Clement Hobbs - Brothers and Mother 1934(Hobbs Family History)

Here is further information about the brothers shown in the photograph. There are links to each brother from the table below. The brothers are listed in alphabetical order

Name	Date of Birth	Occupation	Address	Died
Charles Frederick	23 August 1891	HMS Navy - Bookeeper	London/Essex	15 Oct 1982
Clement Douglas	13 August 1894	Collier	Hill Top Thurgoland	8 November 1975
Edgar Augustus	1887	Merchant Seaman	London	11 December 1947
James Thomas ("Tom")	16 Jan 1885	Bus Driver	New Cross London	22 November 1977
Norman Harold	10 June 1893	Merchant Seaman	Treforest Glamorgan	16 March 1979
Reginald Henry	10 June 1895	Insurance Agent	Porthcawl SouthWales	31 July 1978
William John ("Will")	12 Sept 1889	Loco Driver - London Docks	Barking Essex	1963

There was also another brother Samuel. He died in March 1898 aged three and a half years old and is buried in the first Chapel Ground St Pancras Cemetery, Finchley, London

The above photograph is one of my favourites. It shows the seven Hobbs brothers together with their mother Elizabeth. To her left is my grandmother Rose and kneeling is my 14 year old Dad.

Featured below is the first page of a letter Charles sent to his sister in law Rose and his nephew Len informing them that his brother and Len's father Norman had died at the age of 85