Hi Tony Thank you for your interesting and informative email about the Cambie family. I was wondering if you knew of any sources where I might investigate the possibility of my Cambie family and their probable Walloon ancestors. Any help will be deeply appreciated. Janet Ker ----- Original Message ----- From: "fuller.tony" <fuller.tony@wanadoo.fr> Date: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:13 am Subject: Re: [HWE] Cambie > Hi Janet > > Just a small correction first if I may - Cromwell died in 1658. > His major > offensive was against James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond in 1649 > when the > Battle of Drogheda took place. So if your family were with > Cromwell you're > a hundred years back - if they went in the 1700s it wasn't with > Cromwell > though it may have been to fight for William III. > > There's very little in the majority of the Hug Soc of GB and > Ireland's > publications on the name CAMBIE though the name does appear quite > extensively in the Society's records of the Norwich > Walloon/Huguenot church > (along with CAMBIER and CAMBIEU and others) some of which appear > on > familysearch.com. > > I've also checked through everything else from the Hug Soc and > other sources > that I have and there is little else on CAMBIE per se, even in the > French > sources. > > However, there is also the well known French/Huguenot name of > CAMBIER and I > would have thought that this is likely to be the origin of the > name - > CAMBIERs are well known in the Huguenot world and have been well > researched, > there are still Cambiers active in the Society today. > > Regards > > Tony Fuller > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUGUENOTS- > WALLOONS-EUROPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >