Dhabolt Surname

The Dhabolt surname is an Anglicization of Theobald. The original name is Germanic and is composed of the elements theod- "people" and bald "bold". The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Tybalt, in French Thibaut, Thibault, Thibeault, Thiébaut (etc.), in Italian as Tebaldo, in Spanish and Portuguese as Teobaldo and in Irish as Tiobóid, in Czech as Děpolt, and in Hungarian Tibold. Anglicized spellings included Dhabolt, Debolt, Dabald/t, etc.

Our family's Dhabolt/Theobald records hit a brick wall at Henri Theobald, born in Bliesbruck, France in 1640. Henri married Marie Catherine Hestroffer.

Their son was Johann Jakob Theobald (aka Jean Jacques Theobald), born in Bliesbruck, France in 1673. Johann married Gertrud Muller.

Their son was Caspar Theobald I, born in Bliesbruck, France in November 1719. Caspar married Ursula Lens.

Their son was Caspar Theobald II, born in Bliesbruck, France in 1769. Caspar married Maria Katharina Ochs.

Their son was Mathias Theobald, born in Alsace, France in 1802. Mathias married Magdelena Kuegel Kichler. Mathias, Magdelena, and their children immigrated to the United States on 1 Jun 1836, arriving on the Ship Hermitage in New York. (source: Microfilm Serial Number M237, Roll No. 30, List No. 421)

Their son was Christopher Caspar Theobald, born in Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 15 Nov 1815. Christopher married Catherine Hoffman Ott.

Their son was Jacob Dhabolt (this is where the name spelling changed, they adopted the Dhabolt spelling around 1880, which is the first recording of a census record with this spelling), born in Elkhart, Indiana on 16 Jul 1854. Jacob married Lydia Gunter.

Their son was John Archabald Dhabolt, born in Iowa on 15 Apr 1887. He married Myrtle Allen Crawford (Lydia Gunter's great-niece through her sister Rebecca (Gunter) Banks, her daughter being Annabelle (Banks) Crawford).

Their son was John Charles Dhabolt I, born in Savannah, Missouri on 11 May 1914. He married Mary Elinor Myers.

Their son was John Charles Dhabolt II, born in Springfield, Oregon on 14 Jul 1941. He married Lois Maxine Taylor.

Their son was John Charles Dhabolt III, born in Oregon on 9 Mar 1959. He married Teresa Lynn Cornwall.

Their son was John Paul Dhabolt, born in Dallas, Oregon on 16 Apr 1981. He married Niamh Trisha Marie Scott.

Their son is Seamus Padraig Scott Dhabolt, born in Honolulu, Hawaii on 24 Jan 2007.

This concludes the paternal Dhabolt line for our family.