Brief Life History of James Thomas
When James Thomas Hobbs was born on 19 November 1840, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Bennett Hobbs, was 33 and his mother, Ann Owen, was 31. He married Deseret McCann on 4 August 1873, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Petersboro, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 29 October 1920, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- James J Hobbs in household of Ann Hobbs, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Thomas Hobbs - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: james thomas hobbs
- James Hobbs, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Hobb(e), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Hobb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life & Labors of Ann Owen Hobbs
Life and Labors of Ann Owen Hobbs By DeEsta Naylor, Logan Ann Owen, it would seem, was destined in another world to perform a life of usefulness and devotion as a lady’s maid to those who took her in …
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