Ebenezer Shoobridge

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]

Ebenezer Shoobridge
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament
for electoral district of New Norfolk
In office
27 May 1882 (1882-05-27) – 26 July 1886 (1886-07-26)
Preceded byAlexander Riddoch
Succeeded byGeorge Huston
Personal details
Born
Ebenezer Shoobridge

(1820-02-04)4 February 1820
Maidstone, Kent, England
Died6 July 1901(1901-07-06) (aged 81)
New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia
Spouse(s)
    Charlotte Giblin
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    (m. 1841; died 1879)​
      Annie Paxton (nee Bruce)
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      (m. 1880; died 1886)​
        Louisa Caroline Collins-Harvey
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        (m. 1886)​

        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] His father was one of the first people to grow hops in Tasmania.[3]

        Shoobridge was married three times. He married Charlotte Giblin in 1841.[3] She died in January 1879.[4] He then married Annie Paxton (née Bruce) in July 1880.[5] She died in April 1886[6] and he next married Louisa Caroline Collins-Harvey in August 1886.[3]

        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.

        References
        1. "Shoobridge, Ebenezer". The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
        2. "Hobart Town". Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser. Seven (315). Tasmania, Australia. 18 May 1822. p. 2. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
        3. "William Ebenezer Shoobridge (1820 - 1901)". WikiTree. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
        4. "Family Notices". South Australian Register. XLIV (10, 038). South Australia. 16 January 1879. p. 4. Retrieved 17 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
        5. "Family Notices". The Express and Telegraph. XVII (4, 956). South Australia. 19 July 1880. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 17 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
        6. "Family Notices". Tasmanian News (752). Tasmania, Australia. 24 April 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 17 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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