Tobias - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Calling All TOBIAS's : Please Help Me Find My Roots!

arttobias — 2012-04-30 05:38:38Z

I THINK U R TALKING ABOUT MY GRANDMA MELBA CARIAS WHO HAD DIED IN 2000 DUE TO CANCER IM LOOKING FOR MY GRANDPA HER HUSBAND PLEASE CONTACT ME @ arttobias@yahoo.com

Re: SYLVESTER O. TOBIAS 1849-1937 of HOWARD CO.,IN.

ScottMesserschmidt — 2012-04-23 06:35:17Z

Sylvester O. Tobias is listed on findagrave.com
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45...

Birth: May 10, 1849
Scott County
Indiana, USA
Death: 1937
Grant County
Indiana, USA

Family links:
Spouses:
Ollie M Coppock Tobias (1850 - 1898)
Melissa H Tobias (1848 - 1933)

Children:
Verl Tobias (1877 - 1964)*

Re: Francis William Tobias, Father: John Orley Tobias

pybtqwz — 2012-04-07 20:47:36Z

I am Donna Tobias. John Orley Tobias was my husband's grandfather. My husband was named after his father and grandfather. Francis and Vietta were really nice people. I met them a couple times and we exchanged Christmas cards until Vietta moved. I am also having trouble getting any headway with my research, which I just started last week. I'll let you know if I find anything out. My husband thinks Elizabeth married again and her last name was Buck. She was a fun person to be around and she LOVED wrestling.

James Leon Tobias

jessicandamon3 — 2012-03-26 23:11:28Z

I am at a deadend if anyone can help me I would be greatful. I have found two different documents on listing Mary Hubbard as the mother and another listing Johnathon and Jane as mother and father. In one of the of the documents it states that James is Johnathon's grandfather. If anyone could help please let me know.
Thank you

Re: Catherine Tobias, Lebanon Co., PA

merrygold21044 — 2012-03-17 15:11:43Z

Hi, Responding even if this is quite an old post. I believe that Catharine and David Walmer's son Levi is the man who married Emma Stine; many incorrectly believe that Levi's parents are Amos and Rebecca Walmer. Other than that, can't help much.
Ellen

Re: Tobiases of Scott/Jennings Co., Indiana

bjb51 — 2012-03-05 16:08:25Z

Sarah, thanks for the information. I am not sure where my side of the family exactly fits but in one of the things that I found, it appeared that Enos might have had 11 children so there are probably many of us out there.

I just started using Ancestry.com and so I have not had a chance to really dig too deep yet. I hope to find some time soon to sit down for a weekend and just get all of this sorted out. Glad to hear from you and if I find anything I will let you know. Have a gredat day.

Bonnie Brown

Re: Tobiases of Scott/Jennings Co., Indiana

Stickycookies9 — 2012-03-05 03:35:07Z

Hey we're related! Well we share 2 relatives, Enos and Simeon Tobias. My line is as follows:

Marsha Weisman(my mother)M- David Layman
Wilma Faye Tobias (my grandmother)M- Ira Weisman
Oliver Crawford Tobias (great grandfather 1917-1972)M- Amy Walker
Jerrett Ansel Tobias (GG grandther 1853-1912)M-Sarah E., M-Laura, M-Mattie Mae Miller
Enos Tobias jr. (1818-1894, born in Swansea, Wales)M-Ann Eliza Martin
Enos Tobias Sr. (1781-1857, born in Swansea, Wales)M-Rachel Morris
David Tobias ( born when ?, lived in Wales)M-Elizabth

So far that's all I have. I think your Simeon was a brother to Jerrett Ansel. I forgot to save some records doing the 14 free day trial, but I'm pretty sure they are brothers. I'll do some looking and see.
If you have any questions or info to share, let me know! So glad to hear from long lost relatives!

Sarah Layman

Re: Tobiases of Scott/Jennings Co., Indiana

bjb51 — 2012-03-04 22:29:00Z

I still am not sure we are related because I have not heard of any of the names you listed. Of course, those could be brothers, etc.

I think this is the way my line goes:
Eula Jean Tobias McIntosh (my mother)
Leroy Roosevelt Tobias (my grandfather)
Seth Tobias (my great grandfather)
Simeon Tobias (great great grandfather)
Enos Tobias (great great great grandfather (born in Wales) He was on one of the boats that came through NY when he was a child.

The Tobias family that I found seemed to be around, Marion, Jennings but I am not sure if Jennings refers to Jennings St in Marion county or Jennings county. I know my mother was born in Brownstown.

If I found out any other information, I will let you know. I have printed a lot of things off as I find them but I do not have time right now to go through them.

I just got an assignment from my boss that I have to work on now but will let you know.

Bonnie Brown

Re: Tobiases of Scott/Jennings Co., Indiana

V_Tobias — 2012-03-04 22:10:48Z

Hello! Thank you so much for getting in touch. I would love to share information. Here's my line:

Vicki Tobias (me!)
Richard Larry Tobias (father)
Clifford Gerald Tobias (grandfather)
Harry Tobias (great grandfather)
Theopolis Tobias (great great grandfather)
David Tobias (b. 1812 Wales, great great grandfather)

My Tobiases were located mostly in southern Indiana, in Jennings and Scott Counties. My father, Richard Tobias was born and raised in Remington, Indiana.

I don't know very much about David Tobias' family. I seem to have hit a wall at this point. I would like to know more about David's family -- his parents and siblings -- if you are related to this line.

Feel free to email me directly: tobiasvl@yahoo.com. Thank you so much for getting in touch! Best regards,

Vicki Tobias

Re: Tobiases of Scott/Jennings Co., Indiana

bjb51 — 2012-03-04 21:48:27Z

I just recently joined Ancestery.com but have found a lot of information about the Tobias family. My grandfather on my mother's side was a Tobias. I know somewhere in the line, they came from Wales. I have a lot of information about the Tobias line if you are interested. I am not sure if we are related or not but I thought I would reply anyway.

Re: What variant spellings have you used to search for Tobias?

czapien_1 — 2012-03-02 02:09:09Z

There's also our family name Tobiasz as well as Taubus. Tobias is often spelled much the same way from language group to language group as it is considered a biblical name so there's not a lot of variation. I believe that it is a patronymic type name--Somewhere along the way, a family member was named Tobias.

Re: What variant spellings have you used to search for Tobias?

JeanPierre_Tobias — 2012-02-12 19:26:05Z

Im researching the tobias line in south Africa. I am stuck with LeFleur Tobias, died 1885. There seem to be no records of him. Is it possible he could have been an immigrant to SA?there are only records of his wife, Salomina Tobias.

Where or how can I find out if there were immigrants round about 1810-1830?
Jean-Pierre

Re: Tobias, Tobis/Tabis, Tabaka, Havirenko, Havorak

walterfreeman59 — 2012-02-05 08:08:56Z

Wow! Thank you for all the leads! Sorry this is all run together, but I have tried and tried and can't figure out how to get HTML code to put in paragraphs and links to work on Ancestry. Most frustrating as the system has not accepted the message for the last dozen times I have tried to send it.

Here is what I know about Michael TOBIAS:

His tombstone in St John the Baptist Cemetery (Mt Carmel, Northumberland County, PA, USA) reads Michael G. TABIS. Born July 31, 1862 Died Jan 9, 1908 Aged 46 yrs 6 m & 8 d Rest in peace.

He was a coal miner and lived in Mt. Carmel, PA.

From an Ancestry.com link (some years ago)
(http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ha...; ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=40&fh=1&h=4320142&recoff=1+2&hovR=1 Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934)

Name: Michael TABAKA
Departure Date: 27 Feb 1881
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Age Year: 24
Gender: männlich (Male)
Family: Household members
Residence: Zemplin, Ungarn (Hungary??)
Occupation: Arbeiter
Ship Name: Cimbria
Captain: Ludwig
Shipping Line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft
Ship Type: Dampfschiff
Accommodation: Zwischendeck
Ship Flag: Deutschland
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: New York
Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 039 B,
Page: 155
Microfilm Roll Number: K_1725

The http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&... 1900 Census (Mt. Carmel) lists Michael TOBIAS as being born Nov, 1860 and emigrating in 1880; his wife, Julia, is listed born in Dec, 1873 and emigrating in 1879, so she must have come with family. She has no tombstone, nor do I have a death date for her. Julia is Julia Agnes (HAVORAK) TOBIAS from a marriage record for her oldest child, a daughter Pauline, in the church records of Our Lady of Mt Carmel RC Church.

On Nov 17, 1999, I obtained the naturalization records for Michael TOBIAS at the Prothonotary Office in Sunbury, PA (Vol 1 #2246). Michael TOBIAS applied for naturalization on Oct 2, 1886 in Sunbury, PA. On the Application he is listed as having been born in Austria, is 24 years old, Allegiance is to Francis Joseph Emperor of Austria, emigrated from Hamburg and arrived on these shores on March 31, 1881 and lives in Mt Carmel, PA. His signature is on the papers. Unfortunately the papers do not give more information as to what part of Austria, he came from. His age of 24 would put his birth year at about 1861-1862 which agrees poorly with his birth date of November, 1860 given on the 1900 census but would agree well with the July 31, 1862 date on the Michael G TABIS tombstone in St John the Baptist Cemetery. Mike received his naturalization citizenship on Aug 25 1894. Witnesses to the civil court proceeding were Louis John KANKSKI and August ZINSKI.

In the http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&... 1910 Census Mike has died. Julia A HAVORAK married Michael about 1888 (from 1900 Census Census 1900 PA Northumberland County, Mt Carmel Roll PA 1449 ED 141 Sheet 1 (Soundex Roll PA 519)) T-120.) She is widowed in 1910 and the youngest child (living) is 5. Eight children are living. Two have been born since 1900 (Edward and Stephen) and two more have died presumed as infants. This also puts the death of Mike between 1905 and 1910 since Stephen the youngest child is 5. The place of birth of Julia is given as Hungary and her language/heritage is Magyar. Mike, now dead, is differentiated as being also Hungarian, but a Slovak.
The two boarders (brothers?) Albert and Joseph HAVORAKO are not listed as family but as boarders in the 1900 Census. They would be about 14 and 12 in 1910 and are no longer listed with Julia and her children.

In the Recorder of Wills office, Northumberland County, Courthouse (T324 V9 p 535) an entry is found which reads as follows:

"Michael TOBIAS Deceased. Be it remembered, that on the twenty fourth day of December A.D. 1910 Letters of Administration, in due and common form of law, upon the estate of Michael Tobias late of Mount Carmel Borough Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, deceased, who died on the ninth day of January A.D. 1908, were granted to George J. MOLESKI who entered into bond with A. F. JOHN as sureties in the sum of One Hundred Dollars,($100.00) Julia TOBIAS, widow (faint but may read) "housing unowned". Witness my hand L E. V. NICELY, Register." This confirms and puts Mike's death as Jan 9, 1908.

I do not have any data on Michael G TOBIAS/TABIS/TABAKA in the old country at this point, nor do I know whom his parents might be, though hints may reside in the names of his children, Pauline, John, Ella, Michael, Peter, and William and which are yet to be searched.

Any more information, insights, or leads especially back to the old county would be and are much appreciated. Please help me to understand better, for example, the differences between the surnames TABAKA, TABIS, and TOBIAS as various records at various times use all three. After Michael's death the family used Tobias exclusively.

But from what I see from your post, and above, it would appear that my Michael G. is a TABIS (especially as it is literally engraved in stone on his tombstone.) If this be the case, then it puts an entirely different slant on searching in the old country. Do you agree?

Also, as far as I know, Julia was a HAVORAK/HAVORAKO, but since you don't get any hits for that surname, I suspect that this was mangled in the census and in other documents. Too bad that I have never found a marriage license record for Michael and Julia. Any suggestions as to what the real name might have been? Yavorek, maybe?

Walter Freeman

Re: Havirenko, Havorak

ZlaticaBeca — 2012-02-05 01:36:45Z

Walter

Could the HAVIRENKO be somehow 'butchered' HAVRILKO and HAVORAK an HAVORKA?
few more found arr. NY EI from present Hlinne, Slovakia
Hajauk-Tabak, Anna Agyagos 4 1895 1899 {HAJDUK TABAK]
Hajauk-Tabak, Jozsef Agyagos 24 1875 1899
Tabaka, Michas Aggyagesclah, Hungary 30 1880 1910

http://www.hlinne.sk/

I think the 2 ancestors would have to have been a birds of a same father. Common language to communicate in and common tradition to observe. Wish I could come up with a proper spelling for the female ancestor for you.

Zlatica

Re: Tobias, Tobis/Tabis, Tabaka, Havirenko, Havorak

ZlaticaBeca — 2012-02-05 00:30:11Z

Walter

Zemplen megye, Hungary
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/zemplen.jpg
towns in Zemplen :
http://www.bogardi.com/gen/g166.shtml
Zemplin region, Slovakia
http://krajzemplin.szm.com/indexenglish.htm
An ALL site for research in Slovakia
www.iabsi.com/gen/public

TOBIAS^ in Slovakia
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=tobias&a...
TOBIS in Slovakia's phone book:
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=tobis&am...
TABIS^ in Slovakia
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=tabis&am...
TABAKA in the phone book:
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=tabaka&a...
No HAVIRENKO or HAVORAK in Slovakia. I doubt that the surname HAVIRENKO was transcribed correctly.

Phone area code 056 and 057 would be in Zemplin region of Slovakia.
TABAKA in Michalovce [056] much more in 057
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=tabaka&a...
Hlinné [zemplín]
1773 Agyagos, Hlynne, 1786 Agyagosch, Hlina, 1808 Agyagos, Hlinné, 1863–1902 Agyagos, 1907–1913 Agyagospatak, 1920– Hlinné [ all the names this town was known by]
Surnames in Hlinne in 1995:
V obci HLINNÉ (okr. VRANOV NAD TOPĽOU) sa v roku 1995 nachádzali najčastejšie tieto priezviská: BUŽO 105×; BUŽOVÁ 103×; MITÁČOVÁ 51×; MITÁČ 49×; TANCOŠ 42×; TANCOŠOVÁ 39×; GOROĽ 33×; GOROĽOVÁ 33×; JURMÁK 26×; JURMÁKOVÁ 26×; MIKLOŠ 22×; TABAKA 22×; KANDALA 19×; MIKLOŠOVÁ 19×; KALAFOVÁ 18×; TURTÁK 17×; TABAKOVÁ 17×; KANDALOVÁ 16×; ŽIPAJ 15×; ŽIPAJOVÁ 15×; IHNÁT 14×; TURTÁKOVÁ 14×; ŠTOFA 14×; BABENSKÝ 13×; PIRKO 13×; BALOGOVÁ 12×; JUROV 12×; DZURKOVÁ 12×; JENČOVÁ 12×; POHLOD 12×; KMECOVÁ 11×; KMEC 11×; BABENSKÁ 11×; PIRKOVÁ 10×; MITAĽOVÁ 10×; BALOG 10×; FEKO 10×; DZURKO 10×; DUŇA 10×; LUPČOVÁ 9×; JENČO 9×; POHLODOVÁ 9×; PIŽONTOVÁ 9×; DUŇOVÁ 9×; STREDNÁ 9×; KINDRIKOVÁ 9×; STREDNÝ 8×; BAČIŠINOVÁ 8×; JUROVÁ 8×; ŠTOFOVÁ 8×; SOTÁKOVÁ 8×; IHNÁTOVÁ 7×; HUDÁK 7×; GAJDOŠ 7×; URBANOVÁ 7×; KINDRIK 7×; HUDÁKOVÁ 6×; KEĽÁROVÁ 6×; MITAĽ 6×; BAŠISTA 6×; BAČIŠIN 6×; GARBIŠOVÁ 6×; FEDOR 6×; HLADOVÁ 6×; LUPČO 6×; KALAFA 5×; HORŇÁKOVÁ 5×; ONDER 5×; KARPÁČOVÁ 5×; MAČOVÁ 5×; MAČO 5×; BARAN 5×; PALIŠINOVÁ 5×; SOTÁK 5×; FEKOVÁ 5×; KRIVÁKOVÁ 5×; RANIČ 4×; URBAN 4×; BOBIKOVÁ 4×; FARBARIK 4×; KOPČÁKOVÁ 4×; BOBIK 4×; HADOVÁ 4×; LIPTÁK 4×; DEMČÁKOVÁ 4×; GLODOVÁ 4×; PIŽONT 4×; KOLESÁR 4×; KAZIMIR 4×; ONDEROVÁ 4×; PALIŠIN 4×; BAŠISTOVÁ 4×; STULANČÁK 4×; LABAJ 4×; KOLESÁROVÁ 4×; LUKÁČ 4×; HLAD 4×; FEDOROVÁ 4×; BERTOVÁ 3×; BREZNICKÁ 3×, ...

arriving NY Ellis Island from the mentioned location:
Tabaca, Mihaly Agyagos 32 1861 1893
Tabaka, Istvan Agyagos 24 1881 1905
Tabaka, Michal Agyagos 25 1880 1905
Tabaka, Mihaly Agyagos 17 1886 1903

You can go thru Hlinne's church records on your own computer screen and gather ancestral information at least on TABAKA ancestor.
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermain... &columns=*,0,0

the children's church baptismal records should have parents place of birth.

Any connection to this descendant?
www.helenezx.homestead.com Slovak Pride Index
Tabaka Hlinne ZEMPLIN Molchany

Gertrude Tobias, 91, Reading,pa,

KENNELLYMARKA — 2012-02-03 05:31:21Z

M. Gertrude Tobias, 91,
of Riverview Park, Reading,pa
passed away on Monday, Jan. 31, 2012,
in the Phoebe Berks Health Care Center.
She was the beloved wife of the late John R. Tobias; dear mother of Sharon L. Ackelson, wife of Duane, Wyomissing, William J. Tobias, husband of Cheryl, Blandon, and Peter M. Tobias, husband of Chevone, Scottsdale, Arizona; devoted grandmother of Kathleen A. Dehrs, Reading, Eric J. Tobias, Blandon, and Kelly Tobias, Allentown; cherished great-grandmother of Paige, Alex and Aiden Tobias.
Among her survivors are her sister, Dorothy Miller, Temple; and niece, Carol Schoener, Muhlenberg Park.
After Trudy raised her family she was employed by the then Sears & Roebuck Catalog Store in customer service from which she retired. She attended faithfully Calvary United Church of Christ and donated her time there assisting in the church office.
Friends are invited to call at the Bean Funeral Home, 3825 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, from 10 to 11 a.m. A religious service will follow with Rev. Dr. Stephen Ohns-man officiating. Interment will follow at the Laureldale Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Calvary United Church of Christ, 640 Center Avenue, Reading, PA 19601. Bean Funeral Homes, Sinking Spring, is in charge of arrangements.
( in Reading Eagle from February 2 to February 3, 2012 )

Calvary United Church of Christ,"

TOBIAS Carlos C Padre 1876 1949

t42ForestLawn — 2012-02-01 21:03:30Z

TOBIAS Carlos C Padre 1876 1949

DaveStrtickland photographed this gravestone in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 225,469 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Dallas), cemetery(Forest Lawn) and Surname .
If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: Origin of Tobias Name

RJTobias — 2012-01-10 10:28:34Z

The origin of the Tobias name is Biblical. Not sure if Hwbrew or Aramaic. Most indications point to Aramaic. So you will see many nationalities with this surname, also a "first" name.
Thanks....RJTobias

Re: Origin of Tobias Name

Wick_T — 2012-01-07 02:27:45Z

Many Tobias' are jewish and it's often indicated that the root of the name is biblical/hebrew; however many of us--maybe half--have histories with no known Jewish connection. Many are Hispanic (Catholic), Eastern European as in your case, or mine derived from Tobe in Germany. They were Reformed, a form of Presbyterianism.

A starting point is where the emigrating Tobias' landed--many of the Jewish namesakes arrived in New York.

Wick Tobias
Austin, TX

Re: Origin of Tobias Name

lisadelre — 2012-01-07 02:17:57Z

I see, cousin, that you are on this post, too!

Re: Origin of Tobias Name

lisadelre — 2012-01-07 02:15:16Z

My Mother was a Tobias and was born in 1929 in Szatmar Hungary which is now Rumania. She was catholic, but told me that there was much Jewish ancestry in her name.

Re: CATHERINE TOBIAS ca 1775 BERKS CO., PA

Wick_T — 2011-12-23 03:43:39Z

I don't show any granddaughter of Hans Jost as Catherine. Son, George's wife was Catharina, so that might be a clue of a missing daughter.
I do have a Anthony Wayne Naftzinger marrying Lena M. Tobias of Jonestown. They were born in the early 1900's but might provide a clue. Her line goes up to George, then George Jr.
Is it possible you are looking at a Catherine who had previously been married to a Tobias? There are a bunch of Hans Jost's granddaughter-in-laws who were Catherine's although the closest I get to 1775 is Catherine Hahn Tobias who was born in 1778

CATHERINE TOBIAS ca 1775 BERKS CO., PA

KAurichio — 2011-12-23 03:09:53Z

Seeking to confirm parents of CATHERINE TOBIAS, b. ca 1775, who m. JOHN NOFZIGER (or NAFZIGER) 6 Jan 1796 in Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Bern, Berks Co., Pennsylvania. They were parents of CATHERINE NOFZIGER, b. 1807. I believe that CATHERINE TOBIAS must be a granddaughter of HANS YOST TOBE, Berks Co. pioneer. But I can't determine which one of his sons was her father. Can anyone help? Thanks for any and all assistance.

Re: Origin of Tobias Name

jefftobias1 — 2011-11-25 06:08:30Z

My father Jozsef Tobias is Hungarian who lived in Transylvania prior to WW2. The family had come from Germany. They were Catholic for hundreds of years. The name Tobias is the Greek version of Tobit

Re: Joseph Tobias of Charleston, SC

hgayr — 2011-10-09 17:04:42Z

THANKS, I ALWAYS FELT THAT THE TOBIAS WAS JEWISH.
THE CRAWFORDS OF SC DID NOT LIKE MARY FOR SOME REASON, HANDED DOWN STORY AND THIS WAS NEVER EXPLAINED. FROM 1850 PLUS THE STORY WAS LOST. ANOTHER STORY WAS: MARY'S FAMILY WAS FROM PA.
THANKS AGAIN,
HILDA

Re: Calling All TOBIAS's : Please Help Me Find My Roots!

JeanPierre_Tobias — 2011-09-28 21:37:20Z

Hi, I'm from South Africa and tracing my roots, but stuck in the early 1800's. Does anyone have info perhaps of any Tobias immigrating to South Africa in the early 1800's or late 1700?

Thanks jp

Re: Ory R. Tobias, b. About 1816 in New York > Illinois

johnstenderusa — 2011-09-05 01:54:50Z

Thanks for the information. I wrote letters to the Clerk's office in both Ogle and Lee County Illinois looking for cemetery records. Both replied that they were sorry that they couldn't help.

I descend down through Anna & Christian Eshelman as well. Then their daughter Mary Coleman (Ida's sister.) Mary and her husband John are my great-grandparents and lived in Adair County, Iowa. My grandparents lived and my parents still live in Cass County.

I grew up going to the Eshelman reunion every summer in Fontanelle, Iowa.

Re: Ory R. Tobias, b. About 1816 in New York > Illinois

SkipWeaver1948 — 2011-09-04 16:24:46Z

I did find out that his name really is Otis R. Tobias, born 1805 in New York state and died aft 1870 in Lee Co, Illinois, but nothing further on him or Betsy.

I decend down thru Anna & Christian Eshelman, daughter, Ida and Fred Strong, then my grnadparents are Floyd & Bess ie Strong.

I live in Guthrie Co, Iowa, Let me know where you live.

Thanks, Skip

Re: Joseph Tobias of Charleston, SC

hgayr — 2011-08-30 12:40:52Z

Lisa, write me, 460 Ashley, Rayville, LA 71269. I can send you lots of Crawford information.
Hilda Ramsey

Re: Crawford - Tobias

hgayr — 2011-08-28 17:44:03Z

My Crawfords are found in SC before 1850, by 1860 they had moved to MS. I know the line after that. I'm still searching for Mary ??? Crawford's maiden name. She was born around 1800-10. Thanks

Re: Joseph Tobias of Charleston, SC

sila65 — 2011-08-26 22:46:24Z

Hi, Peter Tobias Crawford was my great, great grandfather ... You probably know more than I do about this side of the family. My great grandmother was Georgia Ellen who passed away after the birth of the youngest son George. I would love to know more about this side of the family. I am not sure but for the most part my grandmother was darker haired and eyed. Supposed to be some Indian somewhere but I have not been able to determine where. I am not sure exactly where the dark features come from. If Mary was a Tobias the darker features may have come from her side. My father and all of his siblings were dark hair and most were dark eyed; But, my father and one brother were blue eyed. Would love to know more. Thanks, Lisa

Re: Ory R. Tobias, b. About 1816 in New York > Illinois

johnstenderusa — 2011-08-24 01:50:07Z

This is my line too. Anna (Tobias Kingery) Eshelman is my great-great-grandmother. I'm glad that other people are looking but disheartened that it doesn't seem that anyone else has gotten any farther. I wanted to reply to this thread so I would be alerted if anyone finds anything in the future.

Best of luck - John

Looking for info on Joseph Tobias b. 3/28/1864 brother John Tobias

danielle12704 — 2011-08-16 01:43:30Z

I am searching for information on Joseph Tobias b. 3/28/1864 in Portugal. He and his brother, John Tobias, travelled from Portugal by ship to the United States and jumped ship in Long Beach. They ended up traveling to San Juan Capistrano and living with a Mexican family with the last name of Garcia. They both took the family's last name of Garcia from then and on into the rest of their lives.

I would appreciate any help with this. Can't find info on ships.

Thanks so much for any help you may have!!

Robert/Sara/Julius Tobias of New Haven or Hartford CT and NYC

Amyinthecity — 2011-07-25 23:05:40Z

I am looking for my third great grandfather's brother Robert Tobias, or his Sister when she was unmarried Sara Tobias. They are originally from New Haven but Robert's family may have moved to Hartford, eventually all moved to New York City (they originated from Germany). They lived in CT from around 1850 to 1870 and then moved to New York City. Julius was in the civil war. If you think you are related to me, please send me a message to my user name above plus aol dot com!

TOBIAS John C

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-07-12 21:01:09Z

TOBIAS John C - Vietnam Wall section 9W

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If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

John Tobias and Polly Gaffin Tobias

patwelty45 — 2011-07-07 18:17:44Z

Looking for data on descendants of John Tobias (born 1764 in ? Washington Co., NY and died 1830 in Springport, Cayuga Co., NY)and Mary "Polly" Gaffin (born 1773 in Schagticoke, Remsellear Co., NY and died 1830 in Springport, Cayuga Co., NY).

Above, John Tobias' father is likely an Isaac Tobias but this is not proven. If Isaac is indeed the father there is also a brother to John Tobias by the name of Jacob Tobias (Revolutionary Soldier).

Interested especially in info about the son of John Tobias and Polly Gaffin, their son John Tobias (born 1802 prob. in Cayuga Co., NY and died ?) and his wife, Rebecca Chase Tobias (born 1802 in NYS and died 185- in Cayuga Co., NY)

Parents of above Rebecca Chase Tobias are Jonathan Chase and Sarah VanSnydam.

I have lost where son, John Tobias lived after his wifes' death in 1850 but I believe he moved to Michigan.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Pat

TOBIAS Querida TRINIDAD C 1887 1972 madre

t42ForestLawn — 2011-07-01 23:01:50Z

TOBIAS Querida TRINIDAD C 1887 1972 madre

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TOBIAS Lorine Edna 1916 1980 mother

t42ForestLawn — 2011-06-30 15:12:56Z

TOBIAS Lorine Edna 1916 1980 mother

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TOBIAS Rutilo 1906 1993 querido padre apa

t42ForestLawn — 2011-06-30 15:12:39Z

TOBIAS Rutilo 1906 1993 querido padre apa

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Re: Joseph Tobias of Charleston, SC

Wick_T — 2011-06-18 15:39:03Z

Virtually none of the Pennsylvania Tobias Descendants of Hans Jost Tobe migrated south. They originally emigrated from Germany in the mid 1700's and were "Reformed", a branch of Calvinism or Presbyterianism. Many of the Tobias' who emigrated to New York were Jewish. If you can speculate as to the Crawford/Tobias religion, it might give you a clue as to her origin.

Tobias or not

hgayr — 2011-06-18 13:09:51Z

Searching for 40 years - I have no maiden name for Mary of SC, married to Andrew (Crofford) Crawford of SC. In 1843 the couple had a son, Peter Tobias Crawford, 1846/48 a daughter, Eveann "Sallie" Crawford, 1852 a daughter, Louisa Crawford, all born in SC. They may have had a daughter born beford 1840. Some Crawfords living near St. George, SC, now are related. Peter and Louisa used the name Tobias, several times. Please help, hgayr@aol.com
Thanks, Gay Crawford Ramsey

Re: Joseph Tobias of Charleston, SC

hgayr — 2011-06-18 12:55:26Z

Any of you have a Mary Tobias married to Andrew Crofford/Crawford before 1840. 1843 the couple had a son named Peter Tobias Crofford/Crawford, my great grandfather.
I have no proof that Mary's name was Tobias, except several in the family was named Tobias. Home e-mail hgayr@aol.com.
Gay Crawford Ramsey

Re: Crawford - Tobias

Wick_T — 2011-06-14 22:33:04Z

I have James F. Crawford (1920-1999) married to Elizabeth Tobias, living in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania. They had J. Scott (1960 to May, 2010), Terry L., and Linda A.

Wick Tobias wtobias at austin.rr.com

Crawford - Tobias

hgayr — 2011-06-14 19:41:10Z

Several Crawford ancestors were named Tobias - Anyone have a Mary marring Andrew Crawford? The couple had a son named Peter Tobias, two daughters - Eveann and Louisa. Peter and Louisa named their children and grand children Tobias. No proof of a maiden name for Mary can be found, need help.

Re: Calling All TOBIAS's : Please Help Me Find My Roots!

edwardklahr1955 — 2011-06-12 22:28:07Z

The only Gwendolyn Tobias I can find was born 25, September 1949 Leongatha, Victoria, Australia, she had three siblings, Stephen, Christine and Amanda. Her parents were William Henry Tobias and her mother was Gwendoline Simpson. If she was adopted maybe her adopyed parents asigned her a birthdate like some did to remove all link to her past.

Re: winifred tobias

PhilTobias — 2011-05-29 17:50:26Z

What details do you have? Approximately when did they live and die? Have you looked at familysearch.org or seekingmichigan.org?

Re: What variant spellings have you used to search for Tobias?

PhilTobias — 2011-04-23 06:41:30Z

There are also the Russians. I corresponded with Andrew Tobias, who had written some fairly popular financial planning books in the 1980's, and his family was only two generations out of Russia.

Phil

Re: What variant spellings have you used to search for Tobias?

Wick_T — 2011-04-23 03:04:44Z

Thanks for the background on your line. This string is further demonstrating the ethnic breadth of Tobias' including Germany, Scotland, and Austria. Many mention that the name is biblical (Hebrew) in origin as "Tobiah" (and variants) but it would appear the explanation is more complex

Re: What variant spellings have you used to search for Tobias?

Wick_T — 2011-04-23 02:52:47Z

Hi, Phil
Yes, the Ezra you found was 40 when he died in 1908. His father was my g gf's, (also Ezra) 2nd cousin.
Hans Jost Tobe was born in 1716 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany and emigrated with his then 2 sons in 1741 to Berks, PA. Following generations moved to Pickaway, OH, with later generations moving to the Peoria, IL beginning with Ezra's father, James. My family home was in the Chicago area, and when we moved to Austin, TX in 1984, I became virtually the sole exception to the many hundreds of Tobias' I've documented who remained in the northern states.
Many of the Tobias' who emigrated to New York appear to have been Jewish although if your line originated in Scotland, they may have been Presbyterian? The Berks Line practiced the "Reformed" faith, a version of Calvinism (also Presbyterian).
As you suggest, other Tobias' came from Espanic and Eastern European backgrounds, many of whom likely practiced Catholicism.

Re: What variant spellings have you used to search for Tobias?

walterfreeman59 — 2011-04-23 02:51:13Z

I presume the request for more information re: my g grandfather was directed to me. For what it is worth, here is what I have:

Michael G. Tobias (Jul 31, 1862, Hungary (Austria) - Jan 9, 1908 Mount Carmel, PA married 1888 Julia A. Havirenko [aka Havorak] (Dec 1873, Hungary (Austria) died Allentown, Lehigh County, PA)

His gravestone surname spelling is actually “Tabis” not Tobis as I originally wrote. He immigrated as follows: Michael Tabaka (Departure Date: 27 Feb 1881 Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Age Year: 24 Gender: männlich (Male) Family: Household members Residence: Zemplin, Ungarn Occupation: Arbeiter Ship Name: Cimbria Captain: Ludwig Shipping Line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft Ship Type: Dampfschiff Accommodation: Zwischendeck Ship Flag: Deutschland Port of Departure: Hamburg Port of Arrival: New York Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 039 B Page: 155 Microfilm Roll Number: K_1725

He was a coal miner as was my other maternal grandfather in Mt. Carmel, both are buried side by side in St John the Baptist Cemetery in Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, PA. Mike was naturalized as Michael Tobias applied for naturalization on Oct 2, 1886 in Sunbury, PA. On the Application he is listed as having been born in Austria, is 24 years old, Allegiance is to Francis Joseph Emperor of Austria, emigrated from Hamburg and arrived on these shores on March 31, 1881 and lives in Mt Carmel, PA. His signature is on the papers. Mike received his naturalization citizenship on Aug 25 1894. Witnesses to the civil court proceeding were Louis John Kanski and August Zinski. According to the 1910 Census, Julia immigrated in 1882 and in the 1920 Census 1881.

In 1900, he is naturalized and he and Julia are listed as read, writes, and speaks English. In 1910, he is dead but for their children (all born in Mt.Carmel) their father (Mike now deceased) is listed as Hun/Slovak and their mother, Julia, is listed as Hun/Magyar. Julia herself is listed for both her father and mother as Hun/Magyar. In the 1920 census, Julia’s birthplace is listed as Austria with her children listed as having been born in Pennsylvania and are all listed as mother tongue, German.

This is about all I have been able to uncover over the years. I suspect that Zemplin, in what was then the Austrian Empire, and is now in Slovakia or close by in Hungary, was the starting point for both sides of my maternal ancestors, but I have not been able to establish any ancestry prior to their arrival on these shores. It has been a long search over many years, and I wish I knew more. BTW I have Julia Haverinko/Havorak’s mtDNA.