The Tubbs family, at least as far back as John Tubbs (1723-1770), was involved in the weaving industry. The reason for the family’s entry into the trade may lie in the religious persecution of Protestants in France, and its reason for leaving it in the political and economic fall-out that ensued. The revocation of the … Read more

The Tubbs Family Part 2: Genealogy The information given below is sourced predominantly from birth, baptism, marriage, death and criminal records, censuses, and trade/residential directories, including those of Pigot, Kelly, the Post Office, Trow, and Robson. We have only included information which we believe ha a high degree of reliability. There are many more members … Read more

Most in the violin world are familiar with the company, W.E. Hill & Sons, but perhaps not everyone is quite so familiar with the family members who were its predecessors, so I will begin by presenting biographical summaries of those in a direct line of ancestry and then will go on to outline the evidence for a reassessment of the genealogy of the violin maker, Lockey Hill.