Today everyone is Irish - only I really am...
Kilkenny Castle , Leinster, Ireland
My family history can be tracked back to Kilkenny & county Cork. Prior to the Norman conquest in 1066 the Bambrick family held a family seat in England. After that time the family name was vaired in spelling through the 11th and 12th century where the name was "latinized". Some variations of Bambrick are recorded as; Bainbridge, Bainebridge, Banbridge, Bainbrigg, Baynbrigg, etc..
Some first settler 'Bambricks' ; Guy (Bambrick) Bainbridge, Settled in Cambridge Mass. in 1620; Christopher and Henry (Bainbridge) Bambrick settled in Virginia in 1635 and Robert Bainbrig settled in Barbados with his servants in 1679. Sir John Thomas Bambrick came through Ellis Island in 1896.
The name Bambrick means, keeper of the bridge.
There is an old Irish saying... "There are only two kinds of people in the workd, The Irish and those who wish they were!"
Happy St. Patrick's day!
and remember... The little people say, "It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money!"
3 comments:
happy st. patrick's day mr o'bambrick
Erin go braugh! (or something like that)
kiss some blarney for me please
Me great grandma was a McLane, does that count at all?
You got me checking on me own Irish background. We come from the County Antrim, northern most county in Ireland and an interesting fact is that is where Saint Patrick was a slave for eight years. Michelle & Lori don't have to wish to be Irish, they are!
Sharon
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