[Index]
James Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1765 - 1844)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Francis HOBLER (1793 - 1868)
Charlotte Elizabeth (Ann) HOBLER (1795 - )
George HOBLER (1800 - 1882)
Mary Ann HOBLER (1807 - 1861)
 James Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1765 - 1844)

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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



James Francis Helvetius HOBLER
James Francis Helvetius HOBLER
James Francis Helvetius HOBLER James Francis Helvetius HOBLER
b. 19 Jul 1765 at London, Middlesex, England
m. Mary FURBY (1765 - 1846)
d. 21 Jan 1844 at Pentonville, London, England aged 78
Near Relatives of James Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1765 - 1844)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Pierre Andre HOBLER abt 1695 Morges, Switzerland 06 Nov 1730 Morges, Switzerland 35
Grandmother Jeanne Marie BUVELOT 1693 Morges, Switzerland
Grandfather Paul CLAUDON 31 May 1693 Morges, Switzerland
Grandmother Marie Anne DUVIVIER

Father Jean Francois HOBLER Feb 1727 Morges, Switzerland 25 Jun 1794 Westminster, Middlesex, England 67
Mother Charlotte Elizabeth CLAUDON 10 May 1729 London, Middlesex, England

Self James Francis Helvetius HOBLER 19 Jul 1765 London, Middlesex, England 21 Jan 1844 Pentonville, London, England 78

Wife Mary FURBY abt 1765 Middlesex, England 09 Mar 1846 London, Middlesex, England 81

Son Francis HOBLER abt 1793 England 1868 England 75
Daughter Charlotte Elizabeth (Ann) HOBLER abt 1795 England
Son George HOBLER 06 Sep 1800 Islington, London, Middlesex, England 1882 Alameda, California, USA 82
Daughter Mary Ann HOBLER abt 1807 aft 1861 54

Brother Jean Paul HOBLER 05 Jul 1754 London, Middlesex, England 08 May 1795 Westminster, Middlesex, England 40
Sister Mary Ann HOBLER 03 Feb 1759 bef 1802 43

Daughter in Law Jane BOREHAM abt 1815 Haverhill, Suffolk, England 1843 London, Middlesex, England 28
Son in Law William SPRY
Daughter in Law Ann TURNER 21 Dec 1801 Cadbury, Devon, England 22 Apr 1867 Alameda, California, USA 65
Son in Law Thomas KNIGHT abt Sep 1798 Wolverly, Worcester, England

Granddaughter Eleanor Jane HOBLER 25 Aug 1833 Middlesex, England
Grandson John HOBLER 1835 London, Middlesex, England
Grandson Francis Helvetius HOBLER 1838 London, Middlesex, England
Grandson William SPRY 22 Oct 1831 Walworth, Southwark, England Y Canada
Granddaughter Charlotte SPRY 04 Sep 1835 Walworth, Southwark, England
Granddaughter Mary HOBLER 16 Nov 1823 Hertfordshire, England
Grandson Francis Helvetius HOBLER 16 Jul 1825 Hertfordshire, England 25 Jan 1889 Queensland, Australia 63
Grandson George HOBLER 03 Aug 1827 Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 11 May 1888 Hanford, California, USA 60
Grandson John Turner HOBLER 03 Apr 1829 Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 26 Jun 1829 Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 0
Granddaughter Emily Denton HOBLER 25 Nov 1830 Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 16 Nov 1906 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 75
Granddaughter Elizabeth Anne HOBLER 17 Oct 1832 Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 10 Jun 1848 Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia 15
Grandson Edward Turner HOBLER 15 Nov 1834 Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 20 Sep 1871 Alameda, California, USA 36
Grandson Charles James HOBLER 16 Aug 1836 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia 13 Dec 1918 Hanford, California, USA 82
Grandson Albert HOBLER 21 Jun 1838 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia 03 Jul 1897 Fresno, California, USA 59
Granddaughter Ada Louisa HOBLER 18 Apr 1840 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia 15 Apr 1906 Alameda, California, USA 65
Grandson Louis William HOBLER 17 Aug 1844 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia 08 May 1906 Fresno, California, USA 61
Granddaughter Marianne KNIGHT 24 Nov 1845 Pentonville, London, England
Granddaughter Isabella KNIGHT 19 Oct 1847 Pentonville, London, England

Uncle Claude Issac HOBLER Jul 1718 Morges, Switzerland
Aunt Jeanne Francoise HOBLER Jun 1720 Morges, Switzerland
Uncle Jean Henri HOBLER May 1722 Morges, Switzerland
Aunt Francoise Henriette GENET abt 1728
Aunt Judith HOBLER Dec 1723 Morges, Switzerland
Uncle Pierre Samuel HOBLER Jun 1725 Morges, Switzerland
Aunt Suzanne Madeline HOBLER Dec 1728 Morges, Switzerland
Aunt Jeanne Marie HOBLER 09 Jan 1731 Morges, Switzerland

Cousin Jeanne Marie Susanne HOBLER 1752 Morges, Switzerland

Niece Carlotta SLOANE
Niece Clementine (Clementina) SLOANE
Nephew Robert (Roberto) SLOANE
Niece Sofia SLOANE
Nephew William (Guglielmo) SLOANE
Nephew Francis Joseph (Francesso Guiseppe) SLOANE 1794

Sister in Law Louisa FOY
Brother in Law Alexander SLOANE
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:
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.

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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

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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

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Source: Times, The (United Kingdom), Jul 08, 2004
Item: 7EH2773434181
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