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Early Origins of the Jobe family

The surname Jobe was first found in Lorraine, where this distinguished family held a family seat in early times.

Early History of the Jobe family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jobe research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1792, 1821, 1837 and 1869 are included under the topic Early Jobe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Jobe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Jobin, Jobard, Jobart, Jobert, Jobet, Jobé, Jobey, Jobbé, Jobit, Jobil, Jobineau, Jobinot and many more.

Early Notables of the Jobe family

Notable in the family name was Jean-Baptiste Jobard, an economist in Belgium, born in 1792. Among his works is "De la Propriété de la Pensée" (1837). Louis-Charles Jobard, a...
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Jobe Ranking

In the United States, the name Jobe is the 3,163rd most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1


United States Jobe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Jobe Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Miss Joan Jobe, aged  18, from England who arrived in Virginia aboard the ship "America" arriving in June 1635 2
Jobe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Hanna Jobe, aged 18, who settled in America from Cork, in 1892
  • Lizzie Jobe, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States from Cork, in 1892
  • Catherine Jobe, aged 44, who landed in America, in 1895
  • David Jobe, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States from Ramsey, Isle of Man, in 1898
  • Sarah Jobe, aged 16, who landed in America from Cork, in 1898
Jobe Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Mr. Richard Jobe, (b. 1856), aged 48, Cornish miner , from Redruth, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "Philadelphia" arriving Ellis Island, New York on 10th July 1904 en route to New York, USA 3
  • Tyler Jobe, who settled in America, in 1905
  • William Jobe, who landed in America, in 1905
  • Nicholas Jobe, aged 54, who landed in America, in 1906
  • Mary Jobe, aged 55, who immigrated to the United States, in 1909
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Jobe (post 1700) +

  • Ben Jobe, retired American men's basketball coach
  • Brandt William Jobe (b. 1965), American professional PGA golfer
  • Kari Brooke Jobe (b. 1981), American Christian singer and songwriter
  • Walter Hall Jobe (b. 1872), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928 4
  • James E. Jobe, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896 4
  • Grace S. Jobe (1877-1942), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924; Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932 4
  • Leisen Michelle Jobe (b. 1973), retired New Zealand field hockey player
  • Jobe Wheelhouse (b. 1985), Australian football player, he represented Australia in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)
  3. Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_ellis_island_1892_on.pdf
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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