| ![Show Contents]() Stobo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Scotland
Etymology of StoboWhat does the name Stobo 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 Stobo familyThe surname Stobo 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 Stobo familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stobo research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1683, 1699, 1700 and 1759 are included under the topic Early Stobo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Stobo Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Stobo, Stobie, Stoba, Stobhou, Stoby and others. Early Notables of the Stobo familyAnother 38 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Stobo Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Stobo migration to the United States | + |
Stobo Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Rev. Archibald Stobo who settled in Florida in 1690
Stobo Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Archibald Stobo, who arrived in South Carolina in 1700 3
Stobo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- James Stobo, aged 34, who landed in New York in 1812 3
| Stobo migration to Canada | + |
Stobo Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Mrs. Allthea Stobo U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 4
- Mr. John Stobo U.E. (b. 1764) who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 he became a Freeman in 1785 was a Tailor, he died in 1799 4
Stobo Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Mr. William Stobo, aged 36 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Lady Milton" departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died on Grosse Isle on 10th July 1847 5
- Mr. Robert Stobo who was a Seaman aboard the ship "Lady Milton" taking passenger to Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died at Grosse Isle in 1847 in the typhus epidemic 6
| Stobo migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Stobo Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- William Stobo, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1843
- Rev. Andrew Stobo, Scottish settler from Glasgow travelling from Glasgow aboard the ship "Storm Cloud" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 27th April 1860 7
- Mrs. Margaret Stobo, Scottish settler from Glasgow travelling from Glasgow aboard the ship "Storm Cloud" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 27th April 1860 7
| Contemporary Notables of the name Stobo (post 1700) | + |
- Major Robert Stobo (1726-1770), Scottish-born colonial American frontiersman and officer in the Virginia militia who, during the French and Indian War, acted as a spy while a prisoner-of-war at Fort Duquesne; while there he gained invaluable knowledge of the local area which was later used by British forces during the capture of Quebec
- Charlie Stobo (b. 1995), Australian cricketer who made his first-class debut for New South Wales in the 2016-17 Sheffield Shield season on 5 December 2016
- Richard Stobo (b. 1965), Australian cricketer who He played six first-class and two List A matches for New South Wales between 1988-89 and 1992-93
- Archibald Stobo Bulloch (1730-1777), American lawyer, military officer and politician, the 1st Governor of Georgia from 1776 to 1777
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- 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)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
- Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 56)
- Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 62)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
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