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==Family life==
==Family life==
Gamble and Elizabeth Ann (Norris) Gamble had ten children,<ref name="NNDB"/><ref name="BBCNews"/> including James Norris Gamble (9 August 1836 – 2 July 1932) who became Vice President of Procter & Gamble and was the chemist who devised the formula for [[Ivory (soap)|Ivory soap]].<ref name="NNDB"/> James Norris Gamble married Margaret Penrose; he died in his sleep on 2 July 1932 in Cincinnati and is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springgrove.org/stats/111330.tif.pdf |title=James Norris Gamble grave burial information |work=Spring Grove Cemetery |access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springgrove.org/geneology-listing.aspx?firstname=James&lastname=Gamble&cemetery=SPRINGGROVE |title=Spring Grove Cemetery interment information |work=Spring Grove Cemetery |access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref> Another son, David Gamble, built the [[Gamble House (Pasadena, California)Gamble House]] in [[Pasadena, California]].
Gamble and Elizabeth Ann (Norris) Gamble had ten children,<ref name="NNDB"/><ref name="BBCNews"/> including James Norris Gamble (9 August 1836 – 2 July 1932) who became Vice President of Procter & Gamble and was the chemist who devised the formula for [[Ivory (soap)|Ivory soap]].<ref name="NNDB"/> James Norris Gamble married Margaret Penrose; he died in his sleep on 2 July 1932 in Cincinnati and is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springgrove.org/stats/111330.tif.pdf |title=James Norris Gamble grave burial information |work=Spring Grove Cemetery |access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springgrove.org/geneology-listing.aspx?firstname=James&lastname=Gamble&cemetery=SPRINGGROVE |title=Spring Grove Cemetery interment information |work=Spring Grove Cemetery |access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref> Another son, David Gamble, built the [[Gamble House (Pasadena, California)|Gamble House (Pasadena, California)Gamble House]] in [[Pasadena, California]].


Gamble's grandson William married Franzeska Wilhelmina (Fanny) Nast, the daughter of the [[William Nast (Methodist)|William Nast]], a [[German-American]] [[Methodist]] preacher. Fanny was the first woman to graduate from [[German Wallace College]] in [[Berea, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Wittke, Carl Frederick|title=William Nast, patriarch of German Methodism.|year=1959|pages=218–219|publisher=Wayne State University Press}}</ref>
Gamble's grandson William married Franzeska Wilhelmina (Fanny) Nast, the daughter of the [[William Nast (Methodist)|William Nast]], a [[German-American]] [[Methodist]] preacher. Fanny was the first woman to graduate from [[German Wallace College]] in [[Berea, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Wittke, Carl Frederick|title=William Nast, patriarch of German Methodism.|year=1959|pages=218–219|publisher=Wayne State University Press}}</ref>

Revision as of 20:53, 7 February 2022

This article is about the co-founder of Procter & Gamble. For the Pennsylvania congressman, see James Gamble (congressman).

James Gamble
Photo of James Gamble
Born(1803-04-03)3 April 1803
Enniskillen, Ireland
Died29 April 1891(1891-04-29) (aged 88)
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
NationalityIrish-American
Occupation(s)Soapmaker and industrialist
co-founder of Procter & Gamble
RelativesWilliam Procter (brother-in-law)

James Gamble (3 April 1803 – 29 April 1891) was an Irish-American soap industrialist.[1][2] He was the co-founder of Procter & Gamble Company in 1837, along with William Procter.

Early life

James Gamble was born at the Graan near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Ireland and went to Portora Royal School.[3]

Gamble emigrated to America with his parents in 1819. He arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, on a flat boat down the Ohio River destined for Illinois. His family stopped in Cincinnati when he was seized with an illness. Staying in the city, his father established a nursery and Gamble apprenticed as a soap maker. He attended Kenyon College, graduated in 1824, and manufactured soap on his own in 1828.[4][non-primary source needed]

Procter & Gamble

Gamble went into business with William Procter after they became related by marriage. Gamble's wife Elizabeth Ann Norris was the sister of Procter's wife Olivia Norris. The pair's father-in-law, Alexander Norris, first suggested that the two go into business together in 1837 and consequently Procter & Gamble was born.[3][5]

Death

Gamble died at his residence in Cincinnati on 29 April 1891 from natural causes.[2] He is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.[6]

Procter, who preceded his partner Gamble in death, is also buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.[7]

Family life

Gamble and Elizabeth Ann (Norris) Gamble had ten children,[1][3] including James Norris Gamble (9 August 1836 – 2 July 1932) who became Vice President of Procter & Gamble and was the chemist who devised the formula for Ivory soap.[1] James Norris Gamble married Margaret Penrose; he died in his sleep on 2 July 1932 in Cincinnati and is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.[8][9] Another son, David Gamble, built the Gamble House (Pasadena, California)Gamble House in Pasadena, California.

Gamble's grandson William married Franzeska Wilhelmina (Fanny) Nast, the daughter of the William Nast, a German-American Methodist preacher. Fanny was the first woman to graduate from German Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "James Gamble". NNDB. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "James Gamble grave burial information" (PDF). Spring Grove Cemetery. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Typhoid Mary and other curiosities in Irish biography". BBC News. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. ^ "James Gamble (1803-1891) - Find a Grave Memorial". Find a Grave.
  5. ^ "James Gamble". Ohio Biography. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Spring Grove Cemetery". news.cincinnati.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  7. ^ Stradling, David (1 October 2003). Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis. Arcadia Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 9780738524405. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  8. ^ "James Norris Gamble grave burial information" (PDF). Spring Grove Cemetery. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Spring Grove Cemetery interment information". Spring Grove Cemetery. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  10. ^ Wittke, Carl Frederick (1959). William Nast, patriarch of German Methodism. Wayne State University Press. pp. 218–219.

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