Gable Family History
Gable Name Meaning
Northern English: of uncertain origin, perhaps a habitational
name from a minor place named with Old Norse gafl ‘gable’,
which was applied to a triangular-shaped hill. The mountain called
Great Gable in Cumbria is named in this way.Americanized spelling
of German and Jewish Gabel.Possibly an altered
spelling of German Göbel (see Goebel).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gable
Name Distribution of Gable Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gable families
 203 - 403  68 - 202 |
 1 - 67  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gable families
|
68 - 133 23 - 67 |
1 - 22 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gable families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gable census records
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Gable Family Origin
Gable Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gable
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Gable Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gable census records
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Gable Civil War Service Records
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