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The family origin is Calvados, Bayeaux, or Columbiers, Normandy. They must have come to England with William the Conqueror, for an ancient family is found at Hale in Lancashire.
WILLIAM DE COLUMBERS was b. ca 1151 at Hale, Lancashire, England, and had issue:
ALAN DE COLUMBERS was b. ca 1175 in Hale, Lancashire, England m. Cecily de Walton, daughter of Henry de Walton of Lancashire, son of Gilbert de Walton, Lord of Hale.
