Brief Life History of Leona Jean
When Leona Jean Hobbs was born on 14 April 1938, in Grangeville, Idaho, Idaho, United States, her father, Leonard Sinclair Hobbs, was 40 and her mother, Eva Bell Wardell, was 28. She married Robert Dale Sweet on 15 October 1954, in Latah, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Mullan Election Precinct 1, Shoshone, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1950. She died on 28 April 2017, in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Leona J Hobbs, "United States 1950 Census"
- Leona J. Hobbs, "Idaho, Marriage Index, 1947-1961"
- Leona Jean Hobbs Sweet-Uptmor, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1940
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1960
Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.
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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