Hobbie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland

Early Origins of the Hobbie family

The surname Hobbie was first found in Berwickshire an ancient county of Scotland, presently part of the Scottish Borders Council Area, located in the eastern part of the Borders Region of Scotland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Hobbie family

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Hobbie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hobbie, Hob, Hab, Habbie and others.

Early Notables of the Hobbie family

Sir Thomas Posthumus Hoby (1566-1640), also sometimes spelt Hobie, Hobbie and Hobby, Posthumous and Postumus

Hobbie migration to the United States +

Hobbie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

W. Hobbie, who settled in San Francisco in 1850
Major Hobbie who landed in San Francisco in 1851

Contemporary Notables of the name Hobbie (post 1700) +

Selah Reeve Hobbie (1797-1854), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
Glen Frederick Hobbie (1936-2013), American Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1957 to 1964
Holly Hobbie (b. 1944), American author of children's books
Lawrence Hobbie Ph.D., American Associate Professor and Chair of Biology at Adelphi University
Oveta Hobbie, American Newspaper Publisher
Russell K Hobbie Ph.D., American Professor Emeritus in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota
Sarah Hobbie Ph.D., American Associate Professor of Ecology at the University of Minnesota