Hobday Letitia Nott

[The Baron]

Iam trying to find the date Letitia Nott Hobday pass away & the place.

She was born 14th Oct 1844 Aston Deritend & Bordesly at 91 Ravenhurst St. Father was Henry Nott Hobday, Mother Sarah nee Harris.

Also did she ever marry? date & place would help.
Ihave her working at 5 Victoria Building Temple Row Bham in1867 as a Milliner
This lady was the sister of my Great Nan (ie Great AUNT) .
any help would be much appreciated.
ASTON

 

[Alberta]

1901 census

13 New street,birmingham.
Letitia Nott Hobday age 52 b. Birmingham gold jeweller
Annie Greenhous age 48
Claude Vernon Greenhous age 18
Siydney Arthur Smith 18
Jessie Pottinger age 37 servant b. Orkney scotland.

The index says Letitia Math but if you view original it looks like Mott.
it also says Annie Vernon Greenhous but original says claude.

Can find no marriage or death for Letitia but in 1906 in West Derby,Lancs(Liverpool) there was a death of a Laura Nott Hobday ref. 8b 443
I can find no birth od a Laura Nott hobday and the age fits.

 

[The Baron]

Thanks Alberta, that still leaves me with when & what place did she end up?
THANKS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE POSTED
ASTON

 

[The Baron]

Iam here again can any one give me any & I mean any INFO on :
L.N. HOBDAY & Co
WATCH & CLOCK MANUFACTURERS
Jewellers & Silversmiths
13 NEW STREET
BIRMINGHAM
Diamond Rings & Jewellery of Frist Quality & Designs.
date range around 1880 to 1915 (1915 is when I lose track of the HOBDAYS in the Jewellrey Trade)
I know I may be asking a lot of you guys but any help would be much appreciated.
ASTON

 

[mike-g]

From a tale of one City The new Birmingham ( an Ebook ) by Thomas Anderton.

These remarks apply more or less to a jewellery, watch and clock shop next door, kept for many years by Mr. L.N. Hobday. Here again there is a look of quality rather than mere quantity. There is no ticketed crowded display of wares, but the look of the shop inspires a feeling of confidence and an assurance that the quality of what you purchase may be relied upon. I am not in the secrets of the proprietor of this establishment, and have no interest in it beyond being an occasional small customer, yet I should not wonder if he does not do a nice, steady, quiet trade among those who have found out the advantages of dealing with a trader who personally understands his business, and will give them good value for their money.

Book available free of charge from https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11356

 

[The Baron]

Thanks Mike-g, That is just great something to paste in our family tree for the grankid,I new you guys would come up with something special.
ASTON

 

[Alberta]

Might it be that the article referred not to a Mr LN Hobday because as you can see from the 1901 census Letitia N Hobday was Head of the household at 13 New Street.
She is there in 1881 as Head and says she is a Watchmaker and Jeweller
In 1871 she is visiting James Davenport and his wife Louisa in Bristol Street,she is wrongly transcribed as Letilia age 24,no occupation given.

 

[bren]

Iam trying to find the date Letitia Nott Hobday pass away & the place.
ASTON

Hi Ya

A little bird has told me that someone who lives just down the hill from me would like some info LOL
I started looking for this and noticed that the Hobday gene lives a bloomin long time, saw loads of them living well into late 80s and late 90s so just kept going and found this --

Letitia N Hobday 82 1st qtr 1927 Tamworth 6b 651

Beers on you Aston mate bren

 

[The Baron]

Thanks BOTH, YOU MUST HAVE READ MY MIND LAST EVENING Alberta.
bren you son of a gun! that is going to hepl a lot.
THANK
FOR THE GREAT POSTS
ASTON