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| The trail gets murky for Meta Hobbs' and for Eileen Hickson's descendents. We'd love to hear from them and know more! \\ | The trail gets murky for Meta Hobbs' and for Eileen Hickson's descendents. We'd love to hear from them and know more! \\ |
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| 1. Edwin Murray Barton (Barty) Hobbs' children: No evidence has been found of any children of the marriage of Meta's son Edwin Murray Barton (Barty) Hobbs to Alice Michod in 1938. His earlier marriage in New Zealand to Isabel Devereaux resulted in a son Anthony (Tony) Barton Prior Hobbs (1930-79).((https://www.geni.com/people/Anthony-Barton-Prior-Hobbs/6000000036246084979?through=6000000036226522925)) A newspaper article in 1932, referred to 'Mrs Barton Hobbs' and her young son 'Tony'.((//Sunday Mail// , 25 September 1932, p.18.))((to follow up by subscribing to geni)) Tony Hobbs married Phyllis Marion Watson (?-24 November 2013); after Tony died she remarried. Tony Hobbs was the manager of East Hills (migrant) Hostel, located near Liverpool, Sydney, NSW.((Marie McCulloch to Mary McCulloch, 11 August 1999, re family research by Phyllis Sowerby, copy with TA & MT M-P; [[http://www.migrantweb.com/hostelsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1214&sid=87eba17497ed858a97691761c9b69da6]]; wp>East_Hills_Hostel)) Tony and Phyllis had two sons.\\ | 1. Edwin Murray Barton (Barty) Hobbs' children: No evidence has been found of any children of the marriage of Meta's son Edwin Murray Barton (Barty) Hobbs to Alice Michod in 1938. His earlier marriage in New Zealand to Isabel Devereaux resulted in a son Anthony (Tony) Barton Prior Hobbs (1930-79).((https://www.geni.com/people/Anthony-Barton-Prior-Hobbs/6000000036246084979?through=6000000036226522925)) A newspaper article in 1932, referred to 'Mrs Barton Hobbs' and her young son 'Tony'.((//Sunday Mail// , 25 September 1932, p.18.))((to follow up by subscribing to geni)) Tony Hobbs married Phyllis Marion Watson (?-24 November 2013); after Tony died she remarried. Like his father, Tony Hobbs was a manager of a migrant hostel. Tony's was the East Hills (migrant) Hostel, located near Liverpool, Sydney, NSW.((Marie McCulloch to Mary McCulloch, 11 August 1999, re family research by Phyllis Sowerby, copy with TA & MT M-P; [[http://www.migrantweb.com/hostelsforum/viewtopic.php?t=1214&sid=87eba17497ed858a97691761c9b69da6]]; wp>East_Hills_Hostel)) Tony and Phyllis had two sons.\\ |
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| | The following two photos are from Flickr account of Peak Oil Poet, both showing Anthony Barton Prior Hobbs with baby Murray Prior Hobbs in 1954:\\ |
| | [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/thepeakoilpoet/10493790055/in/photolist-gZjD6i-gZjDri-gZiBRi-gZiC2t-gZiCae-gZit2W-gZixi9-gZiqbK-gZiKsu-h14dS2|Anthony Barton Prior Hobbs with baby Murray Prior Hobbs, 1954]]\\ |
| | [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/thepeakoilpoet/10493813974|Anthony Barton Prior Hobbs with baby Murray Prior Hobbs, 1954]]\\ |
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| 2. Alice Hobbs' children: Alice married William Robinson. They had a daughter, Meta Jean Sinclair (nee Robinson), 1925-82, and two sons, Arthur West (Polo) Robinson 1922-98, and William Barton Robinson, 1927-71.((https://www.geni.com/people/Meta-Jean/6000000036245543718)) There is a family site on My Heritage, for the Robinson Hobbs Murray-Prior Barton Darvall Families, maintained by Kim Gardner.(([[https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/record-2-52251221/robinson-barton-web-site-in-myheritage-family-sites]]))\\ | 2. Alice Hobbs' children: Alice married William Robinson. They had a daughter, Meta Jean Sinclair (nee Robinson), 1925-82, and two sons, Arthur West (Polo) Robinson 1922-98, and William Barton Robinson, 1927-71.((https://www.geni.com/people/Meta-Jean/6000000036245543718)) There is a family site on My Heritage, for the Robinson Hobbs Murray-Prior Barton Darvall Families, maintained by Kim Gardner.(([[https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/record-2-52251221/robinson-barton-web-site-in-myheritage-family-sites]]))\\ |