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ROBEY Family Members

​​Page last updated 1 December 2024.

Meaning (See https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname): 
ROBEY:

• English: variant of Roby.

ROBY:

• English (Lancashire): habitational name from Roby in Huyton (Lancashire), from Old Norse rá ‘landmark, boundary’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’. Compare Raby.
• Scottish: variant of Robbie.
• Variant of Raby 3, a surname of French origin.
• History: Some of the American bearers of the surname Roby are descendants of Jean Guillaume dit Desrabines from France (see Raby).

ROBEY family pages done are:

• ROBEY, John Alexander 
• ROBEY, John Everett 
• ROBEY, Mary Olivia (m. GARNER, h1. DOWNS) 
• THORNE, Bertha Annie (m. GARNER, h1. ROBEY)
• THORNE, Raymond LyVernon (b. ROBEY)

b. = birth name (if adopted)
​m. = maiden name
h1.. = surname of first husband

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