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Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 11:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gimblett Hambly
I'm in NSW Australia chasing the Gimbletts. My gggrandfather, WSR Hambly (from Kenwyn Cornwall via America)was in the boot business mid 1850's in Ballarat. His partner was Mr Gimblett. I have found connections to Cornwall and Devon. WSR Hambly's sister, Dee married Samuel S Gimblett who in the 1880's in Crediton Devon had a large boot factory. John Gimblett, his wife Mary Ann, then their son George Gimblett and his wife Elizabeth were making shoes and boots in Gunnislake (Calstock) Cornwall from the 1850's to the 1930's. Any knowledge? Any living relatives? Any existing trees? I have some info, but would be grateful for much more.
Roger Irving

Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 4:47AM GMT
Classification: Query
I am in Auckland. My Gimblett grandparents emigrated from Cornwall in 1906/08 from the Treneglos area. Several Gimblett families arrived in New Zealand and I am trying to connect the threads. Dee Hambly Gimblett (daughter of the Dee Hambly you refer to)ended up in NZ and so far I have not been able to link her line with mine. If you google Dee Hambly Gimblett the first half dozen resuts are directly of interest. Samuel Squires Gimblett had an earlier marriage to Mary Anne MOLE, who died in 1850. If you search the 1851 census in Freecen, Dee Hambly is listed as a schoolmistress in Calstock. In the 1861 census you will find the family of Samuel S and Dee with his 4 children by his first marriage plus their own two - daughter Dee aged 3 and Samuel aged 1 mth. Dee Hambly Gimblett married William Bennick Harding in NZ and they had 4 children. I can provide more details of the NZ end if you want it.

Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 7:14AM GMT
Classification: Query
hey Paul,
Thanks for the reply; I've got Samuel Squires Gimblett - actually married four times! and his family; we lost the daughters for a while, but recently found when they came to Australia before heading off to New Zealand and marrying - our details are not complete on the NZ end, so yes, I'd appreciate anything that you have - best to go direct to me on rogerirving@fastmail.fm
I'd be happy to send you the Hambly line which will tail in very nicely with your stuff - what I'm really after is the connection between the Hamblys and the Gimbletts before Samuel Squires married Dee Hambly. I have the Gimblett and Hambly shoe store in Ballarat (imported boots etc from Samuel Squires in Crediton) but feel that there is an earlier connection, possibly in Calstock. All very interesting; I'll be in Ballarat early September to try to unearth more info about their business and hopefully discover a few clues. So distant cousin, I've not been to Auckland in many a year, have always enjoyed my time there; now I'm in Toronto, just south of Newcastle.
Cheers,
Roger
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Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:20AM GMT
Classification: Query
I'm in Cornwall chasing the Gimbletts.My g.g.grandfather,John b1814, Sampford Courtney. was a brother to Samual Squire b1822 Exbourne Devon. who married Dee Hambly b1828 Kenwyn Cornwall & died 1873 Exeter Devon.I have a photograph off the Gimblett Shoe works in the High St Crediton, under the name Economic Shoe Works. When my side of the family moved to Gunnislake Cornwall the sons of George became photographers in Gunnislake, Tavistock & Callington, my Grandfather Reginald also ran a fish & chip shop. I would be interested in any info on the Gimbletts & would try to answer any queries you have.

Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 7:37PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks for the info - the Gimblett/Hambly connection is high on my list of family history that needs to be researched!
Firstly, can you you contact me directly on my personal email: rogerirving@fastmail.fm
I live in Toronto NSW and in 3 weeks I'll be in Ballarat Vic, specifically tracing the Gimblett/Hambly boot business. I have pieces of your line: I could see that John was a bootmaker and moved to Gunnislake, but could not find the connection between him and Samuel Squires. I could see that George took over the business and that photography became part of the family business - around the 1920's - 1930's??
Where do you live?
I can give you all sorts of info regarding SS's life and the Hambly connection. I'm unsure how much you have collated so far, but briefly this is what I know:
SS came to Ballarat in 1853 and secured a block of land on the Main Street at the beginnings of the gold rush. A James Taprell Gimblett (b Calstock 1800) arrived around 1854/5 with his family and established a boot business on the site in Ballarat. In 1855 William Samuel Rawlings Hambly (Dee's brother) who had arrived in Australia in Dec 1853 joined with James Taprell Gimblett and the business was then called Gimblett and Hambly. JT Gimblett retired in 1861 and moved his family to Beechworth Vic to take up dairyfarming.
Two daughters of SS and Dee Gimblett migrated to Australia in May 1883 (Dee and Maryann) and then married New Zealanders and lived there.
You have now given me the connection between John and Samuel Squires Gimblett; I feel that JT Gimblett must have been a cousin? He was born in Calstock and then pops up in Calstock around 1850 after living in London. Dee and WSR Hambly's father (John) was a mover and shaker in the mining industry and living in Calstock at the time.
If you are in Calstock, please check out a property called "Gelling Park" - I think that it is heritage listed, this is where John Hambly lived for at least a decade before his death 1n 1864.
Good to meet you! I'd love to get copies of any info/photos etc that you have on the Gimbletts and am happy to provide you the full history of the Hambly/Gimblett connection that I have. I'm in my late 50's, looking forward to less than ten years before retirement; have jumped into the family history only a year ago; love a good red from the Coonawarra and like Cicero, believe that a garden and a library are needed for contentment!
Thanks again, look forward to any contact.
Roger Irving

Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 3:58PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi,

I'm not related to this family, but I am researching my family (Galsworthy) most of whom were boot finishers.makers in Crediton.
I wonder if you'd be kind enough to let me have a copy of the photo you have of the Economic Shoe works in Crediton High Street.
I belive my great grandfather may have died there of a heart attack.
My email is robert.puxty@googlemail.com

I'd be very grateful.
Thank you
Robert

Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Yes this is my great great grandfather and his daughter passed away on tuesday violet Hambly aged 91. There are descendants in Ballarat still.
He was one of Alice Neel's children -she married a Hambly.

Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 9:24PM GMT
Classification: Query
Do you have all the Hambly stuff. I will share

Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 9:24PM GMT
Classification: Query
Do you have all the Hambly stuff. I will share

Re: Gimblett - Ballarat, Crediton and Calstock

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 9:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
Love to share with you all our Hambly stuff including photos.
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