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		Charles Hobbs was born 1783, died on 19 March 1839 in Newbury, Berkshire, England and was buried on 23 March 1839 in St Nicholas, Newbury, Berkshire, England.
		Charles Hobbs was born on 25 December 1810 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, died on 14 July 1849 in Wanganui, New Zealand.
		Oliver Charles Hobbs was born in 1878 in Wellington, New Zealand.
	www.geocities.com /kiwihastings1/Hobbs.html (1494 words)

	Hobbs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Hobbes was a british philosopher and author of Leviathan
		The Hobbes character from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hobbs (93 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Hobbs was an American who went to England in 1851 as a lock salesman with Day and Newell when they came to exhibit at the Crystal Palace Exhibition.
		Hobbs, who invented the protector lock, was one of the founders of the firm of Hobbs Hart and Co. Ltd.
		It is to Hobbs himself that we are indebted for the invention of the movable stump, since called the safety lever, the only device introduced rendering the tentative method of picking inoperative.
	home.earthlink.net /~drillpoint/achobbs.htm (1412 words)

	LOCK - LoveToKnow Article on LOCK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		To render the mechanism of locks more inaccessible for picking purposes, two devices, the curtain and, the barrel, were in use; these devices were simply the one a disk and the other a cylinder carrying a keyhole which revolved with the key and so closed tho fixed keyhole in the case.
		This invention was incorporated in the protector locks of Hobbs, Hart and Co.; it consists in the employment of a movable main stump which is not riveted into the bolt as usual, but is set on the endb of a bent lever abc (fig.
		13, was brought out by Hobbs, Hart and Co. The bolt of this lock, instead of the ordinary main stump, carries a set of sliders, PPS, one corresponding to each lever and each carrying a projection S corresponding to a portion of the main stump.
	44.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LOCK.htm (3424 words)

	Hobbs, Alfred Charles - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Hobbs, Alfred Charles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		He formed Hobbs, Ashley & Company in London, England, and Hobbs, Hart & Company in the USA.
		Hobbs, NM, USA - Lea County (Airport Code)
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Hobbs,+Alfred+Charles (113 words)

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		Hobbs was favorably known in this vicinity as a k 2 CONC ind father and good citizen.Alfred Hobbs was born August 10, 1824, baptised September 12, 182 2 CONC 4, 2 CONT married Mary Pike in Pilton, Somerset, England on 24 Mar 1850, and came 2 CONT to USA in 1850.
		Alfred is a bachelor and Mary a 2 CONT spinster.
		Hobbs was born in 1825 and married Mr.
	www.magiclink.com /web/snowdove/liann/gene/ancestors.ged (13007 words)

	www.antique-locks.com ~ Hobbs & Co ~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It is probably true to say that no single person had as much impact on the British lock trade as Alfred Charles Hobbs.
		Shortly after the exhibition he established his own factory, first making locks for other manufactures notably Milners' and eventually became one of the major lock and safe manufactures.
		Hobbs left England and returned to the USA around 1862 and the firm was run by Thomas Hart, although it continued to bear his name until it was bought by Chubbs in the 1960's.
	www.antique-locks.com /hobbsint.htm (230 words)

	Miscellaneous Linn County, MO, Obituaries
		Dorothy was born at Ottawa, Kan. on Nov. 7, 1910 to Charles Raymond and Myrtle (Hinkle) Perkins.
		Charles Owen, son of Isaac and Helen (Taylor) Hobbs was born Feb. 7, 1939 in Marceline.
		She was born Oct. 20, 1907, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Root) Mitchell in rural Bedford.
	www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/mo/mo-linn1.htm (2600 words)

	My Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Charles Hobbs was born between 1801 and 1821.
		Floyd HOBBS was born on 27 Jul 1935.
		Lila Hobbs was born on 4 Oct 1885.
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/hindmarsh/384/d478.htm (450 words)

	Descendants of Thomas Davenport of Dorchester
		Charles was born on 25 Mar 1841 in Westport, Bristol, MA and died on 25 May 1914 in Westport, Bristol, MA, at age 73.
		Alfred was born on 11 Feb 1887 in Petrolia, Ontario, Cnd.
		Alfred was born on 15 Jan 1875 in New Bedford, OH and died prob 10 Mar 1924 in Oregon, at age 49.
	home.comcast.net /~jerryjan/Davenport/d7.htm (8831 words)

	The York County Coast Star: Obituaries
		ALFRED -Charles E. "Chuck" Cumming, a resident of Lady Slipper Lane, formerly Webhannet Harbour Road, Wells, died the morning of Aug. 17, 2001, at his daughter's residence in Springvale after a long illness.
		He was born in Reinbeck, Iowa, son of Charles W. and Harriet (Smith) Cumming and was a graduate of West Waterloo High and the University of Wyoming.
		He was born in Sanford, a son of Charles Winwood and Winifred May Tebbetts, and graduated from Sanford High School.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2001news/yorkstar/ys8_22obit.htm (2899 words)

	September 26 - 30
		Alice was born on Oct. 20, 1931, at Harper, Kan., the daughter of Charles and Sarah (Gansemer) Mulder.
		She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Charles Hobbs; one daughter, Mary Thomas; three grandchildren; twin sisters; one brother, and one son-in-law, John Gerriets.
		Opal was united in marriage to Alfred Stinehart on Oct. 13, 1940, at the Salem Lutheran Church in Lake Mills.
	www.pafways.org /obituaries/mcgg/2002/sep6.htm (7953 words)

	"H" Famous People
		Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of (1661-1715) English Whig statesman, born in Horton, Northamptonshire, C England...
		Hobbs, Alfred Charles (1812-91) Lock expert, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
		Hobbs, William (Herbert) (1864-1953) Geologist and geographer, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
	www.jonathanselby.com /Hfam (17668 words)

	Phi Gamma Delta's WW II Dead
		Charles Willis Collier, 1941, aviation cadet Army Air Corps, died in training plane crash 6-7-1943 Garden City Army Airfield, Kansas.
		Charles Latimer Berry, 1935, infantry lieutenant, KIA 6-12-44 in Normandy.
		Charles Wesley Rhodes, Jr., 1941, lieutenant army air corps; died in airplane crash 5-21-1943, Kentucky.
	www.phigam.org /history/Lists/WWII.htm (1360 words)

	History of Safes
		Hobbs left England and returned to the USA around 1862 and the firm was run by Thomas Hart, although it continued to bear his name until it was bought by Chubb Safes in the 1960's.
		Charles Chubb, born in 1779, British inventor and entrepreneur, and founder of the locksmith firm of Chubb and Son (now Chubb and Son PLC), which in the 20th century became a major corporation manufacturing and distributing locks, safes, alarms, fire extinguishers, security systems, surveillance equipment, and other products.
		Charles Chubb made improvements on this lock, with patents in 1824, 1828, and 1833.
	www.onlinesafes.co.uk /sotn/cms.php/page/5011 (1241 words)

	African Americans in the Visual Arts: A Historical Perspective
		Charles' early experience with creative arts started when he modelled animals and other creations from the red clay around his home.
		Lawrence's greatest fear was that Jacob would be drawn into a street gang, therefore she enrolled him in an after school arts program in the basement of the 135th Street branch of the public library.
		Upon learning that his early mentor, CHARLES ALSTON, was teaching a part of the government's WPA program, Jacob returned to New York City.
	www.liunet.edu /cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm (12892 words)

	www.antique-locks.com ~ Jon Millington's Articles ~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Among the other numerous fine locks were a Hobbs Paurotoptic lock by Newell and Day and a Bramah 18-slider safe lock.
		Among the 20 padlocks was a Renaissance-style one dated 1561 but probably 19th century, a Robert Barron patent iron padlock and, as one lot, a group of seven including a Cotterill, a modern stainless steel Bramah and a 19th (wrongly catalogued as 18th) century four-ring letter combination padlock which was probably made in Wolverhampton.
		Both endpieces have a short vertical groove in which is stamped in very small letters HOBBS on the left and LONDON on the right.
	www.antique-locks.com /articles.htm (8263 words)

	Jewett Texts
		Of their children, the youngest and twelfth, Mary Hamilton Cushing, was born March 1, 1803, and died in South Berwick, May 25, 1875.
		The late Deacon Charles E. Norton told me once that he remembered when there was not a single house between my house and the residence of Mrs.
		She was the daughter of Jacob Sheaf of Portsmouth, and married Charles Cushing, a cousin of my grandfather, and resided in the old Governor Wentworth house at Little Harbor (now the summer residence of Mr.
	www.public.coe.edu /~theller/soj/u-rel/hobbs.html (1679 words)

	Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Books - Rare Mineralogy Books, Volcanology Books, Mining Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Burk, Creighton A. and Drake, Charles L.; The Geology of Continental Margins.
		The region is in Carboniferous strata and is located in Brown, Coleman and parts of Runnels, San Saba, Concho and Mills counties.
		Hobbs, William H.; On Two New Occurrences of the "Cortlandt Series" of Rocks within the State of Connecticut.
	www.geology-books.com /mineralak.html (9713 words)

	The Directory for Design, Designers and Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It was not until 1851 when Alfred Charles Hobbs came from America to sell locks.
		This Mr Hobbs later invented the protector lock and was one of the founders of the firm of Hobbs Hart and Co Ltd. The locksmith from America managed to open the Bramah lock and win the prize - Apparenty it took some 51 hours!
		The mechanism comprised of a set of sliding plates in a circular pattern which were pushed inwards by the key separately into certain positions to allow movement of the bolt.
	www.aneye4style.com /history.php (10194 words)

	Collector Cafe - Articles
		However he did manage to lift the detector on several occasions, which was not detected or adjusted for his subsequent attempts.
		In response to this Jeremiah and Charles Chubb worked on various improvements to their design.
		In 1851 the American, Alfred Charles Hobbs (of Hobbs Hart & co) brought his lock business to England.
	www.collectorcafe.com /article.asp?article=340 (752 words)

	History of locks
		Promises of a reward of £100 from Mr Chubb, and a free pardon by the Government were made to him in the event of his success.
		From the Barron and Chubb locks, which demonstrated the protective values of their double acting detainers, whether tumblers or levers, it was a logical process to develop a lever lock in its simplest form, that is to say, without detectors or other additional feature.
		This Mr Hobbs, who invented the protector lock, was one of the founders of the firm of Hobbs Hart and Co Ltd.
	www.chubblocks.co.uk /historyoflocks.html (5020 words)

	The earliest recorded arrival in Australia were George and Thomas Luker who arrived in Sydney in 1839 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		George became the owner of mill and in 1844 he married Lucy Hobbs and had thirteen children, seven daughters (Lucy, Mary, Amelia, Annie, Esther, Sarah and Maude) and six sons (Walter, George, Alfred, Leonard Donald and Fred).
		Lucy was the daughter of Charles Hobbs (b1803) and Elizabeth Hyde (b1802).
		She was the sister of Sarah Hobbs (b1828) who married John Wheatley Blumer (b1814) and also of Charles, Amelia, Louisa, Charles S., Henry, Alfred and Elizabeth.
	www.zip.com.au /~annuity/glenn/george_and_thomas.html (277 words)

	HobbsOnline: 12/01/2002 - 12/31/2002
		It's also worth noting, says Charles Paul Freund, senior editor of Reason, that one of the Democrats's most honored former presidents, Woodrow Wilson, was a racist who made segregation of fls federal policy.
		Mickey Kaus writes: "Hobbs' insider perspective carries some weight (although since his wife was apparently working on the Frist campaign he's not exactly unbiased, as he admits)." Kaus is referring to the post directly below this one.
		I should clarify something: My wife did work on the 1994 campaign - however I did not meet her until April 2000 and we were married in November 2001.
	www.hobbsonline.blogspot.com /2002_12_01_hobbsonline_archive.html (12264 words)

	Clinton County, Wilmington, Ohio History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Charles Stout was a first cousin of Isaac Stout, and was the first settler on the Rodney Jenks place.
		It is related that Charles Stout had a cow that got fast in the mud in a boggy place by a strong spring on his land, and that the wolves attacked her and nearly killed her.
		Charles Osborn deceased on the 1st of January, 1876, at the age of sixty-four years.
	www.heritagepursuit.com /Clinton/ClintonHAdams.htm (18693 words)

	All 1999 Queries )
		Was their more than one Charles COX at that time in the "Up Country" of SC.
		Charles is my ancestor but do not know how/if the others link.
		Their son, Charles (b Dec 1764) and Edy Montgomery Henderson my line to Buncombe, NC and back to Laurens where they d.
	www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/4492/1999.htm (13679 words)

	Amherst College Biographical Record: Class of 1895
		Charles B. (d.); Margaret B.; Caroline M.; Buell.
		Charles B. Address, The Church of the Pilgrims, 109 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Gray, Fred James.
		of Charles Hobbs and Villeroy A. (Slayton), b.
	www.amherst.edu /~rjyanco/genealogy/acbiorecord/1895.html (4907 words)

	Letter H - Delaware County, NY Queries and Surnames
		Their children were: Henrietta, (Etta) (Emaretta) B 1864, Rose B 1867, Nancy B 1869, Charles Welling(s)ton, my grandfather, b.8/7/1872, married Ora Evelyn Davis, and Clara b 1880.
		HOBBS - Looking for any Hobbs who live in the Delaware Co., NY area who may be descentants of Jonas Hobbs.
		Jonas Hobbs, a shoemaker, is last found in the 1860 Delaware Co. census at age 88.
	www.dcnyhistory.org /queryh.html (12388 words)

	Record Unit 7004 - Charles D. Walcott Collection, 1851-1940 and undated
		Charles D. Walcott (1850-1927) was born in New York Mills, New York, and attended the Utica public schools and Utica Academy, but never graduated.
		Charles died while a student at Yale, and Benjamin was killed in action in France while flying for the Lafayette Flying Corps.
		Charles D. Walcott concerning the biography; biographical sketches submitted to publishers before and after Walcott's death; telegrams announcing his death; letters of condolence; and memorials.
	www.si.edu /archives/archives/findingaids/faru7004.htm (11213 words)

	Chuck Rainey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		His unique bass lines accent numerous commercials and are an integral part of today's music across many music viewing and listening fronts.
		Born in Cleveland, Ohio as Charles Walter Rainey III, Chuck boasts a native 'son ship' of Youngstown, Ohio, where he was actually raised and educated.
		Originally trained in the classics as a trumpet player by C.F. Brown, James Ramsey and John Busch, Chuck switched to Baritone Horn while attending Lane college in Jackson, Tennessee and was an intricate part of the schools well known and traveled 'brass ensemble' in the early 60's.
	www.chuckrainey.com /biography.htm (1015 words)

	Ancestors of Catherine May Wingrove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Marriage: (1): Alfred Charles Scott 3 Jan 1915, St. Martin's, Gospel Oak, Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London
		Catherine married Alfred Charles Scott, son of Alfred John Scott and Esther Wright, on 3 Jan 1915 in St. Martin's, Gospel Oak, Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London.
		(Alfred Charles Scott was born on 6 Mar 1897 in 54 West Road, West Ham, London
	members.fortunecity.com /bobmorris/116.htm (263 words)

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