According to a newspaper, "The Idaho Statesman" the family left England about 1854. They settled at Kingston, Onterio, Canada where his wife, Mary died of cholera only a few hours after arrival. They stayed until 1857 when they crossed over to the United States, locating at Tonawanda in Erie County, New York.
According to a newspaper article from Owyhee Co., Idaho in 1895 regarding his 95th birthday, it is said that they immigrated to America in 1854, was eight weeks on the voyage, landed in Quebec, Canada July 27, and three days after lost his wife by the cholera.
Burial: Reynolds Creek Cemetery, Reynolds, Owyhee County, Idaho
↑ Citing this Record: "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73X-XT7 : 28 May 2019), Alice Noble in household of John Noble, Gilcrux, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Digital Folder Number: 101720131 ---Image Number: 00096
↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7Z-LJZ : 18 February 2021), John Noble, 1860. Affiliate Film Number: 750 --Affiliate Publication Number: M653--Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)--Digital Folder Number: 005170331 --Microfilm Number: 803750--Image Number: 00306 --Indexing Batch: N01762-7
↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5D-MCY : 19 February 2021), John Noble in household of Mossup Noble, Gilman, Nemaha, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 191, sheet 52A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,390. Affiliate Film: Number: 0390 --Digital Folder Number: 005160651--Image Number: 00551
↑ Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DH21-972M : 14 December 2020), John Nobel in entry for Alice Middlebrook, 2 Jan 1913; citing Death, Wayne, Iowa, United States, page , offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,731,964. -- Source Reference: Item 1 1913 cn109--Digital Folder Number: 004341449--Image Number: 00131 --Indexing Batch: B07734-0