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mikejee

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I take it this is the right forum. I have no connection to the name, but was intrigued to come across it while looking at the Pershore road in 1908, where a Mrs Harriett Bimbo, dressmaker (appropriate occupation) resided. On looking the name up in ancestry i found that there was only one Bimbo in the whole country in 1901 ( Not Harriett, though she might have married the Thomas of 1901), though there were 7 in 1881. I assume there are probably none now, as, even if any had survived, they would have changed it with its modern connotation. Has anyone any idea from where the name originated. It seems to have tended to be in the northern half of england, but i assume it came origianally from abroad
mike
 
Thomas and Harriett are the only two in the 1911 census, too. Living Lambeth, London (I havent looked in the pay section)

There are a small number on FreeBMD, but not Thomas. Some are 'Del Bimbo' surname, which to me sounds Spanish (or Spanish-speaking South American).
 
Thanks Lloyd. Looking at google , There are a lot of del Bimbo references on google, many about an alberto del bimbo, who is in florence . i think you have solved the source of the name
mike
 
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