Hobbs

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Hobbs family page


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The origins of this name are something of a mystery. Despite being a common English surname, it does not appear in the online Surname Database. There are a number of suggested derivations

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Philip William Hobbs, born in Grouville in 1852


Record Search


Direct links to lists of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Hobbs family can be found under Family Records opposite. If you want to search for records for a spelling variant of Hobbs, or for any other family name, just click below on the first letter of the
family name you are interested in. This will open a new tab in your browser giving you a list of family names beginning with that letter,
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New records

From August 2020 we have started adding records from non-Anglican churches, and this process will continue as more records, held by Jersey Archive, are digitised and indexed. Our database now includes buttons enabling a search within registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These records will automatically appear within the results of any search made from this page.

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Origins of surname

There are various suggestions for the origins of this name. The favourite seems to be that it started as a short form of Robert before becoming a surname. Alternatively it is believed to come from a Saxon term for Celtic high priests, who were believed to have been born into witchcraft. Finally is is believed to be derived from the French term for someone hunting with a falcon instead of a hawk.

Early records

Two families became established in Jersey in the second half of the 19th century, one apparently originating in France and one in Norfolk

Variants

  • Hobb
  • Hobbs
  • Hobbes

Family records

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Family trees



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Church records

Tips for using these links



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Great War service


Father and sons

  • Albert Edward Hobbs (1870-1930) son of Alaby and Jane Vibert, Trumpeter RFA, wounded
  • Albert Edward Hobbs (1894- ) (St H) son of Albert and Clara Gray, Mercantile Marine; Officer's Steward RN, HMS Arid
  • Reginald Hobbs (1899- ) son of Albert and Clara Gray, Mercantile Marine


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Family wills


These wills created by members of the Hobbs family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page

  • Lily Hobb, Vingtaine du Nord St John, widow of Oliver Rouland - 4 June 1947, D/Y/A/118
  • Elizabeth Hobbs, formerly Berry, née Bell - 13 April 1901, D/Y/A/60


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Burial records


Family gravestones

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Tips

The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.

We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

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