May Yeomans

May Isabel Yeomans 

Born: 28 October 1890, Sheffield 

Father: William Dix Yeomans (b. 1853)

Mother: Sarah Yeomans (b. 1851) (d. 1901)

Brothers: William Arthur Yeomans (b. 1890)

Marriage:        17 May 1916, Sheffield 

Husband:         James Edward Hobson 

                        b. 21 January 1892

                        Company Director – Wholesale Grocer 

Issue –

#1 Joan Isabel Hobson (b. 1920)

#2 Peter Yeomans Hobson (b. 3 November 1923)

In 1891 – 

She is at Burngreave Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Grocer’. May, her mother and brothers, William, are unlisted. There is a boarder, Emma Jane Millward (b. 1870) is listed as ‘Grocers Book Keeper’. There is an apprentice, George F Machan (b. 1874), listed as ‘Grocers Apprentice’. There is a servant, Sarah A S Castledine (b. 1872). There is a nurse, Annie Foster (b. 1878). 

In 10/10 – 

PT at Firs Hill Council Girls', Sheffield.

Qualification: P.C., 1910.

In 1911 – 

She is at LDTC as a Student.

In 10/16 – 

Marries Cadet James E. Hobson (Artist's Riffles, O.T.C.) on 17.05.16 at Sheffield.

In 1921 – 

She is at 274 Abbeyfield Road, Sheffield. Her husband is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. May and her daughter, Joan, are unlisted.

In 00/24 – 

Birth to Peter on 03.11.23 at 274 Abbeyfield Road, Sheffield.

In 1939 – 

She is at 663 Newark Road, Lincoln. Her husband is listed as ‘Company Director – Wholesale Grocer’. May and her son, Peter, are unlisted. Her daughter, Joan, is listed as ‘Medical Student’. Her stepmother, Florence A Yeomans (b. 1861), is listed as widowed and ‘Private Means’. There is a servant, Violet Hale (b. 1915). 

d.         2 September 1953, Lincoln

HOBSON, May Isabel of The Limes, 663 Newmark Road, Swallowbeck, Lincoln (wife of James Edward Hobson) died 2 September 1953. Probate Lincoln 29 October to the said James Edward Hobson, retired company director. Effects £29,654, 9s, 1d.