John Paul Hobby

Male8 June 1941–10 August 1962

Brief Life History of John Paul

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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Family Time Line

James Alvin Hobby
1909–1997
Georgia Alice Pruett
1916–2015
John Paul Hobby
1941–1962
Dr George Alvin Hobby
1943–2004

Sources (3)

  • John Paul Hobby, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Paul Hobby in entry for Dr George Hobby, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • John Paul Hobby, "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957"

Parents and Siblings

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World Events (8)

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Age 1

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 3

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

Age 7

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

Name Meaning

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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