When George William Hobbs was born in March 1861, in Ditcheat, Somerset, England, his father, Alfred Hobbs, was 24 and his mother, Mercy Sprackland, was 25. He married Eliza P. Hobbs on 3 February 1887, in Preston, Jackson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Benton Township, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States for about 20 years and Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States in 1935. He died in Ellis, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States, and was buried in Hartford, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1878: Minnehaha, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1893: Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Hobb(e), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Hobb .
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