Ernest William HOBBS; b. 1866 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 (b. 1836 Riga, Latvia; d. 1912 Punta Arenas), blacksmith & Teresa MUÑOZ, from Chiloé (m. 1866 Punta Arenas); d. 1961 Santiago

Children:
1. Anita Teresa; b. c1898; m. 1923 Punta Arenas, Francisco GARCÍA
2. Ethel Irmgard, d. 1997 UK
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 Buenos Aires
5. Sylvia ("Bunny"); b. c1902; d. 1982 UK
6. Cecil; b. c1903
7. Violet ("Cheetah"); b. c1905; d. 1999 UK
8. Olive; b. c1907; d. 2001 UK
9. Helen Primrose ("Nona"); b. c1908; d. 1985 UK
10. Ray Erica ("Decca"); b. 1909; m. 1934 Punta Arenas, Arthur HUNTLEY; d. 2003