William
Hobbs
aka Hobson
Born in Galvally, Donaghenry, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Hobbs
and Eliza Anne (Farr) Hobson
Brother of
Mary Hobbs, Caroline (Hobson) Mitchell, Annie Maria Hobson, Eliza Jane Hobbs, Benjamin Hobbs, Benjamin Hobbs, John Henry Hobson, Hugh Alfred Hobson and Joseph Hobson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 39
in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Mar 2015
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Biography
William was born 12 Jul 1879 at Galvally, Stewartstown, County Tyrone. He was the son of Benjamin Hobbs and Eliza Anne Farr. [1]
In 1916 he was a member of the Royal Irish Rifiles (Pioneers), and reported missing in the war. [2]
He passed away 13 Jun 1919 at Dungannon District Hospital, unmarried, age 39 due to broncho-penumonia as result of being gassed during the war. [3]
Sources
- ↑ William Hobbs, 1879, Cookstown at Irish Civil Registration - Births
- ↑ "Dungannon Casualties", Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 22 July 1916, Page 3
- ↑ William Hobson, 1919, Dungannon, 39 at Irish Civil Registration - Deaths
- 1901 Ireland census - Residents of a house 1 in Killylack Glebe (Bernagh, Tyrone). Benjamin Hobson(57, Tyrone), Eliza(53), William(21), Elizabeth(20), Herry(17), Hugh(14), Joseph(12).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Jacqueline (Wright) Edgar
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Rejected matches › William James Godfrey Hobbs (1878-1951)
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Categories: Stewartstown, County Tyrone | Royal Irish Rifles