Elizabeth McWhirter Hobens
1938–2009 (Age 71)
Calderhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Life of Elizabeth McWhirter
When Elizabeth McWhirter Hobens was born in 1938, in Calderhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Joseph Hobens, was 44 and her mother, Mary Kilgour McWhirter, was 42. She died in 2009, in Kirk of Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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Family Time Line
David Joseph Hobens
1894–1968
Mary Kilgour McWhirter
1896–1983
Ann Armour Hobens
1920–1998
Mary Armour Hobens
1923–2003
Davina McWhirter Hobens
1925–1996
Agnes Hobens
1933–1973
Elizabeth McWhirter Hobens
1938–2009
Parents and Siblings
1894–1968Male
1896–1983Female
siblings
(5)
1920–1998Female
1923–2003Female
1925–1996Female
1933–1973Female
1938–2009Female
World Events (8)
1938 · The Empire Exhibition, Scotland is held at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.
Age 0
The Empire Exhibition was an international exposition held from May to December 1938 and offered a chance to showcase and boost the economy of Scotland. It also marked fifty years since Glasgow's first great exhibition held in 1888.
1940
Age 2
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.
1957 · Scottish Television starts broadcasting.
Age 19
Scottish Television was founded by Roy Thomson, the owner of a Canadian newspaper, when he bought the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. Thomson invited Rai Purdy, a Canadian television producer, to become the station's first head of programming. In the months leading up to opening night, Purdy pledged that the new channel would provide first class entertainment. Today it still broadcasts first class entertainment and is the second oldest franchise in Scotland but the Largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland.
Name Meaning
German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of Hubert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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