The Hobbs Family

Albert Frank Hobbs

known as "Frank"

Birth: 1867, in Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

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Married: Susie Theyer

Notes: Frank was a founder of the company Hobbs & Chambers, auctioneers and estate agents in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. As well as disposing of the contents of some of the larger country houses in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire in the early years of the 20th Century, present day buyers might be amused to know that Hobbs & Chambers, Auctioneers once stood in Faringdon market place selling chickens and eggs!

Census:
1871: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: King Alfreds College, Wantage, Berkshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1867 vol 6a p360); exact place from 1871, 1881 census
Marriage: Liza Hobbs
Notes: Liza Hobbs; Web Archive of http://www.cotswoldauction.co.uk

Anne Elizabeth Hobbs

Birth: 1856, in Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

Census:
1861: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1871: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1856 vol 6a p318); exact place from 1881 census

Catherine Hobbs

Birth: 1850, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

Census:
1851: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1861: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1850 vol 6 p287); exact place from 1881 census

Charles Hobbs

Birth: 1822/3, in Buscot, Berkshire, England

Father: William Hobbs

Mother: Elizabeth (Turner) Hobbs

Married: Catherine Frampton in 1847. Catherine was born in 1821/2, in South Marston, Wiltshire. She died in 1877, in Cirencester district aged 55.


Kelmscott Manor watercolor [c1905] by Marie Spartali Stillman image at www.morrissociety.org	Kelmscott Manor c1890 by Marie Spartali Stillman image at www.morrissociety.org


Kelmscott Manor today image at www.morrissociety.org	The drawing room at Kelmscott Manor c1895 image at www.morrissociety.org

Children:

Mary Anne Hobbs (1848 - ? )
Catherine Hobbs (1850 - ? )
Robert William Hobbs (1851 - ? )
Charles Hobbs (1852 - ? )
Anne Elizabeth Hobbs (1856 - ? )
James Parnel Hobbs (1858/9 - ? )
William Frampton Hobbs (1859/60 - ? )
Albert Frank Hobbs (1867 - ? )
Henry Hobbs

Occupation: Farmer. In 1881, Charles was farming 818 acres in Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, and employed 25 labourers, 5 women and 9 boys.

Death: 1893 in Cirencester district aged 70

Notes: Charles farmed an 818 acre farm "The Manor" at Meysey Hampton from 1848. In 1867 he inherited Kelmscott, on the banks of the River Thames, from his mother. Charles retained the farmland but in 1871 he leased (and later sold) Kelmscott Manor to William Morris, a noted designer, who used Kelmscott as a summer home. Morris noted that it looked to him as if Kelmscott Manor had "grown up out of the soil" and he noted the "quaint garrets amongst great timbers of the roof where of old times the tillers and herdsmen slept". The manor is now owned and managed by the Society of Antiquaries of London. The Hobbses continued to farm the land with Charles's son RW farming the Home Farm in Kelmscot.

Census:
1851: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1861: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1871: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire

Sources:

Birth: 1881 census
Marriage: Liza Hobbs; Catherine birth from 1851 census; Catherine death from England Death Index (3Q1877 vol 6a p205)
Occupation: 1881 census
Death: England Death Index (4Q1893 vol 6a p289)
Notes: Liza Hobbs and http://www.kelmscottmanor.co.uk/

Charles Hobbs

Birth: 1852, in Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

Married: Louisa Jane Plumbe

Children:

Charles Ashton Hobbs (1880 - ? )
Kathleen Hobbs
Harold Langley Hobbs (1882 - ? )
Lillian Hobbs
Muriel Hobbs

Occupation: Farmer. In 1881, Charles was farming 340 acres in Bampton, Oxfordshire, and employed 10 men, 8 boys and 3 women

Census:
1861: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1871: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: Farm House, Bampton, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1853 vol 6a p318); exact place from 1881 census; Liza Hobbs has Charles's birth year as 1852, which is, of course, possible with a 1Q1853 birth registration.
Marriage: 1881 census
Occupation: 1881 census

Charles Ernest John Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Charles Ernest John Hobbs

known as "Ernest"

Birth: 1876, in Kelmscot, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Maud Davis. Maud was the sister of H. J. V. Davis who married Charles's half-sister Helen.

Census:
1881: Kelmscot, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1876 vol 2c p254); exact place from 1881 census.
Marriage: Liza Hobbs

Charles Ashton Hobbs

Birth: 1880, in Bampton, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Louisa Jane (Plumbe) Hobbs

Census:
1881: Farm House, Bampton, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1880 vol 3a p776); exact place from 1881 census

Dorothy Kate (Hobbs) Jones

Dorothy Kate Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Birth: 1888, in Faringdon district, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: W. J. Preston Jones

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1888 vol 2c p265)
Marriage: Liza Hobbs

Ethel Elizabeth Hobbs

Ethel Elizabeth Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Birth: 1875, in Kelmscot, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Census:
1881: Farm House, Bampton, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1875 vol 2c p267); exact place from 1881 census

Frederick William Hobbs

Frederick William Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Birth: 1878, in Kelmscot, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Caroline Reading in 1907 in Faringdon district, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: Kelmscot, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1878 vol 2c p278); exact place from 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (2Q1907 vol 2c p585)

Harold Langley Hobbs

Harold Langley Hobbs c1905
(click for full photo)

photo courtesy of Peter Duffill

Harold Langley Hobbs and Mabel Sarah Cross

photo courtesy of Peter Duffill

Birth: 1882, in Witney district, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Louisa Jane (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Mabel Sarah Cross

Notes: Harold farmed in Argentina, where he was a breeder of Hampshire Down sheep.

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1882 vol 3a p775)
Marriage: Peter Duffill
Notes: Peter Duffill

Helen Maud (Hobbs) Davis

Helen Maud Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Birth: 1893, in Faringdon district, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Louisa (Heath) Hobbs

Married: H. J. V. Davis. Mr. Davis was the brother of Maud Davis who married Helen's half-brother, Charles Ernest. He was a partner with Robert Hobbs and farmed Paradise Farm, Kelmscott Farm (for about 12 years), Mill Farm in South Leach and Aston Farm. He died in 1978.

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1893 vol 2c p280)
Marriage: Liza Hobbs

Henry Hobbs

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

Notes: Henry lived for only a few hours.

Sources:

Notes: Liza Hobbs

Henry Hobbs

Henry Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Birth: 1886, in Faringdon district, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Edith Tayler

Death: 1971

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1887 vol 2c p273); Liza Hobbs has Henry's birth year as 1886, which is, of course, possible with a 1Q1887 birth registration.
Marriage: Liza Hobbs
Death: Liza Hobbs

James Parnel Hobbs

Birth: 1858/9, in Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

Census:
1861: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1871: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire

Sources:

Birth: 1861, 1881 census

Kathleen Hobbs

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Louisa Jane (Plumbe) Hobbs

Sources:

Liza Hobbs

Langley Hobbs

Langley Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Birth: 1882, in Faringdon district, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Evelyn M. O. O. Jenkyn in 1910 in Brentford district, London, England

Death: 1940

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1882 vol 2c p270)
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1910 vol 3a p217)
Death: Liza Hobbs

Lillian Hobbs

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Louisa Jane (Plumbe) Hobbs

Sources:

Liza Hobbs

Mary Anne Hobbs

Birth: 1848, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

Census:
1851: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1861: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1848 vol 6 p26*); exact place from 1851 census

Muriel Hobbs

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Louisa Jane (Plumbe) Hobbs

Sources:

Liza Hobbs

Robert William Hobbs

Robert William Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

known as "RW"

Birth: 1851, in Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

Married (1st): Fanny Elizabeth Plumbe in 1874, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Children:

Ethel Elizabeth Hobbs (1875 - ?)
Charles Ernest John Hobbs (1876 - ? )
Robert Hobbs (1877 - ? )
Frederick William Hobbs (1878 - ? )
Stanley Hobbs (1879 - ? )
Wilfred Hobbs (1881 - ? )
Langley Hobbs (1882 - 1940)
Winifred Hobbs (1884 - ? )
Henry Hobbs (1886 - 1971)
Dorothy Kate Hobbs (1888 - ? )

Married (2nd): Louisa Heath in 1892, in Pembroke district, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Children:

Helen Maud Hobbs (1893 - ? )

Married (3rd): Lottie Goldby

Occupation: Farmer. In 1881, Robert was farming 600 acres, and employed 22 men, 3 boys and 5 women. RW founded an agricultural company (RW Hobbs).

Census:
1861: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1871: Westham Farm, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire
1881: Kelmscot, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1851 vol 11 p262); exact place from 1881 census
Marriage (1st): England Marriage Index (2Q1874 vol 5a p49); exact place from Keith Hazell
Marriage (2nd): England Marriage Index (3Q1892 vol 11a p1496)
Marriage (3rd): Liza Hobbs
Occupation: 1881 census; Liza Hobbs

Robert Hobbs

Robert Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

known as "Bert"

Birth: 1877, in Kelmscot, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Adeline May I. Elliot in 1906 in Faringdon district, England

Occupation: Farmer. Bert took over the farm at Kelmscott from his father "RW". He was very well-known amongst the wider farming community in his day, since he was a pioneer breeder of Short Horn cattle. It's a breed no longer favoured, but his name will still occasionally raise a glint in the eye of an older farmer.

Census:
1881: Kelmscot, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: 1881 census; exact year from Liza Hobbs
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1906 vol 2c p633)
Occupation: Liza Hobbs

Stanley Hobbs

Stanley Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Birth: 1879, in Kelmscot, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Emmeline Mary Badham in 1907 in Gloucester district, Gloucestershire, England

Census:
1881: Kelmscot, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1880 vol 2c p282); exact place from 1881 census; Liza Hobbs has Stanley's birth year as 1879, which is, of course, possible with a 1Q1880 birth registration.
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1907 vol 6a p690)

Wilfred Hobbs

Wilfred Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Birth: 1881, in Kelmscot, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Olsa Steele

Census:
1881: Kelmscot, Oxfordshire

Sources:

Birth: 1881 census
Marriage: Lisa Hobbs

William Frampton Hobbs

Birth: 1859/60, in Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Charles Hobbs

Mother: Catherine (Frampton) Hobbs

Married: Sarah Elizabeth Akerman in 1885, in Faringdon district, Oxfordshire, England

Children:

Edith Hobbs
Grafton Hobbs

Notes: Farmed at Langford.

Census:
1861: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1871: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire

Sources:

Birth: 1861, 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (2Q1885 vol 2c p503)
Notes: Liza Hobbs

Winifred Hobbs c1898
(click for full photo)

scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs

Winifred (Hobbs) Lusty

Birth: 1884

Father: Robert William Hobbs

Mother: Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Married: Frith Lusty in 1908 in Faringdon district, Oxfordshire, England. Frith was a banker.

Children:

Robert Frith Lusty (1909 - 1991). Sir Robert Lusty was a noted publisher and Governor of the BBC from 1960-1968. He was knighted in 1969. Robert wrote an autobiography "Bound to be Read" published in 1975.

Sources:

Birth: Liza Hobbs
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1908 vol 2c p659)
Children: Robert details from http://www.library.rdg.ac.uk/colls/special/lusty.html

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