BORN HULL 4/12/1884. SON OF HERMAN TOBIESON & SARAH ANN LOFTUS. MARRIED HULL 1907 – WIFE ETHEL LIVED IN ABERDEEN. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.
On October 13th, 1917, the British steam Yacht ASTER, left Aberdeen and was last seen on October 13th, 1917 and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. It is supposed she was mined on the 13th October 1917. People on board People on board SS ASTER123 1. AMBROSE, ROBERT ALFRED (33), Cook, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ambrose; husband of Elizabeth Ambrose (nee Foster), of 1, Charles Court, Aberdeen. Born at Gravesend, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. COLLIER, GEORGE EDWARD (30), Second Engineer, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of John Collier and the late Elizabeth Collier, husband of Catherine McSwein Collier (nee Carnie), of 95, Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Born at Scarborough, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. HARDIE, JAMES (28), Fireman, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of Isabella Hardie and the late George Hardie; husband of Jeannie Hardie (nee Mackie), of 50, Castle St., Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. LOFTUS, HAROLD (32), Engineer, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of Herman and Sarah Ann Loftus; husband of Ethel Loftus (nee Drerin), of 195, George St., Aberdeen. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. NOBLE, GEORGE JAMES (33), Skipper, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Noble, of Broadsea, Fraserburgh; husband of Frances Helen McCallum Noble, of 22, Bank St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. SMITH, GEORGE (33), Fireman, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of George and Margaret Smith; husband of Robina Noble Smith (nee Munro) of 59, Wales St., Aberdeen. Born at Montrose, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. SMITH, JOHN (37), Second Fisherman, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of Mary Lee Smith and the late Charles Smith; husband of Jeannie Glennie Smith of 23, Baker St., Aberdeen. Born at Fetterangus, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. STANDING, JOHN TOM (43), Deck Hand, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of William Lloyd Standing and Jane Elizabeth Standing; husband of Christina Maitland Standing (nee Peters), of 98, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen. Born at Scarborough, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. STANDING, WILLIAM L. (35), Deck Hand, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of William Standing and the late Jane Elizabeth Standing; husband of Annie Standing (nee McDonald), of 39, Urquhart Rd., Aberdeen. Born at Scarborough, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. WATSON, DAVID MUIR (43), Mate, SS Aster, Mercantile Marine, †13/10/1917, Son of the late David and Mary Muir Watson; husband of Amelia McGilvray Watson (nee Walker), of 197, Victoria Rd., Torry, Kincardine. Born at Cellardyke, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?207554
