| ![Show Contents]() Stobie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Scotland Etymology of StobieWhat does the name Stobie mean? The first element of the place-name is Old English stubb or stobb, 'a stub a tree-stump' a word which also gives Scots stobb 'stake post'. The second element is probably Old English hoh 'heel, projecting ridge of land' whence Scots heuch or heugh 'precipice crag cliff a steep hill.' 1 Early Origins of the Stobie familyThe surname Stobie was first found in Peeblesshire, at the old barony of Stobo. Some of the first records of the family were: David de Stubhou or Stobhou, who witnessed charters by Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, c. 1177-1199; Adam de Stobhou, who was a juror on an inquest held at Peebles in 1262; and John Stobo, a servant to the king in 1583. 2 William Stobo was charged with tumult in Glasgow in 1606, Mathew Stobo was listed in Kittimure, parish of Stanehaven in 1630, and five more of the name were found there at that time. Major Robert Stobo, a native of Glasgow, guided the Fraser Highlanders up the Heights of Abraham at Quebec in 1759. 2 Stobo Castle is located at Stobo in the Scottish Borders, in the former county of Peeblesshire. Early History of the Stobie familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stobie research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1683, 1699, 1700 and 1759 are included under the topic Early Stobie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Stobie Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Stobo, Stobie, Stoba, Stobhou, Stoby and others. Early Notables of the Stobie familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - James Stobie, factor to John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl's in the late 1700s...
| Stobie migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Stobie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Stobie, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1873 3
| Stobie migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Stobie Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Adam Thomas Stobie, aged 29, who arrived in South Australia in 1857 aboard the ship "Lady Ann"
- Agnes Stobie, aged 23, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1857 aboard the ship "Lady Ann"
| Contemporary Notables of the name Stobie (post 1700) | + |
- Violet Stobie, American 1st postmaster of what would later become known as Stobie, California, in her honor (a former settlement in Modoc County)
- Monica Stobie, American artist
- James Cyril Stobie (1895-1953), Australian Adelaide Electric Supply Company engineer who invented the eponymous "stobie pole", a power line pole made of two steel joists held apart by a slab of concrete built to withstand termites
- Sean Stobie (b. 1972), Irish professional footballer
- William "Billy" Stobie (1950-2001), Irish Ulster Defence Association (UDA) quartermaster and Royal Ulster Constabulary
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8)
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- 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)
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