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Where did the Dutch Tobias family come from? What is the Dutch Tobias family crest and coat of arms? When did the Tobias family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Tobias family history?
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Tobis, Töbis, Tobusch, Teublitz, Thobias, Thobis, Thöbis, Thobus, Teubas and many more.First found in Holland, where the name became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region. The name was first recorded in Amsterdam, an ancient 13th century town held by the Lords of Amstel. Giesebrecht II built a castle there. Geisbrecht III built the dam to keep out the sea. It is first mentioned in charters of 1275 when Floris IV, the count of Holland granted its charter. It became a city of great mercantile wealth. It hold great treasures of art. In their later history the surname became a power unto themselves and were elevated to the ranks of nobility as they grew into a most influential family.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Tobias Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Joseph Tobias, who arrived in South Carolina in 1741
- Christopher Tobias, who arrived in New York in 1762
Tobias Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- John Tobias, aged 40, landed in Ohio in 1812
- Samuel J Tobias, who landed in New York in 1821
- Antze Tobias, who settled in Illinois sometime between 1849 and 1900
- S Tobias, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
- A. J. Tobias, who arrived in San Francisco in 1852
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- Paul Tobias (b. 1963), former member of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses
- Andrew Tobias (b. 1947), American journalist, author, and columnist
- George Tobias (1901-1980), American character actor
- Charles Tobias (1898-1970), American songwriter inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970
- Oliver Tobias (b. 1947), British film, stage and TV actor
- Phillip V Tobias (b. 1925), South African palaeoanthropologist awarded the 1987 Balzan Prize for Physical Anthropology
- Jenny Kendall- Tobias (b. 1967), BBC Radio Guernsey presenter
- Errol George Tobias (b. 1950), former South African rugby union footballer
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- Zoder, Rudolf. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: Geog Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
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- Siebmacher, J.J. Siebmacher's Grosses Wappenbuch 35 Volumes. Germany: Bauer & Raspe. Print.
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- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Nied, Edmund. Fraenkische Familiennamen urkundlich gesammelt und sprachlich gedeutet. Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1933. Print.
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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