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John HOBBS & Louisa Sibella GRIBBIN
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Husband:
John HOBBS
Born:
1857  - Mclaren Vale, South Australia; No BC. Date from MC and court records. There is some indication the year might be 1858.
Married:
23 Sep 1882  - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (6 7 8); Registry Office. Note that Sibella is the niece of Joseph Spargo, later married to John's sister Sarah Jane.
Died:
23 Jun 1918  - Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia; Not found. Date from newspaper In Memoriams in "Barrier Miner".
Father:
Enoch HOBBS
Mother:
Jane BARNFIELD
Spouses:
Residence:
1891 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia; Moved between 1888 & 1991 (first child born in BH).
Residence/Occupation:
 Kangarilla & Parkside to about 1890, then moved to Broken Hill. Apprenticed as a mason, but there's no indication he completed, or worked as a mason. Labourer mostly.
Children:
 Edward John 1884-84, Harold Oliver 1888-1928, Caroline Augusta 1891-, John E. 1893-93, Edward J. 1895-96, Annie S. 1897-, Evelyn B. 1899-, Thomas Barnfield 1902-, Lillian Amelia 1908-1970. [9]
Wife:
Louisa Sibella GRIBBIN
Born:
11 Nov 1866  - Kapunda, South Australia (1); Parents James Gribbin and Caroline Bunney. Named after aunt who was born on the ship Sibella in 1848.
Died:
22 Jan 1939  - Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia (3)
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Residence:
1937 Broken Hill South, New South Wales, Australia (2); Home duties, 269 Wilson St.
Residence:
1930 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia (4); Home duties, 404 William St., with Lily Amelia.
Residence:
1936 Broken Hill South, New South Wales, Australia (5); Home duties, 269 Wilson St.

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Notes:

This is almost certainly not the 'John Hobbs' of about the same age who was sent to reform school, escaping several times and committing other offences. Instead, that is probably John Blackhead Hobbs whose mother lived an Noarlunga.

Footnotes
  1. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  2. Ancestry.com, Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  3. Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  4. Ancestry.com, Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  5. Ibid.
  6. Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
  7. Newspaper Notices & Articles (Adelaide & SA), Marriage.

    *** Advertiser Wednesday 4 October 1882 HOBBS —GRIBBIN. —On the 23rd September, at the Registry Office, Adelaide, John Hobbs, to Louisa Sibella (Bella), eldest daughter of James Gribbin, late of Appila-Yarrowie, both of Parkside. ***

  8. Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
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Suggestions, questions, comments, errors to Andrew Gabb. Revised 24 July 2017.