Wife of Thomas Hubbert
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Son's published bio provides details on his parents, Thomas Hubbert and Sarah R. Hubbert:
ROBERT HUBBERT.
Numbered among the sterling pioneer citizens of Detroit, where he has maintained his home for more than sixty years, is Robert Hubbert, who has witnessed the development of the beautiful "City of the Straits" from the status of a somewhat obscure western town to its present position as one of the important industrial and commercial centers of the country. To both the civic and material progress of the city he has contributed his quota and now, in the quiet retirement of his attractive home, he may look back with satisfaction upon a career marked by well directed endeavor and successful enterprise.
Mr. Hubbert was born at Marcham-le-fen, Lincolnshire, England, on the 12th of February, 1825, being the third son of Thomas [Hubbert] and Sarah (Roberts) Hubbert, both of whom were natives of that same county, where the respective families had been established for several generations and where representatives are to be found in the present day. The father followed the vocation of linen draper in England, and was engaged in this line of mercantile enterprise in his native land until his immigration to America. His father had likewise been engaged in the same line of business.
On the 5th of November, 1845, Thomas Hubbert, in company with his wife and their five children, set sail for America, arriving in New York in due course of time and coming thence to Detroit, where the new family home was established within the same month that marked the departure from England. The honored father was not long spared to his family, since his death occurred on the 8th of February, 1846, at which time he was fiftytwo years of age. His wife survived him by a number of years, her death occurring in 1871. Of the five children our subject is the only one now living.
Robert Hubbert had been afforded but little of the advantages of the schools of his native land, but he had gained considerable business experience prior to the removal of the family to America, at which time he was twenty years of age. Soon after the arrival in Detroit he secured employment on a farm now within the city limits, and later he assumed the position of fireman on the old-time steamboat "Nile," with whose operations he was identified for two years. With the money which he had saved from his meager wages he purchased a drove of sheep, from the sale of which he realized his first one hundred dollars. With this capital he opened a meat market, having a stall in the old Central Market, which remained one of the landmarks of Detroit for so many years, and later he opened a market at the corner of Abbott street and Michigan avenue, where in the course of time he built up a most successful enterprise, developing both wholesale and retail departments in his business. He continued operations at that location until about 1862, and in this way was laid the foundation of his success as an independent business man. Within the intervening years he made judicious investments of his surplus fund, by buying improved business property and other kinds of realty in the city. In the early '70s his health became so impaired as to cause him to retire permanently from active business, but he continued his real estate operations, through which he gained a competency. His first purchase of what was then termed suburban real estate was a portion of the Peter Denoyer farm, on Woodward avenue, for which he paid at the rate of sixty five dollars an acre. Later he effected the purchase of ten acres from the widow Cole, now in one of the most beautiful sections of the city, and upon a portion of the tract which he thus secured is located the residence property of the late Governor Hazen S. Pingree. The property is now valued at over two hundred dollars a front foot. About 1872 he purchased property at the intersection of Second avenue and Joy streets, a locality then considered "far out." Here he built several fine dwelling houses, including his own, and here he has since continued to reside, having thus been one of those primarily instrumental in initiating the development of that beautiful section of the city.
In politics Mr. Hubbert was originally an old-line Whig, and he united with the Republican party at the time of its organization, having since continued a staunch advocate of its principles. He has never been active in political affairs, and in local matters has not been dominated by strict partisan lines, preferring to exercise his franchise in support of men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. He has never sought or held public office, but in a quiet way has done all in his power for the promotion of temperance, morality and good citizenship. For more than half a century he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which represents the faith of his ancestors, as both his father and paternal grandfather were local preachers of this denomination.
In 1853 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hubbert to Miss Mary P. Simonson, of Royal Oak, Oakland county, Michigan. She was born in the Catskill mountains of New York, March 15, 1831, being a daughter of Garret Simonson. She died in Detroit, September 22, 1900, and thus came the great loss and bereavement of the life of her husband, to whom she had been a true companion and helpmeet. Of the seven children of this union only two are now living,—William Robert [Hubbert], of Detroit, and Charles S. [Hubbert], of Rockford, Illinois. William R. Hubbert was graduated in the Michigan Agricultural College in 1881, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and in 1885 he was graduated in the Detroit Medical College, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After some years of general practice in his home city he turned his attention more particularly to the science of bacteriology, serving as director in biological laboratories for several years. For the past ten years he has been engaged in the manufacture of anti-toxin in Detroit. In 1885 he was united in marriage to Miss Emmeline E. Pilgrim. They have had two children; a daughter, Emmeline E. [Hubbert], who died in 1892, when about six years of age; and a son, Robert Hubbert, second, who is eighteen years of age and who is a student in the high school.
Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, MI, Henry Taylor & Co., publishers, Chicago, 1909, pp 654-656
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Marker is so worn, it is difficult to read. Best guesstimate provided here.
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Son's published bio provides details on his parents, Thomas Hubbert and Sarah R. Hubbert:
ROBERT HUBBERT.
Numbered among the sterling pioneer citizens of Detroit, where he has maintained his home for more than sixty years, is Robert Hubbert, who has witnessed the development of the beautiful "City of the Straits" from the status of a somewhat obscure western town to its present position as one of the important industrial and commercial centers of the country. To both the civic and material progress of the city he has contributed his quota and now, in the quiet retirement of his attractive home, he may look back with satisfaction upon a career marked by well directed endeavor and successful enterprise.
Mr. Hubbert was born at Marcham-le-fen, Lincolnshire, England, on the 12th of February, 1825, being the third son of Thomas [Hubbert] and Sarah (Roberts) Hubbert, both of whom were natives of that same county, where the respective families had been established for several generations and where representatives are to be found in the present day. The father followed the vocation of linen draper in England, and was engaged in this line of mercantile enterprise in his native land until his immigration to America. His father had likewise been engaged in the same line of business.
On the 5th of November, 1845, Thomas Hubbert, in company with his wife and their five children, set sail for America, arriving in New York in due course of time and coming thence to Detroit, where the new family home was established within the same month that marked the departure from England. The honored father was not long spared to his family, since his death occurred on the 8th of February, 1846, at which time he was fiftytwo years of age. His wife survived him by a number of years, her death occurring in 1871. Of the five children our subject is the only one now living.
Robert Hubbert had been afforded but little of the advantages of the schools of his native land, but he had gained considerable business experience prior to the removal of the family to America, at which time he was twenty years of age. Soon after the arrival in Detroit he secured employment on a farm now within the city limits, and later he assumed the position of fireman on the old-time steamboat "Nile," with whose operations he was identified for two years. With the money which he had saved from his meager wages he purchased a drove of sheep, from the sale of which he realized his first one hundred dollars. With this capital he opened a meat market, having a stall in the old Central Market, which remained one of the landmarks of Detroit for so many years, and later he opened a market at the corner of Abbott street and Michigan avenue, where in the course of time he built up a most successful enterprise, developing both wholesale and retail departments in his business. He continued operations at that location until about 1862, and in this way was laid the foundation of his success as an independent business man. Within the intervening years he made judicious investments of his surplus fund, by buying improved business property and other kinds of realty in the city. In the early '70s his health became so impaired as to cause him to retire permanently from active business, but he continued his real estate operations, through which he gained a competency. His first purchase of what was then termed suburban real estate was a portion of the Peter Denoyer farm, on Woodward avenue, for which he paid at the rate of sixty five dollars an acre. Later he effected the purchase of ten acres from the widow Cole, now in one of the most beautiful sections of the city, and upon a portion of the tract which he thus secured is located the residence property of the late Governor Hazen S. Pingree. The property is now valued at over two hundred dollars a front foot. About 1872 he purchased property at the intersection of Second avenue and Joy streets, a locality then considered "far out." Here he built several fine dwelling houses, including his own, and here he has since continued to reside, having thus been one of those primarily instrumental in initiating the development of that beautiful section of the city.
In politics Mr. Hubbert was originally an old-line Whig, and he united with the Republican party at the time of its organization, having since continued a staunch advocate of its principles. He has never been active in political affairs, and in local matters has not been dominated by strict partisan lines, preferring to exercise his franchise in support of men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. He has never sought or held public office, but in a quiet way has done all in his power for the promotion of temperance, morality and good citizenship. For more than half a century he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which represents the faith of his ancestors, as both his father and paternal grandfather were local preachers of this denomination.
In 1853 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hubbert to Miss Mary P. Simonson, of Royal Oak, Oakland county, Michigan. She was born in the Catskill mountains of New York, March 15, 1831, being a daughter of Garret Simonson. She died in Detroit, September 22, 1900, and thus came the great loss and bereavement of the life of her husband, to whom she had been a true companion and helpmeet. Of the seven children of this union only two are now living,—William Robert [Hubbert], of Detroit, and Charles S. [Hubbert], of Rockford, Illinois. William R. Hubbert was graduated in the Michigan Agricultural College in 1881, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and in 1885 he was graduated in the Detroit Medical College, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After some years of general practice in his home city he turned his attention more particularly to the science of bacteriology, serving as director in biological laboratories for several years. For the past ten years he has been engaged in the manufacture of anti-toxin in Detroit. In 1885 he was united in marriage to Miss Emmeline E. Pilgrim. They have had two children; a daughter, Emmeline E. [Hubbert], who died in 1892, when about six years of age; and a son, Robert Hubbert, second, who is eighteen years of age and who is a student in the high school.
Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, MI, Henry Taylor & Co., publishers, Chicago, 1909, pp 654-656
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Marker is so worn, it is difficult to read. Best guesstimate provided here.
Wife of Thomas Hubbert
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Son's published bio provides details on his parents, Thomas Hubbert and Sarah R. Hubbert:
ROBERT HUBBERT.
Numbered among the sterling pioneer citizens of Detroit, where he has maintained his home for more than sixty years, is Robert Hubbert, who has witnessed the development of the beautiful "City of the Straits" from the status of a somewhat obscure western town to its present position as one of the important industrial and commercial centers of the country. To both the civic and material progress of the city he has contributed his quota and now, in the quiet retirement of his attractive home, he may look back with satisfaction upon a career marked by well directed endeavor and successful enterprise.
Mr. Hubbert was born at Marcham-le-fen, Lincolnshire, England, on the 12th of February, 1825, being the third son of Thomas [Hubbert] and Sarah (Roberts) Hubbert, both of whom were natives of that same county, where the respective families had been established for several generations and where representatives are to be found in the present day. The father followed the vocation of linen draper in England, and was engaged in this line of mercantile enterprise in his native land until his immigration to America. His father had likewise been engaged in the same line of business.
On the 5th of November, 1845, Thomas Hubbert, in company with his wife and their five children, set sail for America, arriving in New York in due course of time and coming thence to Detroit, where the new family home was established within the same month that marked the departure from England. The honored father was not long spared to his family, since his death occurred on the 8th of February, 1846, at which time he was fiftytwo years of age. His wife survived him by a number of years, her death occurring in 1871. Of the five children our subject is the only one now living.
Robert Hubbert had been afforded but little of the advantages of the schools of his native land, but he had gained considerable business experience prior to the removal of the family to America, at which time he was twenty years of age. Soon after the arrival in Detroit he secured employment on a farm now within the city limits, and later he assumed the position of fireman on the old-time steamboat "Nile," with whose operations he was identified for two years. With the money which he had saved from his meager wages he purchased a drove of sheep, from the sale of which he realized his first one hundred dollars. With this capital he opened a meat market, having a stall in the old Central Market, which remained one of the landmarks of Detroit for so many years, and later he opened a market at the corner of Abbott street and Michigan avenue, where in the course of time he built up a most successful enterprise, developing both wholesale and retail departments in his business. He continued operations at that location until about 1862, and in this way was laid the foundation of his success as an independent business man. Within the intervening years he made judicious investments of his surplus fund, by buying improved business property and other kinds of realty in the city. In the early '70s his health became so impaired as to cause him to retire permanently from active business, but he continued his real estate operations, through which he gained a competency. His first purchase of what was then termed suburban real estate was a portion of the Peter Denoyer farm, on Woodward avenue, for which he paid at the rate of sixty five dollars an acre. Later he effected the purchase of ten acres from the widow Cole, now in one of the most beautiful sections of the city, and upon a portion of the tract which he thus secured is located the residence property of the late Governor Hazen S. Pingree. The property is now valued at over two hundred dollars a front foot. About 1872 he purchased property at the intersection of Second avenue and Joy streets, a locality then considered "far out." Here he built several fine dwelling houses, including his own, and here he has since continued to reside, having thus been one of those primarily instrumental in initiating the development of that beautiful section of the city.
In politics Mr. Hubbert was originally an old-line Whig, and he united with the Republican party at the time of its organization, having since continued a staunch advocate of its principles. He has never been active in political affairs, and in local matters has not been dominated by strict partisan lines, preferring to exercise his franchise in support of men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. He has never sought or held public office, but in a quiet way has done all in his power for the promotion of temperance, morality and good citizenship. For more than half a century he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which represents the faith of his ancestors, as both his father and paternal grandfather were local preachers of this denomination.
In 1853 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hubbert to Miss Mary P. Simonson, of Royal Oak, Oakland county, Michigan. She was born in the Catskill mountains of New York, March 15, 1831, being a daughter of Garret Simonson. She died in Detroit, September 22, 1900, and thus came the great loss and bereavement of the life of her husband, to whom she had been a true companion and helpmeet. Of the seven children of this union only two are now living,—William Robert [Hubbert], of Detroit, and Charles S. [Hubbert], of Rockford, Illinois. William R. Hubbert was graduated in the Michigan Agricultural College in 1881, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and in 1885 he was graduated in the Detroit Medical College, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After some years of general practice in his home city he turned his attention more particularly to the science of bacteriology, serving as director in biological laboratories for several years. For the past ten years he has been engaged in the manufacture of anti-toxin in Detroit. In 1885 he was united in marriage to Miss Emmeline E. Pilgrim. They have had two children; a daughter, Emmeline E. [Hubbert], who died in 1892, when about six years of age; and a son, Robert Hubbert, second, who is eighteen years of age and who is a student in the high school.
Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, MI, Henry Taylor & Co., publishers, Chicago, 1909, pp 654-656
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Marker is so worn, it is difficult to read. Best guesstimate provided here.
***
Son's published bio provides details on his parents, Thomas Hubbert and Sarah R. Hubbert:
ROBERT HUBBERT.
Numbered among the sterling pioneer citizens of Detroit, where he has maintained his home for more than sixty years, is Robert Hubbert, who has witnessed the development of the beautiful "City of the Straits" from the status of a somewhat obscure western town to its present position as one of the important industrial and commercial centers of the country. To both the civic and material progress of the city he has contributed his quota and now, in the quiet retirement of his attractive home, he may look back with satisfaction upon a career marked by well directed endeavor and successful enterprise.
Mr. Hubbert was born at Marcham-le-fen, Lincolnshire, England, on the 12th of February, 1825, being the third son of Thomas [Hubbert] and Sarah (Roberts) Hubbert, both of whom were natives of that same county, where the respective families had been established for several generations and where representatives are to be found in the present day. The father followed the vocation of linen draper in England, and was engaged in this line of mercantile enterprise in his native land until his immigration to America. His father had likewise been engaged in the same line of business.
On the 5th of November, 1845, Thomas Hubbert, in company with his wife and their five children, set sail for America, arriving in New York in due course of time and coming thence to Detroit, where the new family home was established within the same month that marked the departure from England. The honored father was not long spared to his family, since his death occurred on the 8th of February, 1846, at which time he was fiftytwo years of age. His wife survived him by a number of years, her death occurring in 1871. Of the five children our subject is the only one now living.
Robert Hubbert had been afforded but little of the advantages of the schools of his native land, but he had gained considerable business experience prior to the removal of the family to America, at which time he was twenty years of age. Soon after the arrival in Detroit he secured employment on a farm now within the city limits, and later he assumed the position of fireman on the old-time steamboat "Nile," with whose operations he was identified for two years. With the money which he had saved from his meager wages he purchased a drove of sheep, from the sale of which he realized his first one hundred dollars. With this capital he opened a meat market, having a stall in the old Central Market, which remained one of the landmarks of Detroit for so many years, and later he opened a market at the corner of Abbott street and Michigan avenue, where in the course of time he built up a most successful enterprise, developing both wholesale and retail departments in his business. He continued operations at that location until about 1862, and in this way was laid the foundation of his success as an independent business man. Within the intervening years he made judicious investments of his surplus fund, by buying improved business property and other kinds of realty in the city. In the early '70s his health became so impaired as to cause him to retire permanently from active business, but he continued his real estate operations, through which he gained a competency. His first purchase of what was then termed suburban real estate was a portion of the Peter Denoyer farm, on Woodward avenue, for which he paid at the rate of sixty five dollars an acre. Later he effected the purchase of ten acres from the widow Cole, now in one of the most beautiful sections of the city, and upon a portion of the tract which he thus secured is located the residence property of the late Governor Hazen S. Pingree. The property is now valued at over two hundred dollars a front foot. About 1872 he purchased property at the intersection of Second avenue and Joy streets, a locality then considered "far out." Here he built several fine dwelling houses, including his own, and here he has since continued to reside, having thus been one of those primarily instrumental in initiating the development of that beautiful section of the city.
In politics Mr. Hubbert was originally an old-line Whig, and he united with the Republican party at the time of its organization, having since continued a staunch advocate of its principles. He has never been active in political affairs, and in local matters has not been dominated by strict partisan lines, preferring to exercise his franchise in support of men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. He has never sought or held public office, but in a quiet way has done all in his power for the promotion of temperance, morality and good citizenship. For more than half a century he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which represents the faith of his ancestors, as both his father and paternal grandfather were local preachers of this denomination.
In 1853 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hubbert to Miss Mary P. Simonson, of Royal Oak, Oakland county, Michigan. She was born in the Catskill mountains of New York, March 15, 1831, being a daughter of Garret Simonson. She died in Detroit, September 22, 1900, and thus came the great loss and bereavement of the life of her husband, to whom she had been a true companion and helpmeet. Of the seven children of this union only two are now living,—William Robert [Hubbert], of Detroit, and Charles S. [Hubbert], of Rockford, Illinois. William R. Hubbert was graduated in the Michigan Agricultural College in 1881, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and in 1885 he was graduated in the Detroit Medical College, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After some years of general practice in his home city he turned his attention more particularly to the science of bacteriology, serving as director in biological laboratories for several years. For the past ten years he has been engaged in the manufacture of anti-toxin in Detroit. In 1885 he was united in marriage to Miss Emmeline E. Pilgrim. They have had two children; a daughter, Emmeline E. [Hubbert], who died in 1892, when about six years of age; and a son, Robert Hubbert, second, who is eighteen years of age and who is a student in the high school.
Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, MI, Henry Taylor & Co., publishers, Chicago, 1909, pp 654-656
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Marker is so worn, it is difficult to read. Best guesstimate provided here.
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This face of the HUBBERT family marker reads:
Sacred
to the memory of
SARAH HUBBERT
wife of
THOS. HUBBERT
Died
Nov. 10, 1871
Aged 75 years
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