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Gobel, 1844 YOB +-2yrs - No exact match
Goebel, 1844 YOB +- 2yrs - No exact match


1 result for J Gobel

Johann Conrad Gobel
Interment of Enemy Aliens During 1914-1918

He was in the workhouse during most of WW1 - at least I assume this is him:


John C W Gobel
in the London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1921
Name John C W Gobel
Admission Age 70
Discharge Age 74
Record Type Admission
Birth Date 1845
Admission Date 13 May 1915
Admission Place Poplar, Tower Hamlets, City of London, England
Discharge Date 10 May 1919
Discharge Place Poplar, Tower Hamlets, City of London, England



Readmitted later in May 1919:

Jno C W Gobel
in the London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1921
Name Jno C W Gobel
Admission Age 74
Record Type Admission
Birth Date 1845
Admission Date 29 May 1919
Admission Place Poplar, Tower Hamlets, City of London, England


There's no reason given for admission.

Advice here about researching internees may help:

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/internees/

Called himself John Charles William in 1911

Probably not considered a threat at 70+ years of age, but check

Have you tried googling?

was Johann Karl Wilhelm Gobel, born 1844 in Wurtemberg. He came to London in the 1860s, married and settled in the east end of London. During the first world war he was a grocer/greengrocer in E1, and I am wondering if there is any way of finding out if he was interned during the war. I can imagine a shop in Poplar/Bow with the name of Gobel over it would have attracted unpleasant attention.