The Hubbs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,873 people carried this name — #8,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,765 in 2000.

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In print

Hubbs in American newspapers,
1889–1923.

Newspaper page from The Sioux County Journal carrying the name Hubbs
The Sioux County Journal 1889-08-01
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Hubbs
The Evening World 1889-07-27
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Hubbs
The Birmingham Age-herald 1923-06-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,923 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hubbs in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

181 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hubbs. The most, 39, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 51
Victoria 39
Queensland 34
South Australia 27
Tasmania 16
Western Australia 13
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hubbs.

Who carried it

People named Hubbs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Orlando Hubbs
    Orlando Hubbs 1840–1930 · politician
  • Irving G. Hubbs
    Irving G. Hubbs 1870–1952 · judge
  • Ken Hubbs
    Ken Hubbs 1941–1964 · baseball player
  • John Hubbs 1874–1952 · politician
  • Helen Mary Van Duzee 1880–1962 · teacher
  • Laura Cornelia Hubbs 1893–1988 · mathematician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hubbs,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States529 records

529 records of the Hubbs name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 215
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 161
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 74
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 54
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Woodrow W. Hubbs

    Born 1919 in Missouri. Enlisted 1940 at St Louis; printing worker from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Danny Eugene Hubbs

    Born 1949; from Camden, Tennessee. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rebecca Hubbs

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the City of Washington from Liverpool, aged 28; miner. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 529 records for Hubbs in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia13 records

13 records of the Hubbs name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Hubbs

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Irishman, aged 41.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Daisy Gladys Hubbs

    Born 1905 in King℗¿Island, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bessie Hubbs

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Irishman, as an infant.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Hubbs in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hubbs name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Henry Carl Hubbs

    Died in service in 1941.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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