Lemuel Hadley Hobson Vestal

Brief Life History of Lemuel Hadley Hobson

When Lemuel Hadley Hobson Vestal was born on 23 April 1841, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Vestal III, was 40 and his mother, Obedience Williams, was 36. He married Amelia N Ayres on 2 July 1874, in Sonoma, Sonoma, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Petaluma, Sonoma, California, United States for about 40 years and Santa Rosa Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1920. He died on 24 December 1923, in Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lemuel Hadley Hobson Vestal
1841–1923
Amelia N Ayres
1852–1930
Marriage: 2 July 1874
Lena E Vestal
1878–
William Thomas Vestal
1885–1947

Sources (18)

  • Samuel H Vestle, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • Samuel Vestal, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Lemuel H. Or A. Vestal, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Sonoma, California, United States

1863

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

Name Meaning

English (of French Huguenot origin): altered form of French Vassal, status name for a medieval retainer (see Vassell ).

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

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