EDGAR AUGUSTUS HOBBS (1887 - 1947)

Edgar Augustus  - the first of the surviving brothers to die at the age of 59 in a hospital in Hackney, East London.

Although he appears with his family in the 1891 Census, Edgar was not with them ten years later in the 1901 Census.  Instead he is staying as a "visitor" at 2 Hethpool Street in Paddington, London (GRO ref RG13/2 - 378). The household consisted of THOMAS HOLDEN and his wife LUCIE and their 14 year old son WILLIAM. THOMAS was listed as being a Railway Blacksmith whilst his wife's occupation was given as Midwife. I can only assume that EDGAR was stopping there as a friend of the family but it is an assumption nonetheless.

The only other photograph I have of Edgar is one taken with a group of friends. Edgar is on the left

Edgar was the only one of the HOBBS brothers never to have married but he did live for a number of years with a housekeeeper and her son. Prior to the war this was off Salmon Lane in the Limehouse area of London. I do not know much about Edgar beyond the fact that his house was flattened by a German bomb during World War 2 and that he lived with his brother WILLIAM HOBBS in Upney until he was rehoused. I found a envelope postmarked 8th April 1946 when I was sorting through some of my fathers papers which gave the address of a Mr E Hobbs as being 24 Ropery Street, Bow, Mile End, London E3. I can only assume that he moved back into London after the war. A photograph of Ropery Street taken in 2004 is shown below.

At the time of his death he was working as a boiler operator at Barking Power Station, Dagenham, Essex. Below is a print of the station taken in 1925.

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