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     Memories Of The Hobson Family Of Manor House Mapperley 
     Photographs
      
       
     This Photograph Was Taken In Front Of The Hobson's House, No 10 Manor House, About 1902 
        
       It shows Alan Hobson's Great Grandfather. William Hobson born 1855 died 1909. Alan's Great Grandmother Mary Ann, nee Ullyatt. Born 1855 died 1911. Also Alan's Aunt Edith born 1880, next is his Aunt Beatrice born 1886 and right of picture is his dear granddad Ernie born 1895 and was probably 7 or 8 yrs. old when the photo was taken. 
      
  
This Photograph Is Of Mr Ernie Hobson's Parents And Was Taken About 1885 
   
  Left to right - Mother, Mary (nee Ullyatt) born at Thurgaton, Notts. Died 1910 
  Eldest daughter, Ada 
  Youngest daughter Edith born 1880 
  Father, William, born 1855 died 1909 
  Daughter Phoebe, next to oldest 
  Not in picture but children born later Beatrice born 1887 and Ernest Henry born 22 February 1895 
  The father, William, was badly injured in the pit in 1906. he never worked again and died of his injuries in 1909/10? 
 
  
    
     Mrs Dorothy Alice Hobson's Parents (Ernie's Wife) 
        
     Father - Edward William Wyatt. Dies 1925 aged 55 years. Born at Bladen, Oxfordshire and later worked as a gardener at Blenheim Palace. The family moved to Mapperley in 1901 where he worked as a gardener at Shipley Hall. (See references given by Blenheim Palace) 
     
       Mother - Annie Matilda Wyatt (nee Parsler). She died in 1921 aged 55 years. She was born at Thrupp, Oxfordshire and her father was a stone mason. They had 6 children who survived (several others died young). 
      When first married they lodged with her sister at Kidlington where Dorothy Alice was born. 
        
       The six children were Dorothy Alice, eldest, Ethel, William, Violet, Margaret and Winifred. 
      
       
Reference from Blenheim Palace dated 1901 or 1907 
       
      Reference from Blenheim Palace dated 1902 
       
     
     
 
      
     
      
 
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