Eliza Ann Hobson

Is your surname Hobson?

Research the Hobson family

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Eliza Ann Hobson (Elliott)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bahamas, Raeeia, West Indies
Death: December 16, 1876 (63-64)
Stoke Damerel, Devonshire, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Braunton, North Devon District, Devon, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Wear Elliott and Eliza Elliott
Wife of Capt. William Hobson, RN
Mother of Eliza Rendel; Capt. William Robert Hobson, RN; Mary Esther Hobson; Emma Churchill Brady; Margaret Anna Hobson and 1 other

Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
Last Updated:

About Eliza Ann Hobson

Eliza Elliott, only daughter of a Scots West Indian merchant, Robert Wear Elliott. Married Captain William Hobson of the Royal Navy (RN) at Nassau, Bahamas, probably on 17 December 1827, and went to England with Eliza's mother in mid 1828 when Hobson's ship, the Scylla, was paid off. They were to have four daughters and one son.

view all

Eliza Ann Hobson's Timeline

1812
1812
Bahamas, Raeeia, West Indies
1830
March 1830
Plymouth, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1831
September 16, 1831
Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
1835
1835
Plymouth, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1839
December 13, 1839
at sea, H.M. Druid
1841
December 21, 1841
Government House, 14 Glenfell Place, Epsom, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

A birth notice, published in 'The Sydney Herald' (Australia) on 19th January 1842 (p3), reads as follows: "on Tuesday December 21, at Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, the lady of His Excellency Captain Hobson, Governor of New Zealand, of a daughter" - supplied by Mark Xavier Wheelan-Lamont.

1876
December 16, 1876
Age 64
Stoke Damerel, Devonshire, England (United Kingdom)
December 16, 1876
Age 64
St Brannock Churchyard, Braunton, North Devon District, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
????