Charlewood Francis Cobb (1873 - 1945)

Born 27 Feb 1873 in Margate, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Carrie (Sutherland) Cobb — married 7 Jul 1896 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Died 22 Oct 1945 at age 72 in Honey Harbour, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Charlewood Cobb grew up in Margate, Kent, where his father, A.B. Cobb, was a banker. In 1881, he lived with his parents and two younger brothers at 29 Dalby Square. A cook, a nurse and a housemaid also lived with the family. ^[1]Charlewood attended Radley College in Oxfordshire from 1888 to 1891.^[2] Two years after leaving Radley, he emigrated to Canada.

In 1901 he lived with his wife Carrie, young daughter Margaret and his sister-in-law Beatrice Sutherland in west Toronto, Ontario.^[3] In 1921 he and Carrie lived at 109 Balmoral Avenue in Toronto with Margaret and their son-in-law Alfred Gibson. Charlewood's occupation in the 1921 Census is listed as "collector."^[4]

Charlewood died suddenly at Honey Harbour, Ontario, on October 22, 1945.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQHL-M9T : accessed 22 March 2015), Charlewood F Cobb in household of Anthony B Cobb, Margate, Kent, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast (www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. , PRO RG 11/, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ Radley College Archives [1]
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHGV-8G4 : accessed 22 March 2015), Charlene Cobb, B, Toronto (west/ouest) (city/cité), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 15, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
4. ↑ Source Citation: Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 90; Census Place: Ward 3, Toronto North, Ontario; Page Number: 2.Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2013. Series RG31. Statistics Canada Fonds.
5. ↑ Toronto Daily Star, October 25, 1945

See also:

• FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
  
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NN13-N86 : accessed 22 March 2015), Charlewood Francis Cobb, 25 Mar 1873; citing Margate, Kent, England, reference 67; FHL microfilm 1,835,619.
• Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.