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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] SURNAME - GUBBY
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 21:22:15 +0000
In-Reply-To: <fhhbrTAYorn6EwYF@rondor-winchmore.demon.co.uk>



>The name Gubby has appeared in my family tree ie George Gubby
>Timber Merchant in Little Compton Street London. His daughter
>married in St Anne's Church, Soho (Westminster). To me the name
>Gubby conjured up a picture of a smock coated farmer but a friend
>of mine thought it was a 'foreign' name. Is there anyone on the
>List interested in surnames who could give me their views. With
>thanks in advance.

Gubay - vague notion this is an (?Indian based) Jewish family, who did
rather well in England. I assume they were original Portugese Jews who
settled in the Portugese part of India. The Sassoons were a similar
family, ended very rich indeed.

--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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