This is my first request for assistance so please correct me if I do it incorrectly. I would like to find my great grandfather’s only brother, John but have had no luck searching through Ancestry. I am not currently a member but have been in the past.
John Hobbis and Martha Rowles married in Brightwaltham on Oct 20, 1857
They had five children - John Rowles H born 27 July 1858,
Jethro William H born19 Jan, 1860,
Mary Ann H born 24 June 1861,
Elizabeth H. born 14 Jan 1863 and
Sophia H, born 18 Aug, 1864.
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Martha died in 1865, and John died March 5, 1871. The five children are now orphans.
The girls go live with their mother’s older sister in Rochester and I can trace them through the census and marriage into the 20th century.
I found the two boys at a school in Wantage in 1871 RG10/1267 Folio 21 Page 33. That is I am assuming the entries are the two brothers. One is listed as Joseph. I cannot find either one in 1881 although there is a William Hobbes boarding with George Barnham RG11 1298-105 page 34 with correct birth year and location. I am descended from Jethro William and can trace him through the census and emigrating to Canada.
What happened to John Rowles Hobbis? I can find no trace of him until his death 28 March 1937 (found the old fashion way lugging large books at St. Catherine’s House) at a mental hospital in Stone, outside of Aylesbury.. His occupation is listed as bank clerk. Family stories passed down say that he went to University. I was wondering if you skilled searchers could add a bit of meat to the few bones of information I have for John Rowles Hobbis. Thank you.
John Hobbis and Martha Rowles married in Brightwaltham on Oct 20, 1857
They had five children - John Rowles H born 27 July 1858,
Jethro William H born19 Jan, 1860,
Mary Ann H born 24 June 1861,
Elizabeth H. born 14 Jan 1863 and
Sophia H, born 18 Aug, 1864.
.
Martha died in 1865, and John died March 5, 1871. The five children are now orphans.
The girls go live with their mother’s older sister in Rochester and I can trace them through the census and marriage into the 20th century.
I found the two boys at a school in Wantage in 1871 RG10/1267 Folio 21 Page 33. That is I am assuming the entries are the two brothers. One is listed as Joseph. I cannot find either one in 1881 although there is a William Hobbes boarding with George Barnham RG11 1298-105 page 34 with correct birth year and location. I am descended from Jethro William and can trace him through the census and emigrating to Canada.
What happened to John Rowles Hobbis? I can find no trace of him until his death 28 March 1937 (found the old fashion way lugging large books at St. Catherine’s House) at a mental hospital in Stone, outside of Aylesbury.. His occupation is listed as bank clerk. Family stories passed down say that he went to University. I was wondering if you skilled searchers could add a bit of meat to the few bones of information I have for John Rowles Hobbis. Thank you.
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