Tracing clan affiliation, family name Stobie.

[SteveB]

MoR beat me back to the thread. Ogilvie is the most likely clan that you are looking for without doing the actual genealogical research.

Most of the Stobies that came into New York State came from Fife if that helps you on your research.

Slainte

[slohairt]

Stobie is a variant of Stobo, a place name near Peebles, derived from Anglo-Saxon Stubb-holh meaning 'post-hole'.

I would suggest the Tweedside District tartan, which is very old. It has two variants: Red or Hunting.

[ThistleDown]

I'm with Slohairt. Stobie is a familial form of Stobo and that's from the barony of Stobo in Peebleshire. But, of course, who knows where your ancestor lived post 14C? Perhaps on some Stewart estate elsewhere in the counry? That's very likely. Which Stewart tartan did your grandmother point to when she said that was her family tartan? There are a whole bunch of them -- red to green to blue to black -- but if you can find the one she said was her's we will have a whole bunch more info to work with.

In the meanwhile, to keep your interest alive, George Black wrote that Major Robt Stobo was guide for the Fraser Highlanders in their climb to Abraham in Quebec in 1759. Sneeky devil! Knew his way about in the dark, that man.

[derosa]

Which Stewart tartan did your grandmother point to when she said that was her family tartan? There are a whole bunch of them -- red to green to blue to black.

The main issue is no one can remember which Stewart, there was even a scrap of the tartan in the book which has probably been thrown out as garbage by the uncle who took it. He isn't reachable to look at the book either since he is nasty to everyone.