Mary Hobbs

Base born, with reputed father Stephen Flower according to Wiltshire baptism index

Marriage source: Ancestry.com. Wiltshire, England, Extracted Parish Records. Also IGI, birth, marriage, death.

Was a farmer at Tinkfield Farm near Stert in Wiltshire but apparently lost the farm and moved on to become a corn (?) dealer in Stepney and then a coal merchant. Died at Turners Hill, Cheshunt, leaving £800 according to probate record attached.

Also married Lucy Morgan in 1863 but she died less than a year later in 1864.

Married Louisa Mathews in 1870, but she died in 1881.

Married Loiusa Kate Smith in 1883

Died at 6 St John’s Terrace, Weston-Super-Mare as reported in The Wiltshire Times on March 10th 1900

Marriage George Christopher Tayler Dec 1887 Bath

Married Gertrude Clark in 1887, Bradford upon Avon

and Georgina Evelyn Constant in 1907, Upton upon Severn

Was keen photographer and mountaineer as well as lawyer and local dignitary, see attached obituary

Arrived in New York on board the Wisconsin on 3rd April 1871 at the age of 19.

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Obituary:

W.K. RODWAY - On Wednesday, April 10, 1895 (Died 8 April 1895) we were call ed upon to lay the mortal remains of our most highly esteemed friend, W. K. Rodway, in their final resting place. The brief services at his late home were con ducted by the pastor of the Congregational church, Rev. N. L. Burton, assisted by some of his friends who sang appropriate selections. The scripture read was the 14th chapter of the Gospel by St. John, chosen for the occasion by Mr. Rodway himself after he was told by his physician that he could not recover. He said that chapter comforted him and he called the attention of his loved ones to it in hope that they would find comfort there in their coming bereavement. One looking upon the peaceful face in the casket and remembering the expressions of pain which so often were seen upon his face during the last days of the fear ful malady which terminated his mortal life, could hardly refrain from thoughts like that expressed in the 3d verse of this chapter, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also." In the weary hours of his last sickness, the lessons taught him in childhood in his Christian home came clearly to his memory, and his acceptance of the salvation of the Gospel was clear and unquestioning. In my last conversation with him he told me that he had hoped to be permitted to enter the covenant of the church of Christ before be was called away, but that it did not seem to be God's will that he should. But said he, "I have the promise of Christ, and that is enough." His final moments were so peaceful that to those who watched beside him he seemed literally to fulfill the favorite expression of the early Christians and fall asleep. After a brief service at the house the Modern Woodmen and the members of the Masonic order, each of which he was a member, conducted his remains to the cemetery, whither he was followed by a large concourse of his grief stricken friends, and with the appropriate and impressive rituals of their orders laid him to his final rest. I esteem it a privilege to supplement the eminently just statement of last week with these words of appreciation, with the hope that they may tend to comfort , those most sorely bereaved by his early death. N. L. BURTON

Contributed by Sandi Donaldson

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WISCONSIN 1870

The WISCONSIN was a 3,238 gross ton ship, built by Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow-on-Tyne in 1870 for the Guion Line of Liverpool. Her details were - length 366ft x beam 43.2ft, straight stem, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 76-1st, 100-intermediate and 800-3rd class. Launched on 19/3/1870, she commenced her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Queenstown (Cobh) and New York on 6/7/1870. She was rebuilt to 3,700 tons about 1874 and sailed on her last voyage between Liverpool, Queenstown and New York on 22/10/1892. She was scrapped the following year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.709]

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Father was William, according to his marriage certificate

Thomas Fidler can be seen with his father in 1851 census, and was shown as born in Tinkfield, Wiltshire. Tinkfield appears to be a small area in Etchilhampton. See http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=102781

Died of typhoid fever while living at Water Lane, Cheshunt according to his death certificate

Daughter Sarah Fidler born out of wedlock, father Thomas Fidler (who died around the same time). She married Richard William Bray in 1867, Shoreditch. He died in 1869, aged 29 in Edmonton.