George Lobb

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Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Ray Stewart Lobb ← Henry Wilburn Lobb ← Thomas Lobb ← George Lobb

Born

c. 1813 · St. Teath, Cornwall, England

Died

January 24, 1884, in Goderich, Huron County, Canada

Married

June 18, 1854, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada

Migration

Abt. 1843/18499 from England to Canada

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Children

Kezia/Keziah Lobb
b. August 4, 1855, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada · d. August 13, 1929, in Croswell, Sanilac, County, Michigan, USA due to heart trouble
m. David Pannebecker Baer, June 3, 1885, in her mother’s home in Goderich, Ontario
Hannah/Hanna “Anna” Lobb
b. May 3, 1859, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada · d. November 11, 1942, in Redland, California, USA due to a stroke
m. John Costello, April 25, 1894, in Saginaw County, Michigan, USA
Elizabeth Lobb
b. May 3, 1859, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada · d. January 30304/31234, 1871, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada due to Rheumatic Fever/Heart Disease
William Holmes Lobb
b. July 5, 1861, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada · d. May 5, 1946, at the General Hospital, in Clinton, Ontario, Canada due to peritonitis caused by transverse colon cancer
m. Annie Luella Moore, December 23, 1885, in her parents’ home in Fullarton Township, Ontario, Canada; Alice May Steep, May 2, 1932, in Clinton, Ontario, Canada
Joseph “Joe” Lobb
b. October 9, 1863, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada · d. May 4, 1941, in Bridgeport, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA due to Coronary Thrombosis
m. Lucy Maud Durst, October 17, 1888, in Sebringville, Ontario, Canada

Siblings

Mary Lobb
b. January 1803
Joseph Lobb
b. March 1805 · d. December 1879, in St. Teath, Cornwall, England
m. Margaret “Peggy” Amey, October 25, 1834
William Lobb
b. December 1808 · d. 1879
m. Barbara Rutherford
John Lobb
b. February 1811
Samuel Lobb
b. October 1815 · d. October 20, 1815
Phillipa Lobb
b. January 1818
Kezia Lobb
b. March 1820
m. John Sweet Doige

In brief

Born August 65/131, 1813, in St in St. Teath, Cornwall, England. Abt. He married June 18, 1854, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada and worked as farmer. He died January 24, 1884, in Goderich, Huron County, Canada.

Life story

A Cornish Farmer in Ontario

George Lobb was born in August 1813 in St. Teath, Cornwall, England, and emigrated to Canada around 1843–1849, eventually leasing and then buying eighty-eight acres on the Maitland Concession in Goderich Township, Ontario, where he built a log cabin and farmed for the rest of his life. He married Mary Holmes in Goderich on June 18, 1854. His will, revised twice in his final years, carefully divided his estate among his children with annual payments rather than lump sums, and provided for his wife's comfortable keep. His obituary described him as “of a quiet and unobtrusive disposition,” and his niece remembered him as “a gentle soft-spoken man.” George died in Goderich on January 24, 1884.

At a glance

Work

Farmer

Lived

Coburg, Ontario, Canada

Sources (14)

Laurie Lobb, “In The Beginning,” The Memoirs of Laurie Lobb; privately held by Catherine Leineweber, Portland, Oregon, 2021.
Gladys Myrtle (Kipp) Lobb, “My Trip”, 1952-1966; privately held by Catherine Raye Leineweber, Portland, Oregon, 2021. Catherine is the granddaughter of Gladys.
Ray Lobb, interview by Nils-Erik (his grandson), November 2007; transcript, privately held by Nils-Erik Norrby, Lomma, Sweden, 2022.
Richard Brian Holmes, “Old” John Holmes of Three Castles Kilkenny and his Descendants (Markham, Ontario: Stewart Publishing and Printing, 2000), 264-267.
Alison Lobb, Lobbs: From Cornwall to North America (Clinton, Ontario: Alison Lobb, 2020).
“Lobb reunion on site of original 1853 setlement,” Goderich Signal-Star (Goderich, ON), 20 July 1972, page 6A, col 2-3; web archives (https://pubdocs.huroncounty.ca/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=2307334 : accessed 21 November 2024).
“Goderich Township,” The Huron Record (Clinton, ON), 23 December 1881, page 10, col 1; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/783255424 : accessed 24 November 2024).
“Goderich Township,” The New Era (Clinton, ON), 30 November 1882, page 1, col 6; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/783223029 : accessed 24 November 2024).
“Goderich Township,” The New Era (Clinton, ON), 25 January 1884, page 1, col 5; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/783511846 : accessed 24 November 2024).
“Holmesville,” The New Era (Clinton, ON), 1 February 1884, page 1, col 3; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/783511856 : accessed 24 November 2024).
1861 Census of Canada, database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1570/images/4391554_00404 : accessed 25 November 2024), entry for George Lobb family, Ward 5, Goderich Township, Huron County, Canada West; citing roll C-1035-1056.
1871 Census of Canada, Goderich, Ontario, population schedule, enumeration district 25 South Huron, subdistrict F Goderich Township, p.27-28, dwelling 90, family 90, George Lobb family; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1578/images/4396610_00153 : accessed 25 November 2024); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-9930.
Huron County, Ontario, "Wills 1880–1884," vol. 3-4 (nos. 886–1681), pp. 527–529, will of George Lobb; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39L-339D-W : accessed 9 September 2026), image 279-280 of 633; citing Ontario Surrogate Court (Huron County), Image Group Number 008482449.
Huron County, Ontario, "Probate Records 1883–1884," estate of George Lobb, "General Description of Property"; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39L-C9C1-Q : accessed 9 September 2026), image 1519 of 1557; citing Ontario Surrogate Court (Huron County), Image Group Number 008482464.