The Kimber name has a rich history. At present this family can trace its ancestors back to the early 1600's. However, we know we have English origins which date further back and links with other Kimbers, if they could only be established. There are several strong branches of Kimbers in the UK, in the USA, Canada and Australia, probably in South Africa, as well - and who knows where else !
On this page
Chiberwode Kymberwith Kimburle Kymbrordia Kymber Kimber
The above coat of arms is described as "Argent three cornish choughs sable beaks and legs gules on a chief of the second as many mullets of the first"
Crest: A bull's head affrontée proper
Motto: Frangas non flectes
ref: "The Descendants of Richard Kimber
Sidney A. Kimber
"The name suggests a Saxon origin and there were undoubtedbly landed proprietors of the name in very early times. In the Domesday book its called Chiberwode in early charters Kymberwith"
ref: "Kimber Family Tree"
Frank & Betty Doreen Hall (nee Kimber)
This branch of Kimbers includes the authors of this web page. We are indebted to the research of Sidney A Kimber and Frank & Betty Doreen Hall for much of this information.
This is a start. We hope to provide a lot more detail in time. The male line from Richard Kimber 1610 to the Twins Martin & Timothy Kimber (b. 1994) is:
Richard Kimber (1610-1704) of Grove near Wantage, England
Isaac Kimber (16??-????)
Rev. Isaac Kimber (1692-1752)
Edward (1719-1769)
Richard (1750-1829)
Edward (1790-1841)
Robert Richard (1822-1880)
Thomas William (1854-1932)
Frederick Robert (1891-1975) - emigrated to Australia
Robert James (b. 1935)
Antony Dean (b. 1961)
Martin Peter & Timothy Robert (b. 1994)
Edward (1790-1841) had another son William who emigrated to South Australia (Bugle Range and Willunga).
Thomas William's (1854-1932) first son called Thomas William (a.k.a. "Oscar") also emigrated to Australia. He was soon followed to Australia by his brother Frederick Robert.
Some descendants of Richard Kimber (1610-1704) emigrated to the USA in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most of Sidney Kimber's book relates to these USA Kimbers.
A database has been set up on these descendants and presented as a web-site. Click on the link in this paragraph and then click on a person in the index in the left frame. A family including parents and children will be displayed in the left frame. Click on the name links in the left frame to navigate to other families in the tree.
The Kimbers have followed many vocations including farmers, ministers of the church, writers, journalists, teachers, lecturers, missionary workers, concert performers, actors, dancers, visual artists, printers, butchers, watchmakers, accountants, engineers, inventors and miners. There are also those who have fought and died in wars from the American Civil War to Gallipoli and the Somme in World War I and the battlefields of World War II.
Other Kimbers have contacted us recently, many through this web-site. We hope we will be able to get further information and continue to find links in our family heritage and to establish correspondence - an exchange of stories and personalities that will enrich our perceptions of who we are, where we came from and what we have done.
We have a heard from a healthy contingent of Kimbers in Clare, South Australia and a Barry in Canberra who has his heritage in Virginia, USA. Lindsay Kimber has contacted us from Berkshire the heartland of the Kimbers and has alerted us to the five generations of William Kimber, all morris dancers. Also we have heard from Amanda in Iowa and Michael in Alaska, USA. Rick Clow's Kimber heritage is in Canada. Hopefully we will find some family connections to these people like the close ties we discovered with Marshall Kimber in Tasmania.
Below is a tabulation of Kimbers recorded in the 1881 UK Census. I have collated this information from the CD publication "1881 British Census and National Index: England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Royal Navy" produced by The Church of Jesus Christ or Latter Day Saints.
The table show a concentration of Kimbers in the "Greater London Region West" in 1881. This region includes Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxford and Surrey.
| Region | Households | Persons |
| East Anglia Region | 11 | 23 |
| Greater London Region East | 228 | 626 |
| Greater London Region West | 425 | 1306 |
| Greater London Region: London-Middlesex | 162 | 427 |
| Midlands Region East | 46 | 130 |
| Midlands Region West | 27 | 95 |
| North Central Region: Lancashire | 16 | 45 |
| North Central Region: Yorkshire | 15 | 47 |
| Northern Borders and Miscellany Region | 16 | 44 |
| Scotland Region: Highlands | 1 | 4 |
| Scotland Region: Lowlands | 2 | 3 |
| Southwestern Region | 160 | 443 |
| Wales & Monmouth Region | 8 | 19 |
The database published on this site does not list the names and details of living people in case this may be perceived as an invasion of their privacy. Some living people appear on this database where permission has been granted. Where a person is still living or expected to be living, they are referred to as "Living" in the database. We will often have more information on these people than we have published. Where we have no information to the contrary it has been assumed that people under one hundred years old are still living which will often be incorrect.
Please advise the authors if there is any information you would like excluded for privacy reasons on this site. We also happy to received any corrections or requests for inclusion of your own information on this site.
A couple of other web sites which hold Kimber Genealogy information are
The Kimber Genealogy Forum http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/kimber/ The Descendants of John Kember http://freespace.virgin.net/nick.rolph/index.htm The Kimber Geneology Index http://www.kimber.co.uk
E-Mail: Antony Kimber for computer technology questions
or minor alterations (E-Mail address
is an image to avoid spam).Website http://www.chariot.net.au/~kimber Robert Kimber for more indepth family history and
background
Number of visits to this site
Please direct any comments on this page to Antony
Revised on 24 Dec 2002
