Lydia "Liddie" Viola Wingate

Brief Life History of Lydia "Liddie" Viola

When Lydia "Liddie" Viola Wingate was born on 7 December 1878, in Mansfield, De Soto, Louisiana, United States, her father, Edward Taylor Ned Wingate, was 30 and her mother, Quinnie Amanda Clark, was 27. She married William Hiram Dobie on 19 December 1894, in Hays, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in San Marcos, Hays, Texas, United States in 1920 and San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 August 1964, in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Byrd Owen - Payne Cemetery, San Marcos, Hays, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Hiram Dobie
1873–1937
Lydia "Liddie" Viola Wingate
1878–1964
Marriage: 19 December 1894
John Edward Dobie
1896–1967
Elfreida Maud Dobie
1897–1976
Jessie Mae Dobie
1899–1980
Thelma Quincy Dobie
1903–1981
Wilma Hellen Dobie
1905–1966
Karl M Dobie
1912–1975

Sources (17)

  • Liddie V Dobie in household of William H Dobie, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Liddie V Wingate, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977"
  • Liddie Viola Dobie, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1879

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wind‐geat ‘windy gap, wind-swept pass’ (literally ‘wind-gate’), such as Wingate (Devon, Durham), Wingates (Lancashire), and Winnats (Derbyshire).

History: Charles Wyngate (born 1613) came to VA in 1635. John Wingate (born 1636) came to Dover, NH, c. 1658. — The British general Orde Wingate (1903–44) was from a well-known Stirlingshire family in Scotland.

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

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