Matilda (Blott) Hobbs (1837)

Born 1837 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Wife of George Hobbs — married 25 Dec 1854 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Biography

Mathilda was born in 1837.

George Hobbs and Matilda Blott were married after banns at St Phillip's, Bethnal Green, Middlesex on 25th December 1854.^[1] They were bachelor and spinster and both just 18 years old. George was a cabinet maker living at 9 New Inn Street, the son of Thomas Hobbs who was also a cabinet maker. Matilda was living at 2 Olive Street and the daughter of Joshua Blott who was a greengrocer. They each signed their own name on the register and the witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Hobbs and Frances Blott.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Register of Marriages: GRO Reference: 1854 D Quarter in Bethnal Green Volume 1C Page 687
2. ↑ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 [database on-line] Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Reference Number: P72/PHI/017 Image

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27Z-XJZ8 : 13 December 2017), Matild Hobbs in household of George Hobbs, Tottenham, Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 38, Piece/Folio 1381/22, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,588.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSLF-YTD : accessed 29 December 2020), Mathilda Hobbs in household of George Hobbs, Borough of Queens, Election District 5 New York City Ward 2, Queens, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 644, sheet 2B, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,148.