Individual Details

Arthur William Jobbins POMEROY

(15 Dec 1891 - 27 Nov 1956)

Events

Birth15 Dec 1891Calcutta, Bengal, India
Baptism15 Aug 1894Calcutta, Bengal, India
Miscellaneous1895(probably) sailed from India with his mother and father (died enroute) - England
Alt nameArthur W J SCALE
Residence1901with his step-father, James B. Scale, at 23 Fitzgeorge Avenue - Fulham, London, England
Alt nameArthur Jobbins POMEROY
ResidenceBef 15 Aug 1908at 5th Grove End Road with his mother - London, England
Description15 Aug 19085' 7" tall, fair complexion, fair hair and blue eyes - Southampton, England
Miscellaneous22 Aug 1908arrived from Southampton England on the ship Philadelphia - New York, New York County, New York
ResidenceAft 22 Aug 1908at 233 North Washington Drive with his maternal grandmother, Mrs. I. L. Hauser, - Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio
Education1909as a freshman at Ohio Wesleyan University in scientific courses - Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio
Residence1909at 158 N Sandusky while attending school - Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio
Occupation15 Apr 1910"bugologist" - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
Residence15 Apr 1910at 712 West Main in the Michael Einstein household - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
Graduated1912University of Illinois - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
OccupationBef 16 Nov 1913entomologist at the United States Bureau of Entomology - Washington, District of Columbia
MiscellaneousBef 16 Nov 1913completed field service for the U.S. Bureau of Entomology - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Miscellaneous20 Dec 1914departed Liverpool, England for West Africa aboard steamer Abosso
ResidenceAft 20 Dec 1914and was an agricultural entomologist - Nigeria
Military12 Aug 1915enlisted in the 3rd Nigerian Regiment as a Lieutenant - Nigeria
Residence7 Nov 1915Captain in the British West African Frontier Force and had been ill with a tropical fever - Kamerun, West Africa
ResidenceBef 27 May 1916London, England
Miscellaneous27 May 1916sailed on the SS Tuscania for New York City - Liverpool, England
Occupation27 May 1916entomologist
ResidenceJun 1916and was a Captain in the 3rd Nigerian Regiment - British West Africa
Miscellaneous6 Jun 1916arrived on the SS Tuscania from Liverpool - New York City, New York County, New York
MiscellaneousAbt Jul 1916visiting for a short time but returning to West Africa on July 26 - United States
Marriage15 Dec 1919at the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, London, England - Kathleen Annie PETHICK
Residence15 Dec 1919 received a 15 Star Medal for his service in WWI in the 3rd Nigerian Regiment - St. Luke, Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
ResidenceBef 14 Jan 1920and was an entomologist - England
Miscellaneous14 Jan 1920departed on the ship Abinsi for Lagos, Nigeria - Liverpool, England
ResidenceBef 12 Sep 1923at 6 Lexham Gardens and was listed as a government official - Richmond, Surrey, England
Miscellaneous12 Sep 1923departed with his wife on the ship Wadai bound for Lagos, Nigeria - Southampton, England
Occupation1926medical entomologist - West Africa
Residence19 Jun 1929at the Royal Societies Club on St. James Street - London, England
Miscellaneous25 Nov 1931arrived with his wife from England aboard Jamaica Settler - Kingston, Jamaica, BWI
OccupationAft 25 Nov 1931owner of a horticultural business called Pomeroy Nurseries with his wife - Jamaica Plains, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Death27 Nov 1956of congestive heart failure due to myocardial infarction - University College Hospital of the West Indies, St. Andrew, Jamaica, British West Indies
Alt nameArthur William Pomeroy JOBBINS

Families

SpouseKathleen Annie PETHICK (1895 - 1977)
ChildPatricia Mashall POMEROY (1921 - 1991)
ChildAnne Virginia POMEROY (1923 - 2011)
FatherWilliam Henry JOBBINS (1851 - 1895)
MotherJeanette Shepherd HAUSER (1862 - 1938)
SiblingAmos Jobbins "Roy" POMEROY (1893 - 1947)