The Lambert Family home page and Archive

<body text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#0080FF" alink="#00FFFF"> <p align="center">An Overview</p> <p>This page was constructed by Andrew (Andy) Lambert of <b>Fareham </b>nr. Portsmouth, England I am lucky in being able to trace my branch of the family's history, back to around the year 1,000. I was born in London during the forties, grew up around the <b>Wandsworth / Putney</b> area with my brother <b>Geoff</b>, then worked and lived around the <b>Kingston / Weybridge </b>area, until moving to the <b>Portsmouth</b> area. I am very much a beginner when it comes to genealogy, however I have been able (with lots of help) to ascertain a lot about my families past and have traced my line back to 900 AD </p> <p>To enjoy the site fully you will need to view it with a web browser that supports frames. Yours does not that is why you are on this page. Please make a note of the URL - www.familylambert.net and return from a computer with a suitable web browser.<font size="1" color="#FFFFFF">This text is here to help search engines. Lambert, Lambert, family, genealogy, fareham, athenry, Carlton, genealogist, MTS, heritage, elliot, school, Lambert,  solent, boats, vladimer, peniakkoff. galway ireland. lambert, family, genealogy, fareham, gosport, athenry, calton, genealogist, heritage, vladimer peniakkoff, andy lambert, christine lambert, Riversdale School, Southfields, School, eliot school,  Putney. Lambert,  solent, boats,  Geoff Lambert, Sandra Lambert, Caroline Lambert, Andy and Christine Lambert, Ian Mitchell Lambert, Lambert home page. history, pictures, photos, images, DER, Kingston, Surrey, lambert, TDV, Police garage, Brooklands Museum Riversdale School G8HER g8her<br> <br> </font>A Brief History for people with text only browsers.</p> <p>These pages were constructed by me <a href="http://www.familylambert.net/andy/main.html">Andy Lambert</a>, primarily to assist other Lamberts, who are researching their branch of the family's history. I am lucky in being able to trace my branch of the family's history, back to around the year 900. Of course there are many large gaps which I am still filling in.</p> <p>My father was born at <b>Barking </b>in the 'East End' of London where Granddad had settled after coming across from <b>Ireland</b>. Granddad arrived with little money, but worked until he had enough to bring his seven sisters to England. <a href="http://www.familylambert.net/History/images/gd-group.jpg"> Click here for a family picture</a> Granddad is on the left and my father is on the right. Some of Granddad's seven sisters can also be seen.<br> <br> Granddad's great granddad had owned <a href="http://www.familylambert.net/History/athenry.html"><b>Castle Lambert - Athenry Galway</b>.</a> Owning much land and many magnificent homes, the family had prospered since it had arrived in Ireland from Yorkshire some five generations before. The Yorkshire home had been the village of <b> <a href="http://www.familylambert.net/History/calton.html">Calton nr. Skipton.</a></b> It was here that the most famous Lambert -  <a href="http://www.familylambert.net/History/bios/maj_john.html"><b>Major General John Lambert</b> </a> (of Calton House) was born, He was at times:- An escapee from the <b>Tower of London</b>. The man who introduced the <b> Guernsey Lily</b> to the island of Guernsey. One of <b>Oliver Cromwell's</b> best Major Generals, and for a short while, the second most powerful man in England. </p> <p>Before these, it seems my ancestors had crossed to England with <b>William The Conquer</b>, fighting at the battle of Hastings. Prior to this, they had been land owners in Normandy having originally arrived there as <b>Viking Raiders</b> around 940 AD. The last Lambert I can get back to is <b>Lambert the 1st Count of Mons.  </b>It is rumoured that the Lambert line can be traced all the way to <b>Mark Anthony </b>via<b> Boadicea, Old King Cole</b> and a whole load of Kings of Europe... but that might take some proving. <font face="Wingdings">J </font></p> <p>Of course this is the Lambert Male Line, we have a habit of marrying well. On the female side for example: My 22nd Granddad was <b>King Edward the 1st, Plantagenet King of England</b>. which of course means my 23rd Granddad is <b>King</b> <b>Philippe of France</b> (but lets not talk about that!).  </p> <p> <img border="0" src="History/images/crest1.gif" align="left" width="234" height="326">I have compiled a database of the Lamberts I have details on, they are mostly <b> Irish</b> and <b>English</b> with a little <b>French</b>. You may wish to  <b> <a href="http://www.familylambert.net/History/InternetTree2006/wc_toc.htm" target="main"> search it yourself</a></b>  and so I have loaded a copy on to the website. Important:- please read the warning notice on the <a href="http://www.familylambert.net/History/InternetTree2006/wc_toc.htm" target="main"> first page</a> of the dbase, if you are going to use it.</p> <p>It is my hope to keep adding to the file so if you have any information on the ENGLISH / IRISH Lambert families please send it to me. If it is in file format, then Gedcom, would be nice. I use Generations 8 from Sierra On-Line. It is that program that produced and maintains the searchable dbase mentioned above. Sadly it is no longer sold by Sierra</p> <p>The Lambert Family Crest shown left, was sent to me by Jacqueline Lambert of Palmetto USA. Her aunt Rosa had the crest painted around 1960 by an artist in Hendersonville, North Caroline. It can truly said to be "the" Lambert family coat of arms, as it is an amalgamation of many designs used by different branches of the family. </p> <p>You can see elements of the Calton, Essex, Galway, London and Wessex lines. If any heraldry experts reading this feel they could help further, I would be pleased to hear from them.</p> <p align="center"><b><font color="#0000ff" size="4">First a warning</font></b></p> <p> As was said before, these pages were constructed primarily to assist other Lamberts, who are researching their branch of the family's history. <i><b>The accuracy of that information is of course always questionable, as much has come from sources that cannot always be validated. 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