Life Events
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| Birth | Helen Belle Robertson was born on 12 Aug 1893 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario.
Information from registration: daughter of William Wallace Robertson & Jennie Morin Tassie, informant William Wallace Robertson, Ironworker, Owen Sound, registered 16 Sep 1893.1 |
| (with Parents) 1901 Census | Helen B Robertson appeared on the 1901 Census of Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario with her parents. She was 7 years old, born Aug 12 1893 in urban Ontario, and attended school 10 months.2 |
| Marriage | She married Herbert Samuel Hobbs on 16 Aug 1917 in Port Arthur, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Information from marriage registration: Herbert Samuel Hobbs, 31, residence Port Arthur, born Oshawa, bachelor, Salesman, Methodist, son of Samuel Hobbs & Sarah Thorn;
Helen Belle Robertson, 24, residence Port Arthur, born Owen Sound, spinster, Presbyterian, daughter of Wallace Robertson & Jeanie Moir Tassie; witnesses: [Helen's aunt] Isabel T Tassie & K W Boyd both of Port Arthur; married by a Presbyterian minister.3 |
| (Witness) Marriage | Helen B & Herbert S Hobbs of Port Arthur witnessed the marriage of Samuel Roy Hardy and Helen's sister Madeline Robertson on 12 Aug 1919 in Port Arthur.4 |
| 1921 Census | Herbert and Hellen Hobbs appeared on the 1921 Census of Port Arthur, Ontario, at 142 Prospect Avenue. They owned their 6 room brick veneer house. Herbert was 34, born in Ontario, parents birthplace unknown, of English origin, occupation unreadable, earned $1400. Helen was 27, born in Ontario, father born in Scotland, mother in Ontario. They had one son, Garnet, age 2. They had a domestic servant and the family was Methodist.5 |
| (Widowed) Death | Her husband Herbert died on 7 Sep 1934. He collided with a train at a level crossing.6 |
| (Informant) Death | Mrs Helen Hobbs of Fort William, Ont. registered the 1940 death of her sister Myrtle in British Columbia.7 |