Nydia Maria Hobbs

Female28 November 1861–3 July 1922

Brief Life History of Nydia Maria

When Nydia Maria Hobbs was born on 28 November 1861, in Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Henry James Hobbs, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Parsons, was 41. She married Luman Washington Quinn on 19 February 1879, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 3 July 1922, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Luman Washington Quinn
1849–1915
Nydia Maria Hobbs
1861–1922
Marriage: 19 February 1879
Ernest W Quinn
1881–1904
Ruth E Quinn
1885–1951
Lura Merle Quinn
1888–1958
Gladys Isabel Quinn
1891–1946
Lewis Quinn
1899–
Nydia June Quinn
1900–1928

Sources (29)

  • Nydia Quinn in entry for Lewis Quinn, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
  • Nydia Quinn in household of L W Quinn, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Nydia Hobb in entry for Charles T Evans and Nellie Quinn, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 February 1879Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
  • Children (6)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 2

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1867 · The Chicago Water Tower

    Age 6

    The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913. 

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 20

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Hobb(e), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Hobb .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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