Obediah Gobel

16 September 1841–16 September 1932 (Age 91)
Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Obediah

When Obediah Gobel was born on 16 September 1841, in Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Gobbel (Goble), was 32 and his mother, Sarah Caroline Wyatt, was 21. He married Hannah Leland Clark on 28 September 1875, in Vallejo, Solano, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Detroit Township, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Williams Judicial Township, Colusa, California, United States in 1900. He died on 16 September 1932, in Williams, Colusa, California, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Williams, Colusa, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Obediah Gobel
1841–1932
Hannah Leland Clark
1857–1936
Marriage: 28 September 1875
Charles Theodore Gobel
1876–1908
James Albert Gobel
1878–1952
John William Gobel
1881–1943
Sadie Alameda Gobel
1883–1981
Frank Leslie Gobel
1886–1933
Mabel Gobel
1888–1938
Gladys Marie Gobel Gassaway Wilcox
1891–1959
Clark Obediah Gobel
1893–1965
Mary May Gobel
1895–1971

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 September 1875Vallejo, Solano, California, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 5
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
    Age 7
    Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
    1865
    Age 24
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    Name Meaning

    German (mainly Göbel): see Goebel .English (Middlesex): variant of Goble , a cognate of 3 below. This surname is now rare in Britain.French: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of goblets and tankards, from Old French gobel ‘drinking vessel, cup’ (apparently from Celtic gob ‘mouth’).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Goebel
    Goble

    Sources (29)

    • Obidah Goble, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Obadiah Gobel, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
    • Obadiah Gobel, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"

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