Frederick Alexander Hobbs1,2

(1874 - 1909)
Father*George William Hobbs1 b. 1850, d. 1912
Mother*Rebecca Williams1 b. c 1854, d. 1896
Frederick Alexander Hobbs was born in New Zealand in 1874.1

Frederick died on 6 July 1909 in Christchurch, Canterbury, of cardiac failure.3,2 He was buried on 8 July 1909 at the Linwood Cemetery.4

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1874/38618.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1909/5378, aged 35.
  3. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Linwood Cemetery, Block 27, plot 115, aged 37, bricklayer, of cardiac failure.
  4. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Linwood Cemetery, Block 27, plot 115, aged 37, bricklayer, of cardiac failure. Plot visited Apr 2018, and is unmarked.

George William Hobbs1

(1850 - 1912)
George's birth was registered between October 1850 and December 1850 in Bath, Somerset.2

He married Rebecca Williams, daughter of Samuel Williams and Ann Mahoney, in New Zealand in 1871.1

He was widowed on the death of his wife Rebecca on 12 February 1896.3

George's second marriage was to Ada Mary Lavinia Shimmield in 1903 in New Zealand.4

George died on 17 January 1912 in Christchurch, Canterbury.5,6 He was buried on 18 January 1912 at the Linwood Cemetery.5
Grave - George W HOBBS (1850-1912) and Ada (nee SHIMMIELD)(1864-1942), Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ

Family 1

Rebecca Williams (c 1854 - 1896)
Child

Family 2

Ada Mary Lavinia Shimmield (1864 - 1942)

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1871/7704.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Bath, Vol 11, p48, mother's maiden name SNELL.
  3. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Linwood cemetery, block 27, plot 115, aged 42, years in NZ 16.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1903/3886.
  5. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Linwood cemetery, block 24, plot 91, aged 63, years in NZ 48, blacksmith.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1912/3443, aged 63.
  7. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1874/38618.

Roderick Andrew (Bill) Hodgson1

(1931 - 2024)
Roderick Andrew (Bill) Hodgson was born on 15 May 1931.1

He married Patricia Clare Fulton, daughter of Julius Herbert Fulton and Dorothy May Law, in Queenstown on 5 February 1960.1

He was widowed on the death of his wife Patricia in 2022.2

Roderick died in 2024 in New Zealand.3

Family

Patricia Clare Fulton (1936 - 2022)
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S701] Letter - Margaret Fulton to Berys Macdonald, 20 Mar 1981.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 2022/36033 with birthdate of 19 May 1936.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 2024/19056 with birthdate of 15 May 1931.

Walter Basil Hodgson-Smith1

(1887 - 1929)
Walter Basil Hodgson-Smith was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, on 8 March 1887.1

He was awarded a BA at Oxford, Oxfordshire, on 12 June 1913.2

He married Ethel Dorothy Stevens, daughter of John Foster Stevens KCSI and Frances Louisa Jeremie, at St Mark, Hamilton Terrace in St John's Wood, London, Middlesex, on 3 January 1919.1,3

He was awarded an MA at Oxford, Oxfordshire, on 24 May 1919.4

He was listed in the 1921 census as Head of Family at 44 Cheniston Gardens in Kensington, London, Middlesex, with his wife Ethel; he was Secretary for the New University Club and the household included a cook and a servant.5

Walter died on 17 June 1929 in Marylebone, London, Middlesex, at age 42.1,6

Family

Ethel Dorothy Stevens (1879 - 1952)
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Tuesday, Jun 18, 1929; pg. 18; Issue 45232; col B.
  2. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Friday, Jun 13, 1913; pg. 4; Issue 40237; col B.
  3. [S581] National Archives Film - The London Archives, Saint Mark, Saint John's Wood, Register of marriages, P89/MRK2, Item 010.
  4. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Monday, May 26, 1919; pg. 6; Issue 42109; col C.
  5. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-140, RD 2, SD 1, ED 61, Schedule 71.
  6. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Marylebone, Vol 1a, p608, 2Q1929, aged 42.

Thomas Hogben1

(c 1821 - )
Thomas Hogben was born in Wye, Kent, circa 1821.1

He married Mary Ann Amor, daughter of Joseph Amor and Sarah Iron, in England.1

He was listed in the 1871 census as Head of Family at 14 Lyminge St in Lyminge, Kent, with his wife Mary; he was a master blacksmith (employing a man and a boy) and was also the local post-master. The household included his niece Sarah Jane Amor and an apprentice John William Diamond.1

Family

Mary Ann Amor (c 1813 - )

Citations

  1. [S367] Census - 2 Apr 1871, UK census, ED 4 RG10-1018 Folio 50 p3 GSU roll 827265.

Mary Gertrude Holdcroft1

(1902 - 1984)
Mary Gertrude Holdcroft was born in Queenstown (Cobh), Co. Cork, on 19 October 1902.1,2,3,4
She was listed in the 1911 census at 'Beech Hurst', Granville Rd in Sidcup, Kent, as the adopted daughter of Charles and Ellen Roseveare, who had been married for 25 years, but were otherwise childless.5
She was listed in the 1921 census at 29 Granville Rd in Sidcup, Kent, with her adopting parents Charles and Ellen. Charles was now a dry goods warehouseman.6

She married John Norris Forsaith, son of Herbert Charles Forsaith and Emilie Blanche Borwell, in Bromley, London, Kent, on 6 July 1929.1,7

She was listed in the 1939 Register at 29 Granville Rd in Chislehurst, Kent, with John Norris Forsaith; he was a bank clerk and air raid warden, and they were residing in the household of an Ellen ROSEVEARE (widow).4

She was widowed at age 56 on the death of her husband John on 19 February 1959.8,9

She was appointed executrix of John Norris Forsaith's estate in Exeter, Devon, on 8 May 1959.9

Mary's marriage to Daniel Keith Nuttall was registered between April 1962 and June 1962 in Honiton, Devon.10

She was widowed on the death of her husband Daniel between January 1975 and March 1975.11

Mary died in November 1984 in Honiton, Devon, at age 82.12

Family 1

John Norris Forsaith (1902 - 1959)

Family 2

Daniel Keith Nuttall (1895 - 1975)
ChartsSamuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S166] J W Forsaith, "Forsaith Family tree 1715-1942."
  2. [S764] Index - Belfast, Ireland GRONI. Quarterly Returns in Ireland, Irish Civil BMD index 1845-1958, Birth: District of Cork, Vol 5, p158, 4Q1901 as Gertrude Mary.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Honiton, Vol 21, p1282, 4Q1984, aged 82 gives this birth date.
  4. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/1244H/004/5, Letter Code: CJQT, Schedule 24.
  5. [S687] Census - 2 Apr 1911, UK census, RG14PN3714 RG78PN140 RD42 SD4 ED10 SN66.
  6. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-3862, RD 42, SD 4, ED 10, Schedule 25.
  7. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Bromley, Vol 2a, p1955, 3Q1929.
  8. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Honiton, Vol 7a, p556.
  9. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, probate granted in Exeter to Mary Gertrude Forsaith, widow.
  10. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Honiton, Vol 7a, p831, 2Q1962.
  11. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Honiton, Vol 21, p1397, 1Q1975.
  12. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Honiton, Vol 21, p1282, 4Q1984, aged 82.

Diana Margaret Holden1

(1930 - 2005)
Diana Margaret Holden was born in Napier, Hawkes Bay, on 24 November 1930.2,3

She married John Morris (Moss) Williams, son of Charles Kenneth Williams and Phyllis Constance Morris, in Waipawa on 5 May 1955.2,1,4

She was widowed at age 66 on the death of her husband John on 27 May 1997.2,5

Diana died in 2005 in New Zealand.6

Family

John Morris (Moss) Williams (1929 - 1997)
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S312] Electronic Files - A Robinson, and subsequent correspondence.
  2. [S262] Book - Rex & Adriene Evans, Faith & Farming, p302.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 2005/18288 gives this birthdate.
  4. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 4335.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1997/40276.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 2005/18288.

Joan Stoddart Holland1

(1915 - 1999)
Joan Stoddart Holland was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 11 January 1915.2,3

She married Arthur Hay, son of Wilfred Prime Hay and Amy Lilian Clarke, in Rabaul on 25 October 1940.1,2

She was widowed at age 27 on the death of her husband Arthur on 1 July 1942.4

Joan died on 4 April 1999 in Queensland at age 84.3 She was buried at the Mudgeeraba Cemetery in Mudgeeraba.5
Grave - Joan S HAY (nee HOLLAND)(1915-1999), Mudgeeraba, QLD

Family

Arthur Hay (1907 - 1942)
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S312] Electronic Files - A Robinson, and subsequent correspondence.
  2. [S265] Book - Edgar T. Jones, George & Martha Clarke Family Tree.
  3. [S757] Australian Cemetery index database, at https://www.austcemindex.com
  4. [S196] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, at https://www.cwgc.org, Was Administrative Medical Officer at Kaveng, New Ireland, a civilian war casualty.
  5. [S757] Australian Cemetery index database, at https://www.austcemindex.com, Section M03, grave 89.

Mary Ellen Holland1,2

(1914 - )
Mary Ellen Holland was born in Deptford, London, on 30 August 1914.1,3
She was listed in the 1921 census at 29 Frankham St in Deptford, London, with her parents Frank and Rose (both flower and plant hawkers), brothers Patrick and Francis John and sister Maria.3

Mary's marriage to Frederick Albert Godbold, son of Frederick Sutton Godbold and Amy Mary Ann Seeley, was registered between July 1939 and September 1939 in Deptford, London, Middlesex.2

She was listed in the 1939 Register at 56 Shenley Rd in Camberwell, London, Middlesex, with Frederick Albert Godbold; he was a Charge-hand packer and also a Warden co-ordinator, she was a biscuit packer.1

Family

Frederick Albert Godbold (1911 - 1973)
ChartsSnow descendant chart

Citations

  1. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/0082E/011/36, Letter Code: AEIX, Schedule 167.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Deptford, Vol 1d, p3155, 3Q1939.
  3. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-2722753, RD 28, SD 2, ED 14, Schedule 87.

Sarah Ann Holman1

(1851 - 1931)
Sarah Ann Holman was born in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, on 10 February 1851.1,2 She was baptised at Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, on 8 July 1856 at the same time as her siblings Caroline, Walter and George.2

Sarah's marriage to William Augustus Wicks, son of William Poulter Wicks and Sarah Elizabeth Buckingham, was registered between January 1881 and March 1881 in Portsea, Hampshire. Despite William's use of the name Weston, he reverted to Wicks for his marriage.3
She was listed in the 1881 census at 21 Kingston Cres in Portsea Island, Hampshire, in the household of her parents James (a retired outfitter) and Caroline. Her brothers James and William were also present.4
She was listed in the 1891 census, boarding at 96 Gough St in Tower Hamlets, Poplar, London, Middlesex, with her husband (claiming to be called Augustus William Weston) and son Percy.5

She was widowed at age 47 on the death of her husband William on 28 January 1899.6

She was appointed executrix of William Augustus Wicks's estate in Glasgow on 27 June 1899.7
She was listed in the 1901 census at 49 Campbell Rd in Portsmouth, Hampshire, living with her mother Caroline and brother Samuel. Her son Percy Bernard was also part of the household.8

She was a beneficiary on the probate of William Augustus Wicks's will in London on 9 July 1901.9

She was listed in the 1911 census as Head of Family at 9 Grove Rd in Nth Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire; her boarding-house kept a servant, two visitors and four boarders at the time of the census.10

She was listed in the 1921 census at 33 Pelham Rd in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire.11

Sarah died on 13 June 1931 at St Mary's Hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, at age 80.12

Her will was probated in London on 24 August 1934 with Percival Bernard Weston Wicks appointed administrator of effects of £215.12

Family

William Augustus Wicks (1849 - 1899)
Children
ChartsWicks descendant chart

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Isle of Wight, Vol 8, p235, 1Q1851, mother's maiden name LEE.
  2. [S1254] Church Registers - (UK Methodist) Isle of Wight, England, Methodist Registers, 1813-1937; AC/2006/086/001; MDR/1–23, 26–27, 31–36, 38–39, 45–49, 50–52, 59; NC/MDR/71, 74; NC/REG/12–14. Newport Methodist Church.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Portsea, Vol 2b, p622, 1Q1881.
  4. [S116] Census - 3 Apr 1881, UK Census, ED 13 RG11-1141 Folio 48, p34, GSU roll 1341279.
  5. [S178] Census - 5 Apr 1891, UK census, ED 9 RG12-330 Folio 101 p31.
  6. [S541] National Archives of Britain, at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, Index to Death Duty Registers, U-Z, 1899, Court of Probate, IR27/573; also Registers of Deaths at Sea: BT334/20/1/75, BT334/20/1/133, BT334/21/1/49.
  7. [S1046] Index - Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh, Scottish Calendar of Confirmations, confirmation was granted to Srah Ann Weston or Holman of 30 Derby St, Glasgow.
  8. [S430] Census - 31 Mar 1901, UK census, ED 38 RG13-1007 Folio 36 p22.
  9. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, probabte granted in London to Sarah Ann WICKS, widow.
  10. [S687] Census - 2 Apr 1911, UK census, RG14PN5605 RG78PN254 RD90 SD4 ED13 SN433.
  11. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-5302 RD 90, SD 4, ED 25, Schedule 280.
  12. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, administration (with will) granted London to Percival Bernard Weston WICKS, motor agent.
  13. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Portsea Island, Vol 2b, p461, mother's maiden name HOLMAN.
  14. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Isle of Wight, Vol 2b, p564, 4Q1886, mother's maiden name HOLMAN.