Toronto YOrk Ellen Eliza HOBBS PARKER

[ricoba]

HI,I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFO ON THE ABOVE OR IF SHE HAD ANY CHILDREN OR MARRIED AGAIN.ELLEN HOBBS MARRIED BENJAMIN PARKER 10 AUG 1912 IN YORK TORONTO.AT THE TIME ,ELLEN BEN & HER PARENTS[HENRY AND SUSAN] WERE ALL LIVING AT 57 RUSSET AVE TORONTO.BEN WENT BACK TO ENGLAND TO ENLIST AND DIED 1915 KIA. DID THEY HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN THOSE FEW YEARS?? DID SHE GET MARRIED AGAIN.?DID THEY HAVE A BOARDING HOUSE?WHEN DID SHE DIE??LIBRARY CANADA HAS A GRATUITY FILE STARTING 1920 TO 1921,HAVENT SENT FOR IT YET ,WHAT DID SHE DO 1915  TO 1920??I HAVE JUST READ THIS THROUGH, WHAT A MESS.DO HOPE SOME KIND SOUL CAN HELP ME.BYE FROM OZ & THANKS

[MJP]

Hi ricoba,

Unfortunately Ontario birth records have a privacy restriction and so are currently only available to 1908.  So we can't check for children  .  Marriage records are public up to 1922, and I have searched for a remarriage but don't see anything likely. Likewise she does not appear in the death records, which are public to 1932. 

However, this looks like the death of her mother:

#096203-21 (York Co.)
Susan Hobbs
Place of Death: 57 Russett Ave
Date of Death: 14 Oct 1921
Married
Age 70
born England
Name of Father: [blank] Lawrence
Name of mother: [blank]
Name of informant: H. J. Hobbs, 57 Russett Ave, Son
Place of Burial: Prospect (that is, Prospect Cemetery, Toronto)
Date of Burial: 17 Oct 1921
Undertaker: Bales and Dobbs, 931 Queen St. W.
Cause of death: Nephritis
Physician: A. L. Murphy, 712 Dovercourt(?) Road

I don't see an obvious entry for her father's death...

Perhaps a look-up in the Toronto directories of the time would help?  I do not have access, so can't help you there. 

You might find a later mention of her death or remarriage in the Toronto Star (major daily paper) www.pagesofthepast.ca

Hope this helps,

MJP

[ricoba]

HI MJP THANKS A LOT FOR ALL THE INFO,WILL CHECK THE NEWSPAPER,AT LEAST I NOW KNOW ELLEN HAD A BROTHER[MAYBE HENRY ALSO] SO HE COULD BE ANOTHER LEAD.I WONDER IF THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE,DO YORK SAVE THEIR OLD BUILDINGS?THANKS AGAIN WILL KEEP DIGGING  RICOBA

[KarenM]

Hi Ricoba

Here's a marriage registration for:

Henry James Hobbs
Bachelor
Age:  27
Occupation:  Teamster
Religion:  Church of England
Address:  57 Russett Ave., Toronto, Ontario
Father:  Henry Hobbs
Mother:  Susan Lawrence
Occupation of Husband's father:  Labourer

Margaret Caroline Pelz
Spinster
Age:  20
Occupation:   Works at home
Religion:  Church of England
Address:  1263 Dufferin St., Toronto, Ontario
Name of Father:  William Frederick Pelz
Mother:  Jemima Emily Johnson

Names & Address of Witnessess:

Edward T. Lawrence, 1216 Bloor St. W., Toronto
Susan Butterfield, 140 Bartlett Ave., Toronto

Name of Person Solomizing Marriage:

Anthony Ward, 214 Delaware Ave., Toronto, Ontario
Church of England

Date of Marriage:  July 9, 1913, Toronto, Ontario

Karen

[ricoba]

HI KAREN,THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INFO,WAS ABOUT TO START SEARCHING FOR HER BROTHER.ON BEN AND ELLENS MARRIAGE A HENRY JAMES HOBBS WAS A WITNESS,I THOUGHT IT WAS HER FATHER.SUSAN BUTTERFIELD WAS A WITNESS AT BOTH WEDDINGS,BOTH WERE MARRIED BY THE SAME PERSON IN DELAWARE AVE. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP          RICOBA

[J.J.]

Not that it helps the query, but little tidbits are always fun to see...

Here she is witness at a wedding in Toronto, 1901
Your Susan Butterfield no less, a sister?...and another Lawrence ...


William Butterfield & Susan HOBBS
witnesses were:
Samuel Lawrence & Ellen Eliza Hobbs

More details here:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/tor01.htm

[ricoba]

HI JJ,THANKS FOR YOUR INFO.GEE THEY WERE A CLOSE KNIT LOT WEREN'T THEY?THINK OF ALL THE WEDDING PRESIES THEY HAD TO BUY .I HOPE THEY HANDED THE BRIDESMAIDS AND WEDDING DRESSES AROUND!!
I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND OUT IF BENAJMIN HAD ANY CHILDREN,MAYBE I CAN TRY AND TRACK A FEW CLUES THROUGH SUSAN HOBBS,HER SISTER.
I DID WRITE TO 57 RUSSETT AVE,JUST IN CASE???HA HA
GOT A NOTE BACK FROM POOR CONFUSED OLD MAN,BUT NO INFO [IF THE HOUSE WAS STILL STANDING ETC]
I HAVE BEEN TRYING? TO DIG UP OTHER SIDE OF FAMILY
I NOW MAY GO BACK TO TRY  HOBBS/PARKER ETC
THANKS AGAIN

[Janice M]

This site has some of the Toronto Directories in the time period you are looking for. It is not indexed, but you can search it manually. (Street index is usually in the first half, while alphabetical surnames are in the last half)

Internet Archive
Toronto Directories
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=toronto%20directory

Janice

[Janice M]

This site has photographs of the homes across the street from 57 Russett Avenue in Toronto.

City of Toronto Archive
http://www.toronto.ca/archives/photographs/index.htm


Janice