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| James Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1765 - 1844) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Francis HOBLER (1793 - 1868) Charlotte Elizabeth (Ann) HOBLER (1795 - ) George HOBLER (1800 - 1882) Mary Ann HOBLER (1807 - 1861) |
James Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1765 - 1844) + Mary FURBY (1765 - 1846) |
Jean Francois HOBLER (1727 - 1794) | Pierre Andre HOBLER (1695 - 1730) | Jean Francois HOBLER (1645 - ) |
| Jeanne Marie BUVELOT (1693 - ) | Jean BUVELOT (1672 - ) | |||
| Marie COTTAUX (1672 - ) | ||||
| Charlotte Elizabeth CLAUDON (1729 - ) | Paul CLAUDON (1693 - ) | |||
| Marie Anne DUVIVIER | ||||
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| b. 19 Jul 1765 at London, Middlesex, England |
| m. Mary FURBY (1765 - 1846) |
| d. 21 Jan 1844 at Pentonville, London, England aged 78 |
| Parents: |
| Jean Francois HOBLER (1727 - 1794) |
| Charlotte Elizabeth CLAUDON (1729 - ) |
| Siblings (2): |
| Jean Paul HOBLER (1754 - 1795) |
| Mary Ann HOBLER (1759 - 1802) |
| Children (4): |
| Francis HOBLER (1793 - 1868) |
| Charlotte Elizabeth (Ann) HOBLER (1795 - ) |
| George HOBLER (1800 - 1882) |
| Mary Ann HOBLER (1807 - 1861) |
| Events in James Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1765 - 1844)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 19 Jul 1765 | James Francis Helvetius HOBLER was born | London, Middlesex, England | |||
| abt 1793 | 28 | Birth of son Francis HOBLER | England | ||
| 25 Jun 1794 | 28 | Death of father Jean Francois HOBLER (aged 67) | Westminster, Middlesex, England | ||
| abt 1795 | 30 | Birth of daughter Charlotte Elizabeth (Ann) HOBLER | England | ||
| 06 Sep 1800 | 35 | Birth of son George HOBLER | Islington, London, Middlesex, England | ||
| abt 1807 | 42 | Birth of daughter Mary Ann HOBLER | |||
| 21 Jan 1844 | 78 | James Francis Helvetius HOBLER died | Pentonville, London, England | Jan-Mar 1844/3,64 Clerkenwell | |
| Personal Notes: |
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http://www.hobler.vintagekin.net/bio.htm
Also known as Francis Helvetius Hobler Abode 1811: 17 Queens Row, Pentonville, Middlesex, ENG (Source: London & County Directory, 1811, vol. 1 London Directory) Abode 1841-1844: 5 Queens Row, Pentonville, Middlesex, ENG (Source: 1841 Census & Death Certificate) Listed in Bailey's London Directory; or, Merchants' & Traders' Useful Companion, for the year 1790 ... 5th Edition, 1790, BAILEY. London Listed in, Holden's London Directory 1790 [no t.p.], 1790, HOLDEN, London Occupation: Solicitor - Clerk to the Lord Mayor of London, elected 1803 (Source: Post Office London Directory 1841) For further details on James Francis Helvetius Hobler check out the Biography page. - - - - - - - - - Interesting letter sent to JFH Hobler Title: Tyranny of the corset Source: Times, The (United Kingdom); 08/07/2004 Accession Number: 7EH2773434181 Database: Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre * * * Tyranny of the corset Section: Features, On this day The Times, July 8, 1828, pg. 37 The dream of a perfect eighteen-inch waist for Victorian women was, according to this concerned father, entirely the fault of the fair sex, who bent their frames to the whims of fashion rather than obeying the dictates of Mother Nature THE Lord Mayor received the following strange communication on the subject of the dangerous and ridiculous fashion of wearing tight stays. It was directed to Mr. Hobler, whose assistance was privately requested, and was read aloud in the Justice-room, there being a person present on the part of the complainant, who waited the reply of his Lordship: "Sir, I have rather an extraordinary sort of complaint to make to the chief magistrate; but although there exists no legal mode of counteracting the evil to which I beg to call his Lordship's attention, the interference of a man of influence may produce some alleviation of the mischief I am about to describe. I have three daughters, over whom their mother, I regret to say, exercises a control quite independent of me. This control, so far as it regards moral and religious restraints, is most unexceptionable. They go to chapel regularly, and are as rigid in their conversation as any females in the world. What I have to object to simply is their dress, and to but a very narrow portion of that. It is with a deep sense of self-abasement I state to you, Sir, that my wife encourages my children, by her example, to persist in following the hideous and perilous fashion, of which I entreat your most serious condemnation, -I mean the fashion of squeezing in the waist until the body resembles that of a pismire or ant. (Laugh). Of all the dandy abominations that ever received the sanction of our aristocracy, this is the worst. The least injurious effect of it is, that it fixes a deformity upon the human shape; and yet this effect, instead of working in the way that might be expected upon the vanity of the sex, seems to be the great charm and recommendation. The whole of the region upon which the stays press home becomes, if we believe Mr. Lawrence and other great authorities, diseased as well as distorted. The lungs and livers, and other parts of the viscera, are all screwed up together, and the stomach is totally divested of its power in regulating the system. My daughters are as yet living instances (God knows how long they may continue so) of the baneful consequences of this dreadful fashion. Their stays are bound with steel in the holes through which the laces are drawn, so as to be able to bear the tremendous tugging which is intended to reduce so important a part of the human frame to one-third of its natural proportions. They are unable to sit, walk, or stand as women used to do. To expect them to stoop would be absurd, and to witness the attempt alarming. My daughter Margaret made the experiment the other day to satisfy me that she was quite loose. The effort was too much for the strength of the steel and the whalebone vice with which she was enveloped. Her stays gave way with a tremendous explosion, and down she fell upon the ground, and I almost thought she had snapped in two. (Laughter). But this, ridiculous as it was, was not the least advance towards remedy or abatement of the evil. My girls are always complaining of pains in the stomach, and lassitude, and if something not be done to stop this wasp-waist mania, rapid decay must follow. Hoping that you may excuse this liberty in consideration of the fatal nature of the grievance, and that some advice and admonition may be given to both mothers and daughters, I have the honour to remain, your obedient servant." The Lord Mayor said, he wondered that the gentlemen did not share of this censure. He was sure that there was a fierce competition between the sexes in the article of their waists, and if ladies and gentlemen were to cut themselves in two, it would be no fault of his. He did not see how it would be a breach of the peace. Copyright (C) The Times, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Times, The (United Kingdom), Jul 08, 2004 Item: 7EH2773434181 |