Jobert History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Jobert family

The surname Jobert was first found in Hampshire where John Joyberd was listed in the Assize Rolls of 1256. Years later, Robert Joyberd was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Essex in 1327. The name was derived from the Old French names Jaubert, Joubert and Jobert. 1

Early History of the Jobert family

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Jobert 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 Jobert family name include Jalbert, Joubert, Jobert, Jubert, Jalabert, Goubert, Joyberd, Goisbert, Joberti, Gaubert, Jaubert, Joubert and many more.

Early Notables of the Jobert family

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Jobert Ranking

In France, the name Jobert is the 2,724^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 2

Jobert 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 Jobert surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Jobert Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pierre J Jobert, aged 28, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Jobert (post 1700) +

Reynold H. Jobert, American politician, Candidate in primary for Mayor of Covington, Kentucky, 1947 4

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html