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John Francis McCambridge, III Family Tree

Family Tree of:            John Francis McCambridge

     Date of service:  January, 2020

Researcher:  B. Rachel Dunbar Chalom


Family Names:

Tier 1: McCambridge, Almack*

Tier 2: Royce, Verdi

Tier 3: Hutchins, Clarke

Other earlier family names: Kenney, Ginnaty, McDonald, Judd, Geisler, Fox, Ladd, Gault, Shaw, Peters


Ethnicity from Tree:

Irish, Italian, German with several early American immigrants that are presumed English.



DNA Data Available:

Yes: predominantly English/Irish

Germanic, Italian, Norwegian, French, Swedish and 1% Persian


Maternal Line Geography:

Known: Sicilian (Verdi), immigrated to Philadelphia


Paternal Line Geography: 

Ireland (McCambridge, Kenney, McDonald)

Antrim, Northern Ireland (McCambridge)

Germany (Geisler)


Maternal Line Notes:

Sicilian family that immigrated to Philadelphia 


Paternal Line Notes: 

Royce Family goes back as far as 1769 in Connecticut

Judd family goes back at least to 1688 in Connecticut. 

Philip Judd, 5th Great grandfather, was an officer in the American Revolution for the Connecticut militia.




The McCambridge family established themselves in Washington, DC by 1880’s. Ultimately by the early 1900’s they had established a family pharmaceutical company: McCambridge & McCambridge. 


John F. McCambridge and Catherine Kenney, great-grandparents
John F McCambridge, Jr, Grandfather

The family home in the 1940's per census records, as it stands today.

Continued Research & Areas of Interest:

* Mother’s Paternal line unknown. Possible name of Rogers for biological father and this is supported by DNA matches: Most likely (based on DNA) the unknown father  was a son of  Robert Ancil Rogers


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