogne, Brampton, Branch, Brescia, Braose, Braswell, Braunche, Brereton, Brette, Brewse, Brionne, Broase, Brochwell, Brooke, Browne, Broyes, Bruton, Budrugon, Burley, Burnell, Butler, Button, Byron Caecilius, Cailley, Caley, Cambray, CAPET, Carolingien, Carlisle, Carney, Castlerock, Caulfield, Centerville, Champagne, Channels, Cinna, Clare, CLERE, Cleremont, CLIFTON, Cliinton, Cobb, Cokayne, Cole, Coleman, Cologne, Commondus, Conteville, Cornelius, Cornouaille, Cornwall, Cotta, Cotton, Crepon, Creque, Crevecoeur, Crews, Crispin, Crispus, Currie, Curwen d'Aiga, d'Auxerre, d'Eyncourt, Dacre, Daly/Dailey, Dalyngridge, Darrel, de Blois, de Loches, d'Eu, de Lilse, Dennis, Denston, Despane, DEVEREAUX, Digges, d'Oilly, d'Ostragothie, Donne, Dowsett, DRAKE, Dronsfield, Drury, Duckworth, Dunford, Dunstanville Eaton (Eyton), Edon, Edwards, Ellacot, Engaine, England, Evans, Everard, Eysteinsson Falaise, Farway, Faulk, Fearon, Fendigaid, Ferrers, Ferroleus, Fielderin, Filby, Finch, Fineaux, Fitz Alan, FitzGilbert, Fitz John, Fitz Orne, Fitz Osbert, Fitz Payn, Fitz Richard, Fitz Siguf, Fitz Stannard, Fitz Walter, Fitz Ward, Fitz Warin, Flaitel, Fleming, Fortescue, Forte, Fortescue, Fortis, Foster, Francis, Franconia, Frankley, Frise, Frizen, Frugi, Fychan
Gam, GAMBRELL, Gandolfsdatter, Ganelon, Garfield, Garrettson, Gascony, Gatinais, Gatton, Germanicus, Germond, Gernon, Giffard, Gigges, Giles, Glas, Glinn, Goodacre, Gommetz, Gordiana, GREY/GRAY, Greystock, Green, Grendon, Grenville, Grisgonelle, Gwent, Gwis Hainault, Hale, Hankeford, Harcourt, Harley, Harlinge, Hart, Hasket, Hastings, Hatch, Hatton, Haujo, Hayles, Heckstall, Heigham, Helpuin, Hempstede, Hendower, Hendriksen, Herbert, Herling, Hertzog, Hesbaye, Hesdon, Hester, Hever, Hinchley, Hinnant, Holliwell, Holmes, Hopkins, Hollowell, Howard, Howe, Hunt, Huntingdon, Hynson
Ingelrica, Inglethorpe, Irwin Jacobs, Jacques, James, Jansen, Jermyn, JERNIGAN, Johnson, Jolly, Jones, Jordan Keats, Kelloway, Kelverton, Kenely, Kevelioc, Kingsley, Kingston, Kirkham, Kirkpatrick
LACY, Ladyman, Lane, Leez, Lens, Leighton, Leteham, Libo, Kingston, LITTLETON, Lloyd, Longina, Lott, Louvain, Loveday Lowel, Ludlow
MacAengusa, MacAlpin, MacConaire, MacCrinan, MacEarca, MacEchach, MacEochaid, MacFiachrach, MacKenneth, MacKinnon (McKinnon), MacLean (McLean, McLain), MacMelesius, MacSween, McEachern, McEachin, Malehearbe, Malemains, Malet, Mafiant, Magupat, Makernes, Malesours, Mallet, Mandeville, Martel, Martin, Malyns, Mannock, Manvers, Manwaring, Marciana, Marius, Maasgau, Martin, Mathis, Maurienne, Merovec (Morevia), Meschines, Metz, Meulan, Middleton, Might, Miles, Mittara, Molelyns, Mondidier, Montfor, Monthermer, Moore, Mor, MORGAN, MORINIE, Morley, Mormaer, Mortimer, Morvois, Mose, Moton, Moule, Mowbray, Munchensey (de), Muinreamhar, Murdock, Myrgingas Neville, Newby, Nicholson, Nigtingale, NORRIS, Norton, Norwood, Notley Oldcastle, Ong/Onge, Orkney, Osorkon, Owain
Page, Pantolf, Parr, Pastor, Patterson, Payne, PEARSON, Peavy, Percy, Pershall, Peureux, Peverell, Phineas, Pichford, Pierrepont, Pincerna, Plantagenet, Playse, Poher, Poitiers, Ponthieu, Poole, Powell, Powys, Presthop, Prideaux, Pudens, Pulesdon
Quentin, Quartermain
Rabacy, Redisham, Redvers, Reed, Reilly, Rhadamsades, Rhescuporis, Rhoemetalces, Ri Fénnid, Ridley, Rigglesworth, Roberts, Rockley,Rogers, Romaich, Romney, Ros, Roucy, Rouen, Ruth SACKVILLE, Salvito, Samson, Say, Saxe, Scaevola, Schelde, Scobhill, Scot, Scrope, Segrave, Senlis, Seward, Seymour, Sharington, Shelton, Shephard, Silver, Smith, Snecke, Somerton, Somery, Souabe, Spencer, Spring, St. Phillibert, St. Leger, St. Liz, Stafford, Stapleton, Starnes, Steel, Stoughenborough, STRICKLAND, Stuart, Suevie, Suffield, Sumrall, Sylvester Taillifer, Talbot, Tancarville, Tempest, Terrington, Theray, Therouanne, Thomas, Thornton, Throckmorton, Thursby, Todd, Toscanda, Touchet, Tountesse, Toxandrie, Tregago, Tremayle, Treverby, Treves, Trivet, Trussell, Tubervill, Turner, Tyringham
Umfreville, Underwood, Upfold Vache, Vains, Valoignes, Valois, van Oost, van Vlaanderen, van Vorst, var der Laen, Vaughn, VAUX (de), Verdin, Vergy, Vermandois, Vernon, Verus, Vintzgau, Vis-de-Lou, von Altdorf, von Koln, von Sachsen, von Westphalia, von Wormsgau
Wade, Wakehurst, Walcot, Waldegrave, Wall, Walshe, Walter, Walton, Walwyn, Wardeux, Warenne, Warren, Washbourne, Welch/Welsh, Welling, Wentworth, Wescote, Welsh, Westover, Wheaton, Whitley, Whittington, WHITNEY, Whorwood, Wilder, Wigmore, Wiley, Williams, Wilson, WINDHAM, Wisgothie, Wood, Woodborough, WREY, Wychingham
The generations of grandparents really grow a BIG family tree! |
