Sherren Family Tree » Francis Robert Hobson (1887-1955)

Personal data Francis Robert Hobson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born on December 12, 1887 in Croydon, Surrey, England.Sources 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Profession: in the year 1930 He and his family settled in Canada and he became a builder, having already obtained his Master's Certificate in the Merchant Navy. in Canada.
  • He died on December 19, 1955 in Fort William (Now Thunderbay), Ontario, Canada, he was 68 years old.Source 3
    He died of Coronery Trombosis
  • He is buried in the year 1955 in Ottawa, Ontario, Dominion of CANADA.Source 3

    Fout Attention: There is a date for both cremation (December 27, 1955) and burial (??-??-1955).

    Pinecrest Cemetery, Section 4 Urn Gardens, Lot 1566. He is buried with wife and Daughter
  • He is cremated on December 27, 1955 in The Toronto Crematorium, 200 Winchester St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    Fout Attention: There is a date for both cremation (December 27, 1955) and burial (??-??-1955).

  • A child of John Morrison Hobson and Emily Ashton Watts

Household of Francis Robert Hobson

He is married to Alice Maud BECKETT.

They got married on October 13, 1919 at Manchester, Lancashire, England, he was 31 years old.Source 2


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Notes about Francis Robert Hobson

He and his family settled in Canada and he became a builder, having already obtained his Master's Certificate in the Merchant Navy.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Francis Robert Hobson

Benjamin Hobson
1816-1873
Mary Rebecca Morrison
1812-1903
Joseph E. WATTS
1823-1894
Mary Ann ASHTON
± 1832-????

Francis Robert Hobson
1887-1955

1919

Alice Maud BECKETT
1886-1972

Frances Emily Hobson
1924-1994

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Sources

  1. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD
    Birth date: Jan 1888 Birth place: Greater London, Kent, Surrey, United Kingdom
    / Ancestry.ca
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Ancestry.com, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Marriage Register Indexes / Ancestry.com
  3. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Web: UK, Campaign Medals Awarded to WWI Merchant Seamen, 1914-1925, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. St. Catherine House, Ref: Croydon. Vol 2a p. 225

Historical events

Birthday December 12, 1887

  • The temperature on December 12, 1887 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
    • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Day of marriage October 13, 1919

  • The temperature on October 13, 1919 was between 4.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
    • February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
    • February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
    • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
    • September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
    • October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.

Day of death December 19, 1955

  • The temperature on December 19, 1955 was between -2.6 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
    • July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
    • August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
    • September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
    • October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
    • December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

Day of cremation December 27, 1955

  • The temperature on December 27, 1955 was between 5.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
    • May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
    • June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
    • July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
    • October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
    • November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.


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