Person:Phoebe Hull (5)

Phoebe Hull was baptised on 29th July 1821 at Sundon in Bedfordshire, daughter of Hannah Hull, formerly Hedges, and her husband William Hull, an agricultural labourer. She appears in the 1841 census living with her parents and sister at Upper Sundon.

On 6th June 1843, aged about eighteen, Phoebe was married at Sundon to John Gobby, an agricultural labourer from the neighbouring parish of Toddington. They do not appear to have had any children. The 1851 census finds them living in the hamlet of Chalton in the parish of Toddington. Living with them was John's niece Mary, daughter of his sister Esther who had died in 1848. Phoebe and John appear to have brought Mary up; she was still living with them ten years later in the 1861 census, by which time they had moved a short distance to the hamlet of Lewsey in the parish of Luton.

Later in 1861, Mary had a son called John George Gobby. Phoebe and John appear to have brought him up too; the 1871 census finds him living with Phoebe and John at Lewsey after Mary had married and moved out, and John George would later describe John as his father, rather than great uncle, in the 1881 census.

Phoebe died in 1879. She was about 58 years old.

1. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 29 Jul 1821, Sundon, Bedfordshire: Phoebe / William & Hannah / Hull

   Needs to be confirmed at Bedfordshire Record Office.

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 4; Book 32; Folio 5; Page 4, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Upper Sundon, Sundon, Bedfordshire
   William Hull, male, 75 [1761-66], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Hannah Hull, female, 50 [1786-91], not born in county
   Phoebe Hull, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Jane Hull, female, 15 [1821-6], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1755; Folio 338; Page 1, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Chalton, Toddington, Bedfordshire
   John Gobby, head, married, male, 35 [1815/6], Labourer, b. Toddington, Bedfordshire
   Phoebe Gobby, wife, married, female, 29 [1821/2], b. Sundon, Bedfordshire
   Mary Gobby, niece, unmarried, female, 7 [1843/4], b. Toddington, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1012; Folio 56; Page 6, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Lewsey Cottages, Luton, Bedfordshire
   John Gobby, head, married, male, 45 [1815/6], Ag Lab, b. Toddington, Bedfordshire
   Phoebe Gobby, wife, married, female, 39 [1821/2], b. Sundon, Bedfordshire
   Mary Gobby, niece, unmarried, female, 17 [1843/4], Bonnet Sewer, b. Toddington, Bedfordshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1569; Folio 82; Page 7, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Lewsey, Luton, Bedfordshire
   John Gobby, head, married, male, 55 [1815/6], Ag Lab, b. Toddington, Bedfordshire
   Phoebe Gobby, wife, married, female, 40 [1830/1], b. Sundon, Bedfordshire
   John G. Gobby, nephew, male, 9 [1861/2], Ag Lab, b. Sundon, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Phoebe GOBY, June Quarter 1879, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 299, aged 58 [1820/1]