The surname is a locational name. Surnames or last names were started between 900 to 1060 AD. There are four common sources of surnames. One -- by parentage, eg.: Johnson or son of John,: in scandinvian, it is "sen", or in Irish Gaelic O, like in O'Malley, or Scottish Gaelic Mc or Mac, like in Mac Donald, or in Russian, it is the öv"or öff"at the end of a name. Two -- by occupation, such as Mr. Baker, Mr. Miller, Mr. Smith [blacksmith, tin smith, silver smith, etc]. Three by physical description, such as Mr. Large, Mr. Tall, etc. and finally fourth, by location, such as Mr. London, and Kemble is a village since Roman times in Gloucester County or as in old records called Gloucestershire. Kemble laid in the Roman's Fosse Way [a road]. The Fosse Way connected Glevum (now Gloucester0 to Silchester (now Reading) It lay near the border of this county and Wits County or Wiltshire.
The Village of Kemble has its own website -- I beleive it is Kemble1.uk.com. It is in the list if you do a search for KEMBLE on-line.
There is a published book about the Village of
Kemble entitled "Kemble, Ewern, and Pooles Keyes, Three Villages by the Infant Thames"compiled and edited by Christian Brann and published by Collectors'Books Limited, Bradley Lodge, Kemble, Cirencester, United Kingdom GL7 6AD [British Zip Code], copyright 1992, ISBN 1 957705 04 8. I purchaed a copy a few years ago for $25.00 US, but the British price then was 12.50 Pounds Sterling. I knew someone going there and they got it for me. I do not have any purchasing information to obtain this book. The book goes back to 577 BC, but does not mention the Camelos , a Norse God in mythology in relation to the present-day name of Kemble.
I had read once, but cannot quote the source that the name Kemble and the naming of the village had something to do with the Norse God Camelos. I have not taken the time to research Noris Mythology to learn who Camelos was or to re-confirm my earlier research into this bit of information..
This is all I known at this time on the origin of the name. The Kimble name is a mispelling of Kemble, BUT there is a surname "Kimble" who came from Germany, WHO ARE Kimbles. The German Kimbles did traveland migrate into the same areas as did the Kembles into the United States as they used a common means of travel.
Hope this helps and if anyone can add to my information, please tell me. I will appreciate any other knowledge on this subject. Thank you, James A.Crowley Kemble at
jersey_jim_the_jerseyan@yahoo.com in the Pennsylvania, United States. Feel free to contact me directly as well as posting in here.