The gamache Surname
gamache Name Meaning and History
French: habitational name from places in Eure and Somme called
Gamaches, first recorded in the 8th century as Gannapio and
Gammapium respectively. The place names are of uncertain
origin; one suggestion is that they may have been named with the
Celtic elements cam ‘bent’, ‘winding’ + apia
‘water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Gamache family from Holoke, Ma |
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| Sophie Gamache additional |
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| Pauline Gamache |
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| Gamache Family from Quebec |
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| Gamache roots/La Famille Gamache | Monique Gamache | 111 |
| Gamache Leominster, MA | Robert Shogan | 2 |
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| GAMACHE, Celestine - Missouri |
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| Berthierville Gamache |
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