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San Francisco Nobles - Thomas Noble and Eliza McCaskie

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Eliza McCaskie was born Jan 1825 in Ardstraw Ireland, daughter of James McAskie , who farmed at Creevy, Ardstraw. In 1841, Elizabeth emigrated to Australia, aged 16 years, under the Bounty Scheme - on the three masted barque Moffat - on the same ship and under the protection of her brother John. Her calling was Housemaid. They were brought out by Nicholas James Esq Agent The ship of 829 tons sailed from Plymouth on 23 January 1841 and arrived in Sydney 128 days later on 31 May 1841

Eliza McCaskie Noble 1823-1908

The Bounty Immigration System started in 1832 and continued until 1845. Skilled males received Ł20 against future wages.

John married Catherine Haliburton-Neillans in Sydney on 24/9/1850.

John, Catherine & Elizabeth emigrated further to San Francisco to join the Gold Rush - on the ship the John Calvin

They arrived after 180 days on May 24 1851 having travelled via Honolulu and Sandwich Islands (It took 21 days Honolulu to San Francisco)

John Calvin arrival

The Daily Alta California May 25 1851

Read Buried Ships
The majority of what is known about the buried ships hidden under the streets of downtown San Francisco is from recollections of early day pioneers. Those major contributors included Charles Hare, Nicholas Bichard, George Howgate, and Fred Lawson. Portions of their recollections, along with those of other sources, are presented here. The John Calvin was off Rincon Point.

John & Catherine returned to Australia in 1857 on the Spree

Elizabeth(1823-1908) stayed in San Francisco.
She married Thomas Noble (1827-1878) from Scotland before 1852.

It is not clear if she met him in Australia or later in San Francisco

However Thomas does not appear in US 1850 Census so likely
that he came from Australia as well.

They had 7 children, but in the 1900 Census Eliza said that she had
5 children living
Son Thomas was dead by then (Obit)so I am looking for one other living and one dead in 1900

Possible deceased Noble baby?

Here is the family I have found:-

Thomas Noble
1827-1878, and child

Known Children:-

1 William (1853-1938) 2. James M (1854- ?) 3 Thomas M (1857-1886) thought to be single.4.Annie E S (1859-1945). 5 Mary M (1862-1944)

The Nobles lived first at 5 Ellis Street then 616 McAllister Street

Other child? - Francis Noble who married Emma Chipman in 1875 -shows daughter born 1878. San Francisco Call Newspaper Records for 1869-1891

Also a Frank Noble was living in 268 Golden Gate Avenue in 1899-90 - the Coey relatives lived at 1220 Golden Gate Ave (see below)

Obit to Thomas

Obit to Eliza

Thomas Noble
1827-1878, and child

Frank Noble

1860 Thomas & Eliza with William, James Thomas & Annie 1880 Eliza with William, Thomas, Annie & Mary Thomas Snr died on 09 Feb 1878 and Eliza died 01 Nov 1908	1870 Thomas & Eliza with William, James Thomas, Annie & Mary 1900 Eliza with William Last known - California Genealogical Society Probate Index has Eliza Noble for 1908	1860 census Noble-Eliza	1880 census Noble-Eliza
William & Thomas became "Noble Brothers" Painters/Sign Writers 642 Clay St	Listing for Noble Brothers at 642 Clay St and William's private house at 531 Ellis Street	1870 census Noble-Eliza	1900 census Noble-Eliza

James M (1855-?) married Mary T Lafferty (1853-?) in 1879 in San Francisco. They had 3 children Charles 1879 - , Thomas Joe 1881 - and Irene 1895 -1977. Their daughter, Irene Noble (1895-1977) married Mr Treacy Alameda, and their daughter was Patricia Treacy, who married Living Foley **		James M Noble	1880 James Noble, wife Mary and son Charles	1900 James, Mary, Charles & Thomas
			1920 James, Mary & Irene	1910 James, Mary, Thomas & Irene
1920- Thos Joe was a printer, lodging at 523 Pine St in a huge lodging house	12/09/1918 - draft reg - Thomas - next of kin -mother - Mrs James M Noble 1230 10th St Oakland Ca	Birth of a City	1930 Irene & Patricia	Irene Treacy died in Almeda in 1895
		1918 Thos Joe worked as Printing Press man for Dettner Printing House on Howard St

William Noble (1853-1938) married Fannie R Reimer (1860-1949) in 1908. In 1910 they lived in Assembly District 39 - street not identified. In 1920 and 1930 they lived ijn the same district and in Locust St
William & Fannie died in San Francisco. Fannie was born in Germany. Her parents were born in Oldenburg Prussia Germany
Her mother was Heriger & she had a niece Orio Reimer from Germany.
Last known - California Genealogical Society Probate Index has William Noble for 1938 who died in 1938 - Obit


1910 Census William and Fannie	1920 Census William and Fannie	1930 Census William and Fannie	Fannie died 1949- Obit

Noble brothers

Noble brother and sister

Noble brothers

Annie Eliza Smith Noble (1859 -1945) married William J Coey Jnr (1849-1914) in 1883

Their Obits

Annie Noble & her brother Thomas, 2 years older	Annie Eliza Smith Noble Coey 1859-1945	Annie Eliza Smith Noble Coey 1859-1945	2 Coey brothers, sons of William B Coey of New York - William J (1849-1914) and Charles P (Jnr) (1853- ?) In 1880 they were working in New York. William was a Clerk in the Court House and Charles worked in County Clerk's Office
			Coeys in 1880 in New York	Coeys in 1890
			William & Annie Coey 1910 with sons Charles W & William N	Annie Coey 1930 with son William

Anna wrote during 1889 -1891 to her cousin Agnes Moodie McCaskie in Australia. She wrote from 616 Mc Allister St; - they were building "flats to rent" at 1220 Golden Gate Avenue with her brothers William and Thomas and her sister Mary - they moved to occupy some of the flats in 1890. In 1910 however they were living at Sacramento St and he was a clerk at US Customs House. William's father William B was also living there.

Family of Annie & William Coey were:-

Mabel N 1885-1909) no known descent Obit Charles Wilfred (1887-1960) and William N (1890-1962) Their Obits

Charles Wilfred (1887-1960) married Grace Vail (1885-1979) in 1912 - her father born in Vermont, her mother born Hammill in N Ireland.

Telephone directory for 1910 shows Charles as a commercial stenographer & for 1915 cashier for Brecht & Co 1573 Schrader & for 1930 he was an accountant for a general store

Charles & Grace had 2 known children Obit to Charles

Ruth Marie (1919-1990) & Robert Francis (1921-1993) - no descent found for Robert

Ruth Coey married Urban M Kraker (1913-1994) They had 4 children:-

Michael Charles, Kathleen Anne, Lynn and David They settled in Le Sueur Minnesota. Grace Vail Coey and Robert Coey also resided there

WW1 Draft Reg
Charles Wilfred Coey

Charles Wilfred Coey1920
Eureka St, San Francisco

Charles Wilfred Coey1930
San Anselmo, Marin, California

WW1 Draft Reg
Frank Vail

1930 Vail Vermont

William N (1890-1962) married Lolita Johnston (1895-1977) In 1910 he worked in Merchants Nat Bank 2686 Sacramento

William & Lolita Coey had 2 known children ------- George Noble Coey (1917-1990) & another born 1918.

William & Lolita lived in Sacramento St & he worked in Merchants National Bank.They were divorced by 1930 Census and she was living with her parents and George. In 1936 he was working for C A Worth & Co.

George Noble Coey was a member of Calvary Presbyterian Church 2515 Fillmore St., San Francisco. He joined in 1933

** Lolita Johnston was the daughter of Albert Beaty Johnston and Hortense McCreery - family came from Canada during the Gold Rush.
Ancestors came from Forkhill, Co Armagh and Dundalk Co Louth Ireland

A cousin Hortense (Taylor) Cheesebrough (1917-2003) is mentioned in his obituary in 1990 (SF Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1990) ** Obit
She was the granddaughter of Hortense McCreery by her 1st husband Edward Jarvis Cushing - daughter Ione married Herbert Taylor

WW1 Draft Reg
William Noble Coey

1920-William & Lolita Coey

1930 - Lolita Coey

1920 Taylor- Herbert,
Ione & Alice

1910 - Johnston family

Calvary Church
Calvary Presbyterian Church

** For links to living descendants go forward a page

Mary Moore Noble(1862-1944) married Henry Calvin Hubbard (1861-1912) in 1888 Their Obits Henry was the son of Dr Calvin Hubbard of Auburn, Placer Co.Ca., a native of Providence, RI., who patented land in Placer Co in 1860. Dr Calvin had married Anna E Russo in Auburn in 1861 In 1880 Henry was a boarder scholar in San Francisco. 1890 Telephone Dir shows Henry as a clerk with San Francisco Call Newspaper and living at 337 Eddy St. 1910 shows Henry as a Newspaper salesman - he died in 1912. Children Henry Noble Hubbard (1889-1892) Ralph N Hubbard (1894 -1959) . Ralph's WWI draft papers told of his confinement to a sanatorium with TB - IN 1920 he was an electrician. In1930 he and Mary had moved to 265 E 12th St Oakland Alameda He died in Napa Co Ralph's Obit					Annie & Mary Noble	Mary Moore Noble Hubbard 1862-1944

1880-Hubbard-Boarder	Henry - San Francisco Call newspaper	1900-Hubbards	1910-Hubbards 2506 Clay St	1918-WW1 Draft for Ralph at 2522 Clay St	1920-Hubbards at 2522 Clay St	1930-Hubbards at Oakland Alameda

In 1890, Annie Coey, together with her family, her sister Mary Hubbard and family and one brother and family moved to 1220 Golden Gate Ave San Francisco, where they had built a 15 room house 8 above & 7 below. They lived in the lower & rented the upper.

Between 1889 &1891, Annie Eliza (Noble) Coey - San Francisco - corresponded with her cousin Agnes Moodie (McCaskie) Gunther - Sydney - photographs were sent to Sydney.

These letters led to this research. The photos have been kindly contributed by my NSW McCaskie "cousins"

Streets where this family lived were Clay St; McAllister St; Locust St; Golden Gate Ave; Ellist St - can all be seen on this San Francisco map and here are the San Francisco Voting Wards 1866

Some other photos from the collection - unidentified

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