Jacob Hobson

1820 - 1887  (67 years)

• Name	Jacob Hobson
  Born	1820	, Armagh Co., Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  	tea business
  Interesting	story
  Immigration	1854	, Canada
  Occupation	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Accountant
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Protestant
  Occupation	1881	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Book Keeper
  Residence	Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-104137
  Died	8 Feb 1887	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: Paralytic Shock a few hours
  Person ID	I104137	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Sarah,   b. 6 Jul 1833, , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Jane Hobson,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Isaac Hobson,   b. 1863, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1898, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F26676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death of a Well-Known Resident We are called upon this week to record the death of a well-known resident in the person of Mr. Jacob Hobson, who passed away on Tuesday morning in the 67th year of his age. Mr. Hobson had been ailing, but not seriously, for some time, and it was only within the last week that his illness assumed a serious aspect. The deceased was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in the year 1820. He spent the early years of this life in the City of Dublin, serving his time in one of the largest tea and wine merchants' houses in that city. He afterwards established, in conjunction with an elder brother, a large tea business in the city of Belfast; but believing which many others, that America afforded a better opportunity for rising in the world that did old Ireland, Mr. Hobson "came out" in 1854, and has lived in Galt and vicinity - excepting a short stay in Coboarg - ever since. Although not occupying a prominent position in this locality. Mr. Hobson was respected as a quiet, inoffensive man, wonderfully well read, and gifted with a memory which enabled him to always have a command the information he had gleaned from his favorite authors. But somehow or other he fell behind in the race of life; and we do not do our old friend an injustice when we say that is was only his intimate friends who knew the depth of his reading or the wide range of his information. Mr. Hobson's funeral took place yesterday afternoon, the remains being interred in Mount View Cemetery. He leaves behind him a widow and large family, as also, a brother (Benjamin) and a sister living, we believe, in Toronto. Galt Reporter Feb 11 1887 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 2 Page 98. [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 4.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1820 - , Armagh Co., Ireland Business - tea business - - Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Immigration - 1854 - , Canada Occupation - Accountant - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Book Keeper - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Died - Cause: Paralytic Shock a few hours - 8 Feb 1887 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth