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Rhoda`s father David Edwin Hobbs born 1853 in Clanfield,Oxfordshire married his second wife Harriet ,and according to the 1911 census they had been married for 25yrs, therefore 1911-25=1886.I can find no marriage record, also states that there were 4 children born to the marriage and 3 still alive in 1911, however all four are listed on the census,and I can find no death record for any of them.
There are two other children from a previous marriage between David Edwin Hobbs and Lucy Kinshott.....Rhoda and William.Can anyone help? I seem to be going round in circles, and I haven`t even started on my other grandparents yet!!!

Hi Karen,

on the 1911 census I posted previously, there are 4 children in the family; William, Ada, Bessie and Joseph.

William is 27 years old, I should imagine he is David's son from the first marriage. Therefore the 3 surviving children from the 2nd marriage to Harriet are Ada, Bessie and Joseph.

Flora is a visitor

possibility re marriage to Harriet

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Name: David Edwin Hobbs
Year of Registration: 1886
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Portsea Island (1837-1900)
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 780

there are only 3 people on the record, give me time and I'll have a look to see if I can find who the missing woman is


>>>edit think this is Harriet (found eventually, same page etc) her maiden name is similar to Bessie's middle name

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Name: Harriett Eliza Deway
Year of Registration: 1886
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Portsea Island (1837-1900)
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 780

Bessie's birth cert will give Harriet's maiden name

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Bessie Dewey Hobbs
Year of Registration: 1893
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Petersfield
County: Hampshire, Sussex
Volume: 2c
Page: 147

possible death

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: Bessie Dewey Hobbs
Birth Date: 4 Jan 1893
Death Registration Month/Year: 1972
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 1231

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Ada Elsie Hobbs
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Petersfield
County: Hampshire, Sussex
Volume: 2c
Page: 134

and

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Joseph Hobbs
Year of Registration: 1897
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Petersfield
County: Hampshire, Sussex
Volume: 2c
Page: 162

wrong year but...

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about William Edgar Hobbs Name: William Edgar Hobbs
Year of Registration: 1881
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Petersfield
County: Hampshire, Sussex
Volume: 2c
Page: 156

or

maybe he swapped his names around??

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Edgar William Hobbs
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Portsea Island (1837-1900)
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 461

Traced Rhoda Hobbs mother back to 1785,and made contact with distant relatives in Devon, Thank you! Tracing Frank Brooks now, hope I do as well.

To save you buying the marriage certificate of Frank Brooks and Rhoda Hobbs
Stratton Audley Oxfordshire
14/8/1811 Frank Brooks 30 yrs bachelor Gardener of Heaton Norris Stockport, son of Henry John Brooks a labourer
Rhoda Hobbs 31 yrs spinster of Stratton Audley daughter of David Edwin Hobbs a blacksmith
witnesses Joseph Sidney Brooks, Alice Rebecca Brooks married by Banns

Rhoda Hobbs was not baptised in Stratton Audley, nor was her father David Edwin Hobbs.

1901 census
David E Hobbs born 1853 Clanfield Hants a blacksmith
Harriet E born 1861 Portsmouth
William E born 1883 a blacksmith born Petersfield Hants
Ada born 1890 Petersfield
Bessie born 1893 Petersfield
Joseph born 1898 Petersfield

1861 Joseph Hobs a Master Blacksmith born 1823 Clanfield Hants
Jane D born 1824 Catherine Arms??Hants
Joseph D Assistant Blacksmith born 1847 Clanfield Hants
Ann Sarah born 1851 Clanfield ditto
DAVID EDWIN born 1853 Clanfield Hants
Julia born 1854 ditto
Mary 1856 ditto
James 1858 ditto
Betsy Caroline 1860 ditto.

1841 Joseph Hobs 20 yrs a Blacksmith born Hants
his father
William Hobs 45 yr molecatcher born Hants c 1796
Ma
Ann 40 yr born c 1801 Hants
siblings
John 15yr bc 1826
Henry 13 yr bc 1828
David 11 yrs bc 1830
Thomas 2 yrs born circa 1839

Hope this helps
Please bear in mind that the family comes from Clanfield Hampshire, not from Clanfield Oxfordshire.

Thank you, Margaret. Tracing family is addictive! I have been led to believe that Rhoda was cut off from her family, because she married a gardener, obviously it would be fascinating to find out if that were true.Harriet was her step mother, don`t know if they got on, was that the real reason?