Ebenezer Shoobridge Explained

Ebenezer Shoobridge
Constituency Mp:electoral district of New Norfolk
Parliament:Tasmanian
Birth Name: Ebenezer Shoobridge
Birth Date:4 February 1820
Birth Place:Maidstone, Kent, England
Death Place:New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia
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    Ebenezer Shoobridge (1820–1901) was an Australian politician. He represented the Electoral district of New Norfolk in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from the 1882 election until he was defeated at the 1886 election.[1]

    Shoobridge was born at Maidstone, Kent, England in 1820. His father William Shoobridge moved his family to Van Diemen's Land in 1822, traveling on the Denmark Hill.[2]

    Shoobridge was married three times. He married Charlotte Giblin in 1841. She died in January 1879.[3] He then married Annie Paxton (née Bruce) in July 1880.[4] She died in April 1886[5] and he next married Louisa Caroline Collins-Harvey in August 1886.

    Two of Shoobridge's sons later sat in the Tasmanian Parliament. William Shoobridge represented the Labor Party in Franklin and Wilmot in the House of Assembly. Louis Shoobridge Sr. was the independent member for Derwent in the Legislative Council.

    Notes and References

    1. shoobridgee191 . Shoobridge, Ebenezer . 24 July 2022.
    2. News: Hobart Town . . Seven . 315 . Tasmania, Australia . 18 May 1822 . 25 January 2021 . 2 . Trove.
    3. News: Family Notices . . XLIV . 10,038 . South Australia . 16 January 1879 . 17 May 2018 . 4 . Trove.
    4. News: Family Notices . . XVII . 4,956 . South Australia . 19 July 1880 . 17 May 2018 . 2 (SECOND EDITION.) . Trove.
    5. News: Family Notices . . 752 . Tasmania, Australia . 24 April 1886 . 17 May 2018 . 2 . Trove.