Hubey Surname History

Origins Available:
England

Hubey is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in either of the settlements called Huby in the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.

Early Origins of the Hubey family

The surname Hubey was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat before the Norman Conquest.

Early History of the Hubey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hubey research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1608 is included under the topic Early Hubey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hubey Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Hubey family name include Huby, Hewby, Hubey, Hubie, Hubbie and others.

Early Notables of the Hubey family

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Hubey migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Hubey surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Hubey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Robert Hubey, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)