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ambs Name Meaning and History

German: of uncertain origin. Probably from a Germanic personal name, which also appears in topographic names, whose root is related to German emsig with the early sense of ‘toil’, ‘trouble’, ‘endurance’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ambs Families in the US in 1920
Number of ambs families
 8-14
 3-7		 1-2
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Threads: 14 - Messages: 30
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Ambs Family Diana Gouy 10
Catharina (nee AMBS) PFAFF 1750 in Kirnhalden, Kenzington, Baden-Wuerrtemberg., Germany. Jorge Montero 0
List of Ambs Buried in Mount Olivet, Battle Creek, MI davenrobn 0
Philadelphia Ambs-Euphrosina,Fridolin,Adolf & Robert pjmcgovern 0
Ambs from the Schwartzwald Harry D. Ambs 1
Elizabeth Ambs FSchuler7828 0
LUCAS,CARL, JOSEPH,ESTHER, LOIS tlauterberg_1 0
Rosa C. Ambs PCain3923 3
Ambs- Oberserffhusen Germany pjmcgovern 0
Ambs family Monica Ross 0
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