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Henry Charles HOBBS & Mary Susan SMITH
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Hobbs Family
Husband:
Henry Charles HOBBS (1)
Born:
Oct 1848  - Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (2)
Baptised:
24 Jun 1849  - Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (5); Parents Enoch & Jane, labourer, Buckover (E. of Thornbury).
Married:
29 Nov 1875  - Res of Edward Smith, Murray Flats, South Australia (32 33); Murray Flats region is Palmer to Morgan.
Died:
14 Jul 1938  - Mildura, Victoria, Australia (8); Age: 90
Father:
Enoch HOBBS
Mother:
Jane BARNFIELD
Spouses:
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Residence:
1861 Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (3 4); Silver Street. Age: 12; House Servant to a doctor (GP).
Children:
 Enoch Edward 1876-1966, Charles Henry 1877-1971, Jane Elizabeth 1879-1932, George Thomas 1882-84, Hilda Adelaide 1884-1943, Florence Ethel 1886-1976, Willie Allan 1888-1962, May 1891-91, Ivy Olive May 1892-1983, Mary Susan 1900-1939. [10]
Residence/Occupation:
 BISA: Rel: C/E, SArmy. Dep SA: 1903 for VIC. Bootmaker, labourer.
Imprisonment:
May 1866 12 months hard labour for stealing a cheque at Milang.
Emigration:
07 Oct 1852 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (6); Ship "Sultana" from London/Plymouth, with his parents.
Newspaper Clippings:
 See Citation. (7)
Residence:
1909 Mildura, Victoria, Australia (9); Fourteenth St. Planter then Labourer. Note that Henry's in-laws lived in Mildura at this time. On elec. roll till 1937. Sandalong Av Irymple pensioner from 1919.
Residence:
1909 Mildura, Victoria, Australia (10); Fourteenth St. Planter then Labourer. Note that Henry's in-laws lived in Mildura at this time. On elec. roll till 1937. Sandalong Av Irymple pensioner from 1919.
Residence:
1851 Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (11); Gillingstool. Henry C. Age: 3; Son.

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Wife:
Mary Susan SMITH
Born:
07 Feb 1860  - North Rhine, Angaston, South Australia, Australia (12)
Died:
30 Jul 1920  - Irymple, Victoria, Australia (13); Aged 62.
Father:
Edward SMITH
Mother:
Sarah Elizabeth CHAPMAN
Spouses:

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Children
01  (M):
Enoch Edward HOBBS
Born:
17 Mar 1876  - Eden Valley, South Australia, Australia (14)
Died:
19 Oct 1966  - Mildura, Victoria, Australia (15 16); Age: 90
Spouses:
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02  (M):
Charles Henry HOBBS
Born:
20 Nov 1877  - Moculta, South Australia, Australia (17); NW of Angaston.
Died:
26 Mar 1971  - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (18); Age: 93
Spouses:
May RUSSELL
03  (F):
Jane Elizabeth HOBBS
Born:
26 Oct 1879  - Kapunda, South Australia, Australia (19); Govt. Well. [SW of Blanchetown.]
Died:
14 Sep 1932  - Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia (20)
Spouses:
William Winslow WOODS
04  (M):
George Thomas HOBBS
Born:
24 Jan 1882  - Chowilla Station, South Australia, Australia (21)
Died:
15 Jul 1884  - Parkside, South Australia, Australia (22); Age: 1
Spouses:
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05  (F):
Hilda Adelaide HOBBS
Born:
30 Mar 1884  - Parkside, South Australia, Australia (23)
Died:
08 Sep 1943  - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (24); Age: 59
Spouses:
Alfred Thomas William BAYLEY
06  (M):
Willie Allen HOBBS
Born:
24 Dec 1888  - Auburn, South Australia, Australia (25)
Died:
14 Apr 1962  - Berri, South Australia, Australia (26)
Spouses:
Myrtle Evangeline SMITH
07  (F):
May HOBBS
Born:
18 Nov 1891  - Auburn, South Australia, Australia (27)
Died:
18 Nov 1891  - Auburn, South Australia, Australia (28); Age: 1 Hour
Spouses:
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08  (F):
Ivy Olive May HOBBS
Born:
19 Dec 1892  - Auburn, South Australia, Australia (29)
Died:
31 Mar 1983  - Mildura, Victoria, Australia (30); Age: 90
Spouses:
Frederick Charles SMITH
09  (F):
Mary Susan HOBBS
Born:
17 May 1900  - Aldinga, South Australia, Australia (31)
Died:
15 Nov 1939  - Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Spouses:
Henry Edward LONG

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Additional Information

Henry Charles HOBBS:

Notes:

Henry Charles Hobbs was born in Gloucestershire and emigrated to South Australia with his parents on the ship 'Sultana' in 1852.

After an apprenticeship as a bootmaker, Henry travelled with his family around the Murray Plains area (Palmer to Morgan) before settling in Auburn in the late 1880s. From there they moved back to the Murray Plains and Adelaide, moving in about 1903 to Mildura in Victoria, where Susan's parents lived. Henry generally worked as a bootmaker and labourer.

It's evident that Henry stayed in touch with his family. For example, when son Willie Allen required hospital treatment in 1901, his address was given as Cherry Gardens, where his uncles Thomas and Benjamin lived.

Children:
- Enoch Edward b.1876 Eden Valley (NE of Mt. Pleasant); d.1966 Mildura

- Charles Henry b.1877 Moculta (NE of Angaston); m. May Russell 1916; d.1971 Melbourne. 2 children.

- Jane Elizabeth b.1879 Government Well (SW of Blanchetown?); m. William Winslow Woods 1904; d.1932 Wentworth NSW. 10 children.

- George Thomas b.1882 Chowilla (N of Renmark); d.1884 Parkside.

- Hilda Adelaide b.1884Parkside; m. Alfred Thomas William Bayley 1907; d.1943 Ballarat Vic. 9children.

- Florence Ethel b.1886Parkside; m. Joel Moses Gabb 1912; d.1976 Felixstow. 4 children.

- Willie Allen b.1888Auburn; m. Myrtle Evangeline Smith 1912, d.1962 Berri.

- May b.1891 Auburn; d.1891 Auburn.

- Ivy Olive May b.1892Auburn; m. Frederick Charles Smith 1911; d.1983 MIldura. 8 children.

- Mary Susan b.1900 Aldinga; m. Henry Edward Long 1923; d.1939 Mildura. 7 children.

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Footnotes
  1. FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
  4. Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1957; Folio: 259; Page: 4; GSU roll: 87357.
  5. Ancestry.com, Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: GDR/V1/429.
  6. TheShipsList Website (Location: http://www.theshipslist.com;), Passenger list - Ship 'Sultana'.

    Barque Sultana, 588 tons, Captain David Mainland, from London / Plymouth 21st June 1852, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 7th October 1852
    South Australian Register Friday 8 October 1852
    Thursday, October 7th, 1852:-The barque Sultana, 588 tons, Mainland master, from Plymouth 21st June 1852.
    Passengers:— Mr. & Mrs. Blyth, Mr. & Mrs. Grace, Mr. & Mrs. Farmer and Mr. & Mrs. Frazer in the cabin and the remaining in the intermediate and steerage. —15th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1852 ; no births and four deaths on the passage, Doctor J. Baird, surgeon-superintendent.
    The Sultana left Plymouth on the 21st June, at which time several large ships at Plymouth and at the port of London were laid on, or about to sail for this colony. No vessel was spoken on the voyage, but the steamer Australian was see at about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning 50 miles west of Kangaroo Island. The only deaths were four infants, the passengers and crew all in good health, spoke highly of the kind attention and great care manifested by Dr. Baird, the surgeon-superintendent and medical inspector appointed by the Government.
    The South Australian Government Gazette 1866 p. 80
    Name Age Date of Death Cause of Death Where buried
    [...]
    Hobs, Joseph (Hobbs) inf no record no record at sea
    SULTANA - 1854
    Master: Captain Mainland
    Rigging: Barque; sheathed in yellow metal in 1851
    Tonnage: 496 tons using old measurements and 588 tons using new measurements
    Construction: 1849 in Sunderland
    Owners: Mitcheson
    Port of registry: London
    Port of survey: London
    Voyage: sailed for Adelaide
    Families:
    bbs Enoch 35 Farmer 749/1 Gloucesters.
    Jane (Barnfield) 34
    Eliza 12
    James 11
    William 7
    Henry 3
    Josh. inf died at sea
    ***

  7. Newspaper Notices & Articles (outside Adelaide/SA), Clippings.

    *** Advertiser Wednesday 16 May 1866
    LARCENY. Henry Charles Hobbs, a lad apparently not more than 14 years of age, pleaded guilty of stealing a cheque for £1 6s - the property of Alfred Davey, at Milang.
    *** Advertiser Friday 18 May 1866
    In the Supreme Court yesterday Henry Charles Hobbs, a lad, who had pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing moneys from his employer, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labor.
    *** Chronicle Saturday 19 May 1866
    LARCENY BY A SERVANT. Henry Charles Hobbs, who had pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing monies the property of his employer, Alexander Pavey [sic], was sentenced by His Honor to imprisonment with hard labor for 12 calendar months,
    *** Police Gazette 1 Apr !867 - Names of Prisoners discharged from the Dry Creek labor prison.
    Henry Charles Hobbs, convicted of larceny, 8 May 1866.
    *** Register Thursday 2 December 1875
    HOBBS —SMITH. —On the 29th November, at the residence of the bride's father, by special licence, by the Rev. R. L. Coward, Henry Charles Hobbs, third son of Mr. Enoch Hobbs, of Kangarilla, to Mary Susan, second daughter of Mr. Edward Smith of the Murray Flats.
    *** Mildura Cultivator Wednesday 4 August 1920
    HOBBS. —On 30th July, at Mildura, Mary Susan, beloved wife of Henry Charles Hobbs, and mother of Enoch, Charles, Willey, Jane, Hilda, Florence, Ivy and Susie, and grand mother of 28 children and great grandmother of one child. Aged 62 years. Sadly missed. "Safe in the arms of Jesus."
    ***

  8. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  9. Ancestry.com, Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1957; Folio: 259; Page: 4; GSU roll: 87357.
  12. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  13. Newspaper Notices & Articles (outside Adelaide/SA), Death Notice.

    *** Mildura Cultivator Wednesday 4 August 1920 HOBBS. —On 30th July, at Mildura, Mary Susan, beloved wife of Henry Charles Hobbs, and mother of Enoch, Charles, Willey, Jane, Hilda, Florence, Ivy and Susie, and grand mother of 28 children and great grandmother of one child. Aged 62 years. Sadly missed. "Safe in the arms of Jesus."

  14. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  15. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  16. Ancestry.com, Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591.
  17. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  18. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  19. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  20. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  21. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  22. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  23. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  24. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  25. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  26. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  27. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  28. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  29. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  30. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  31. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  32. Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  33. Ibid., Marriage.
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