When John Paul Hobby was born on 8 June 1941, in Livingstone, Livingstone, Southern, Zambia, his father, James Alvin Hobby, was 31 and his mother, Georgia Alice Pruett, was 24. He died on 10 August 1962, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Searcy, White, Arkansas, United States.
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1909–1997 Male
1916–2015 Female
1941–1962 Male
1943–2004 Male
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hoby, a shortened form of Hobin. See Hobbins .
occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English hobi ‘small species of hawk, or small breed of horse’, probably derived from the personal name in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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