The Hobbs Family

Ancestors and Descendants of William and Ann Owen Hobbs

Last Updated: 13 March 2010

Children of William and Ann Owen Hobbs:
Henry, James, Caroline (Kitty), William, Charles

In the 1850s, the Hobbs family, of Cheltenham, England, joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Son Henry, his wife, James, and his future wife became handcart pioneers, and the rest of the Hobbses, including mother Ann, followed in covered wagons. All lived at various times in Franklin, Idaho. The Hobbses have numerous descendants in the western United States and elsewhere.

Hobbs Resource DVD Now Available

The Hobbs Family History Resource DVD is now ready to ship to family members. This includes many histories, many high-resolution Hobbs family photos, plus various Gedcom files—everything on this web page and a few additional items. Thanks to the several cousins who contributed information for this disk—let's spread it around so we can help preserve these resources for our posterity! To order a CD, send your address and $5 (includes shipping) to Ben Parkinson, webmaster (follow link for contact information).

Learn more about the Hobbs family

• Histories
• (Updated) Photos of the Children
• Photos of the Grandchildren
• Graves
• Hobbs Ancestors
• Mary Ann Emms Hobbs Ancestors
• William Watterson Ancestors - Not available online. Please write webmaster.
• Descendants
• Samuel C. and Polly Hobbs—Polly is a granddaughter
• Bernice R. Parkinson, Polly's son

• Added scan of Post Office check to Martha Catmull Hobbs (13 Mar 2010)
• Added new versions of some photos, added grave photos (6 Jan 2006)
• Updated guestbook (17 Mar 2005)
• Added two photos of Ida Purnell Hobbs to grandkids' page (29 Jan 2005)
• Added survey and guestbook forms, plus added pictures to Ben's history of the Hobbs family (22 Jan 2005)
• Added photos of Charles W., Mary Ann E., and the Dunkleys (7 Oct 2003)
• Removed Watterson genealogy at donor's request (16 Apr 2003)
• Announced CD available (12 Jan 2003)
• Added Ben's updated history (31 Dec 2002)
• Took off possibly misidentified picture of Margaret Wright Dunkley (17 Dec 2002)
• Added Millennial Star articles by Henry (8 Dec 2002)
• Added Ben Parkinson history of the Hobbs family (5 Nov 2002)
• Took down misidentified picture of Moni, put up another (2 Nov 2002)
• Added photos of Charles R. and Ida Hobbs (14 Sep 2002)
• Added new histories of James and Kitty and new Watterson photos (7 Sep 2002)
• Moved to new service provider (1 Aug 2002)
• Added Preston Parkinson history of William and Matilda (19 Jul 2002)
• Updated Henry Hobbs journal (now complete) (18 Jul 2002)
• Updated info on Kitty's grave (11 Jul 2002)
• Corrected note on Kitty in Watterson history (11 Jul 2002)
• Added photo of Mary Ann Hobbs Dunkley (30 Jun 2002)
• Added photo of Joseph Dunkley (22 Jun 2002)
• New histories of Ann, Charles, and Mary Ann Emms (12 Jun 2002)
• Posted complete Henry Hobbs journal (5 Jun 2002)
• Added note on graves, update of Henry's journal (26 May 2002)

Contact

Contact Ben Parkinson, webmaster, at "feedback at parkinsonfamily.org" (replace "at" with "@").