Robyn Hobbs^{[1, 2, 3]}

1933 - 2016  (83 years)

• Name	Robyn Hobbs  [4]
  Birth	5 Sep 1933	Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3, 5]
  Baptism	10 Dec 1933	Wesleyan Methodist Church, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Name	Robyn Bryan Hobbs
  Death	10 Nov 2016  [5]
  Burial	Hilton Cemetery (Methodist), Hilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5, 7]
  Person ID	I29927	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Dudley Walter Hobbs,   b. 2 Jun 1904, Glenfillan, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 28 Aug 1935, Glenfillan, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Doris Ruby Kemp,   b. 19 Jun 1911, Bellrock farm, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Jul 1999, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F9221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosemarie Ann Miles,   b. 20 Feb 1933, Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1 Aug 1993 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1954	East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Bevan Hobbs + 2. Headley Grant Hobbs + 3. Craig Hobbs
  Family ID	F23676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2014

  
  

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  Birth - 5 Sep 1933 - Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism - 10 Dec 1933 - Wesleyan Methodist Church, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 16 Oct 1954 - East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Hilton Cemetery (Methodist), Hilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He farmed for many years. In 1964 he moved to East London. Among some of his ventures he built a fishing boat the "Robrosa" which he sold to his Skipper, Aubrey Whittal. The boat had a tragic end being wrecked off the Bashee Rivery and some of the crew were drowned.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1423] Beal Preston, Wendy, "Story of a Frontier Family", (ISBN 0 620 07998 3), p 263. [S1423] Beal Preston, Wendy, "Story of a Frontier Family", (ISBN 0 620 07998 3). [S348] Whittal, Vernon, WHITTAL Family GEDCOM, (See list of further references below in the note). [S1423] Beal Preston, Wendy, "Story of a Frontier Family", (ISBN 0 620 07998 3), p 279. [S2538] Lewer, Morag (Reliability: 2). [S3486] Methodist Parish Records for Cathcart, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X966-F1. [S2594] eGGSA Library, http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=3961802 and http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=3961799.