HOBBS--BLOOM

Ernest William HOBBS; b. 1866 [1864?] Basingstoke, Hampshire; son of Philip HOBBS & Elizabeth Mary HOLMESTED; apprenticed on uncle's farm in Falklands [Malvinas]; c.1882 immigrated to Punta Arenas; pioneer rancher; 1899 manager at Ea. Gente Grande, Tierra del Fuego; 1904 shareholder in Sociedad Ganadera Gente Grande, with Rodolfo Stubenrauch; 1899 will; 1911 president of Sociedad Ballenera de Magallanes; partner, Hobbs y Cía., obtaining large concession of land in Aysén; 1919-25 appointed first mayor of Punta Arenas; active in community groups, including British Association of Magallanes, Anglican Society; d. 1948 Santiago;

m. 1895 Punta Arenas;

Sara María Teresa BLOOM Muñoz; b. 1869 Punta Arenas; dtr. of Guillermo BLOOM, Russian, blacksmith & Teresa MUÑOZ, from Chiloé;
Children:
1. Anita Teresa; b. c1898; m. 1923 Punta Arenas, Francisco GARCÍA;
2. Ethel Irmgard;
3. Clarence Magellan; b. 1899; d. 1941;
4. Rudolf Ernest ("Rudi"); b. c1901; m. 1941 Punta Arenas, Daphne JONES (see JONES--BOND); 1965 retired from sheepfarming to Cordoba Hills, Argentina; d. 1983;
5. Sylvia ("Bunny"); b. c1902;
6. Cecil; b. c1903;
7. Violet ("Cheetah"); b. c1905;
8. Olive; b. c1907;
9. Helen Primrose ("Nona"); b. c1908;
10. Ray Erica ("Decca"); b. 1909; m. 1934 Punta Arenas, Arthur HUNTLEY; d. 2003;