See also

Family of Thomas Edwin Hobbs and Lily Jane Taylor

Husband: Thomas Edwin Hobbs

  • Name:

  • Thomas Edwin Hobbs2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener4 5

  • Birth:

  • 4 May 1894

  • Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England2 6 5 4 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • The Camp Cottage, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England6

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Thomas and Kate, and brothers George, Harry and Percy. Born in Redbourn

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • Bankside, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England5

  •  

  • son working as an under gardener and living in six rooms with his parents Thomas and Kate, uncle James, and brothers George, Harry, Josiah, Wilfred, John, Frank and Lenard. Born in Redbourn

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 45)

  • Shenston Lodge Shenston Court, Gravel Path, Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • a married private gardener living with his wife Lily, and daughters Violet and Elsie. Born on 4th May 1894

  • Death:

  • Q1 1983 (age 88)

  • Dacorum "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England3

Wife: Lily Jane Taylor

  • Name:

  • Lily Jane Taylor7 8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Alfred Charles Taylor (1864- )

  • Mother:

  • Lydia Dollimore (1861- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • brush maker9

  • Birth:

  • 5 Aug 1891

  • Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England7 10 9 4 11

  •  

  • 1939 register says born on 5th August 1892

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Sep 1891 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church End, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England8

  •  

  • daughter of Alfred Charles Taylor (labourer) and Lydia of Redbourn

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • Church End, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England10

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Alfred and Lydia, brothers Reggie and Harry, and sisters Rose, Lydia and Violet. Born in Redbourn Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • East Common, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England9

  •  

  • an umarried daughter working as a brush maker and living in five rooms with her parents Alfred and Lydia, brothers Reggie, Harry and Willie, and sisters Rose, Lydia, Violet and Hilda. Born in Redbourn

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 48)

  • Shenston Lodge Shenston Court, Gravel Path, Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Thomas, and daughters Violet and Elsie. Born on 5th August 1892

  • Death:

  • Q4 1982 (age 91)

  • Dacorum "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England11

Child 1: Percy Edwin Hobbs

  • Name:

  • Percy Edwin Hobbs12 13

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Eva Kitty Hunt (1917-2000)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • van driver14

  • Birth:

  • 21 Jul 1915

  • St. Albans "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England12 14 13

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 24)

  • 20 Barry Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England14

  •  

  • a married van driver living alone. Born on 21st July 1915

  • Death:

  • 23 Nov 1972 (age 57)

  • Hemel Hempstead "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England13 15

  • Probate:

  • 12 Jan 1973

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England15

  •  

  • of 63 Chapel Street Hemel Hempstead died 23rd November 1972, probate of £6640 (~£77,000 in 2017)

Child 2: Violet Irene Hobbs

  • Name:

  • Violet Irene Hobbs16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edward Charles Durrant (1916-2006)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • sewing machinist4

  • Birth:

  • 9 Dec 1920

  • St. Albans "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England16 4 17

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 18)

  • Shenston Lodge Shenston Court, Gravel Path, Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried sewing machinist living with her parents Thomas and Lily, and sister Elsie. Born on 9th December 1920. Married an Durrant at a later date

  • Death:

  • Nov 2004 (age 83)

  • Dacorum "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England17

Child 3: Elsie May Hobbs

  • Name:

  • Elsie May Hobbs18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Alfred Roger Osborn (1924-2020)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant4

  • Birth:

  • 3 Dec 1922

  • St. Albans "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England18 4 19

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 16)

  • Shenston Lodge Shenston Court, Gravel Path, Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried domestic servant living with her parents Thomas and Lily, and sister Violet. Born on 3rd December 1922. Married an Osbourn at a later date

  • Death:

  • 18 Feb 1988 (age 65)

  • Dacorum "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England19 20

  • Probate:

  • 4 Oct 1988

  • Probate Registry, Greater London, England20

  •  

  • of 15 Clarence Road Berkhamsted Herts died 18th February 1988, probate of £28,972 (~£72,000 in 2017)

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). St. Albans 1914 quarter:3 volume:3a page:1849. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Albans 1894 quarter:2 volume:3a page:566. Cit. Date: 12 October 2019.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dacorum 1983 quarter:1 volume:10 page:229. Cit. Date: 12 October 2019.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1600F page:15 line:11 letter code:DEBM. Cit. Date: 11 October 2019.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:7660 class:RG78 piece:377 registration district:139 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:176. Cit. Date: 12 October 2019.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1309 folio:107 page:26. Cit. Date: 12 October 2019.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Albans 1891 quarter:3 volume:3a page:562. Cit. Date: 3 December 2017.

8.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Hertfordshire Baptisms Redbourn St. Mary baptisms page:88 entry:698. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:7660 class:RG78 piece:377 registration district:139 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:52. Cit. Date: 23 July 2018.

10.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1309 folio:105 page:21. Cit. Date: 3 December 2017.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dacorum 1982 quarter:4 volume:10 page:158. Cit. Date: 12 October 2019.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Albans 1915 quarter:3 volume:3a page:1470. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hemel Hempstead 1972 quarter:4 volume:4b page:330. Cit. Date: 11 October 2019.

14.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0964C page:10 line:22 letter code:BXAT. Cit. Date: 11 October 2019.

15.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1973 page:4174 ref:732806567L. Cit. Date: 11 October 2019.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Albans 1921 quarter:1 volume:3a page:1462. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dacorum 2004 quarter:4 district:530/1 register:A54 entry:149 date:1104. Cit. Date: 11 October 2019.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Albans 1922 quarter:4 volume:3a page:1240. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dacorum 1988 quarter:1 volume:10 page:116. Cit. Date: 11 October 2019.

20.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1988 page:6093 ref:8851122248L. Cit. Date: 11 October 2019.