Sherren Family Tree » Nora Kathleen Hobson (GM) (1886-1960)

Personal data Nora Kathleen Hobson (GM) 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5
  • She was born on May 9, 1886 in Croydon, Surrey, England.Sources 3, 4, 5
  • (Arrival) about 1913 in Quebec, Canada: Departed from London on the Ship, "Montclare". Source: Canada Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A) (1919-1924).
  • She died on June 16, 1960 in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) Ontario, Canada, she was 74 years old.
    Nora died from Coronary Thrombosis
  • She is buried in the year 1960 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
    Mountain View Cemetery
  • A child of John Morrison Hobson and Emily Ashton Watts

Household of Nora Kathleen Hobson (GM)

She is married to Claude Irving Sherren.

They got married on February 14, 1914 at Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada, she was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Joan Alysson Sherren  1915-1997 
  4. Arthur Stanley Sherren  1927-1979 


Notes about Nora Kathleen Hobson (GM)

Nora's father nearly died of arsenic poisoning by a Cantonese baker when he was 4 1/2 years old. He went to England with his family in 1859 and set up his medical practice in Croydon. He was president of the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, and author of several books on natural history and Old Croydon. Dr. Hobson became a keen photographer in later life. OBITUARY Fri 17 June 1960 Fort William Daily Times Journal "Mrs. Nora Kathleen Sherren, aged 77, formerly of Fort William, died Thursday in Hospital after a long illness. Born in England, she came to Fort William in 1920 and resided here until 1946. Since then she had lived with her children. Her husband predeceased her in 1944. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Fort William, Ontario,Canada"

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Sources

  1. Microfilm, Archives of Ontario microfilm # ms932-323
  2. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946, Ancestry.com, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada / Ancestry.com
  3. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  4. Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924, Ancestry.com, Library and Archives Canada; Form 30A Ocean Arrivals (Individual Manifests), 1919-1924; Rolls: T-14939 - T-15248 / Ancestry.com
  5. Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday May 9, 1886

  • The temperature on May 9, 1886 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
    • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Day of marriage February 14, 1914

  • The temperature on February 14, 1914 was between 6.6 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
    • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
    • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
    • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
    • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
    • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Day of death June 16, 1960

  • The temperature on June 16, 1960 was between 6.4 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
    • April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
    • May 3 » The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
    • August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
    • November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.


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