Emigrated to Canterbury at age of 10 from London (23 Sep 1870) to Lyttelton (23 Dec 1870) on the ZEALANDIA with ?widowed mother and siblings:

HOLLOBON MARY 40 --
HOLLOBON ALFRED 16 TINMAN
HOLLOBON ALBERT 13 --
HOLLOBON JESSE 10
HOLLOBON ARTHUR 5
HOLLOBON EMILY 4
HOLLOBON ELLEN 2

Jesse Hollobon was Educated Sydenham Public School, Christchurch, where he was Dux. Had an art shop in Sydenham for many years: his great interest was in painting. He carved too, and made the pew ends for the old St. Saviour's Church, Sydenham, and St. John's, Latimer Square. Was a deeply religious man and once spent a time on Quail Island looking after lepers there. As his family was growing up used to take them camping at Karitane Point, Otago, where he liked to paint. Worked in oils, but mainly in watercolours. Exhibited: CSA 1885, 1889–1913 and 1920–37; and with art societies in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. Had a one-man show of 360 oil and water colour paintings for two weeks until 19 October 1937. Represented in the collections of: Canterbury Museum, Hocken, Te Papa.

References: The Press: 9 October 1905, 28 April 1902, 18 October 1937