Brief Life History of Hobert Deskin
When Hobert Deskin Stanley was born on 17 January 1897, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, his father, Abraham William Stanley, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Ellen Bowman, was 27. He married Elda Julia Hylton on 1 August 1917, in Floyd, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Burks Fork, Floyd, Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Burks Fork District, Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 6 June 1970, in Willis, Floyd, Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Willis, Floyd, Virginia, United States.
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- Hobert D Stanley in household of Abraham W Stanley, "United States Census, 1910"
- Hobert Stanley, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Hobert Stanley, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Stanley, including those in Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This English name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century where it was Gaelicized as de Stainléigh.
English: possibly also a variant of Stoneley, a habitational name from Stoneley Green in Burland (Cheshire), Stoneleigh (Warwickshire), or Stonely in Kimbolton (Huntingdonshire), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of any of various like-sounding names in other languages, for example Polish Stanislawski , Greek Anastasiou , and Serbian Stojadinov (patronymic from the personal name Stojadin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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