Buck Rambo - Buck Rambo

Oh geez. I might be related - I see they are from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_Springs,_Kentucky

So is my Howton family, and there's a Rambo ? Second marriage ? In my tree.

Oh my.

This is the earliest known Rambo in America (no idea if related or not)

the earliest Rambo descendant in my family tree is Peter Gunnarson Rambo born Jun 1 1612 in Degerfors, Västerbotten, Sweden there is lots of family tree books on his family and descendants, there is so many it's hard to keep track of them all but i assume Buck Rambo descends from him aswell somewhere down the line but would be nice to find exactly how.

So you are (somehow) on the Geni tree I linked above - work your direct family over to it.

I found the Rambo's in my tree: I have a Jacob Rambo died before 1850, probably in Hopkins, Kentucky. My 3rd great uncle ? Had the bond for his orphaned sons & they lived in the household of another 3rd? Great uncle. Nothing more of these surviving brothers after the 1850 census, but one married a collateral family of Elam.

It is possible these are not descendants of the Swedish emigrant, there are more French in the area; Rambeau > Rambo?

So possibly related:

Jacob Rambo

Peter Gunnarson Rambo

The patronymic system of names was used in Scandinavian countries from early times. Children received a first name, and a second name was derived from the name of the father. Therefore Brita Mattsson was Brita, the daughter of Matts, and Peter Gunnarson was Peter, the son of Gunnar. Indeed, records have been found indicating that part of Peter Gunnarson Rambo's wages in 1643 and 1644 were sent home to his father,
"Gunnar Petersson".

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVs...

Are there any real sources at all for Gunnar Matsson Rambo being the father?

About the father? Gunnar Petersson, would likely not change his name from Petersson to Matsson unless maybe he was a wanted criminal?

Gunnar Matsson Rambo

This Gunnar Rambo are from a theory by a descendant named Ormond Rambo jr, so why not also present his theory in the profile for Gunnar Rambo and maybe with something that dismiss the following statement, "records have been found indicating that part of Peter Gunnarson Rambo's wages in 1643 and 1644 were sent home to his father, Gunnar Petersson." So who was this father Gunnar Petersson he sent money to?

When choosing one theory over another, at least present something in support for it or show some of the the supporting indicium.