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STATUS: AVAILABLE - $10.00 + SHIPPING

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PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

NAME(S): Mr. & Mrs Hobbs Family
PHOTOGRAPH: # 3193
OTHER INFO: friends of our family
PHOTOGRAPHER: Harry Ford, Lyndon, Kansas
CARD SIZE: 22.2 cm x 17.1 cm
WHERE PURCHASED: Conway, Washington
WHEN OBTAINED: August 21, 2015

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Identified: Orestes Hillery Hobbs

Born: February 8, 1871, Pike County, Illinois
Died: Sepember 15, 1922, Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
Father: John Jackson Hobbs
Mother: Malinda Clark
Married: Rebecca Belle Roth, February 3, 1897, Scranton, Osage County, Kansas
Children: Gerald Gordon, Wilbur Raymond, Vernon Dean, Sylvia Belle, Hillery Vane,
               Erna Clare Hobbs, Goldie Lorraine, & Richard Howard

Identified:: Rebecca Belle Roth

Born: January 28, 1878, Scranton, Douglas County, Kansas
Died: January 7, 1960, Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas
Father: John 'Adam' Roth
Mother: Margaret Ann Criss
Married: Orestes Hillery Hobbs, February 3, 1897, Scranton, Osage County, Kansas

Identified:: Gerald Gordon Hobbs

Born: December 3, 1897, Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas
Died: May 21, 1986, Cook County, Illinois
Father: Orestes Hillery Hobbs
Mother: Rebecca Belle Roth
Married: Jessamine Frances Carroll, November 19, 1921, Kansas
Children: Helen Lorraine, Sylvia Louise, & Lois Jean

Identified:: Wilbur Raymond Hobbs

Born: May 17, 1900, Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas
Died: July 17, 1944,  Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Father: Orestes Hillery Hobbs
Mother: Rebecca Belle Roth
Married: Elva Rose Doile, June 1921
Children: Earl Wesley, Glen Robert, & George

Identified:: Sylvia Belle Hobbs

Born: August 18, 1903, Kansas
Died: January 24, 2001 • Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Father: Orestes Hillery Hobbs
Mother: Rebecca Belle Roth
Married: Chester Theron Richmond
Children: Rosemary

Identified:: Hillery Vane Hobbs

Born: June 20, 1907, Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas
Died: May 10, 1958, Sugar Creek, Jackso County, Kansas
Father: Orestes Hillery Hobbs
Mother: Rebecca Belle Roth
Married: Martha Lucille McGonigal, June 22, 1934, Topeka, Shawnee County Kansas
Children: 1 child

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NOTES

Individuals in photograph originally misidentified and have now been correctly indentified thanks to family member,
C. J. Walker who has the identical photograph.

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SOURCES

1880 Census Sherman Township, Cass County, Missouri (Orestes)
1880 Census Kanwaka Township, Douglas County, Kansas (Rebecca)
1885 State Census Valley Brook Township, Osage County, Kansas (Orestes)
1900 Census Valley Brook Township, Osage County, Kansas (Orestes, Rebecca, Gerald, & Wilbur)
1905 State Census Valley Brook Township, Osage County, Kansas (Orestes, Rebecca, Gerald, Wilbur, & Sylvia)
1910 Census Fairfax Township, Osage County, Kansas
1915 State Census Barclay County, Kansas
1920 Census Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
1929 Topeka, Kansas, City Directory (Wilbur)
1921 Emporia, Kansas, City Directory (Orestes & Rebecca)
1925 Statre Census Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas (Rebecca, Gerald, & Sylvia)
1925 State Census Shawnee County, Kansas (Wilbur)
1930 Emporia, Kansas, City Directory (Rebecca, Hillery, & Sylvia)
1930 Census Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Gerald & Wilbur)
1932 Emporia, Kansas, City Directory (Sylvia)
1933 Lincoln, Nebraska, City Directory (Gerald)
1936 Emporia, Kansas, City Directory (Hillary)
1940 Census New Trier, Cook County, Illinois (Gerald)
1940 Census Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (Wilbur)
1940 Census Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas (Hillary)
1940 Census Shawnee Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas (Sylvia)
World War I Draft Registration Card (Gerald & Wilbur)
Kansas, County Marriages (Orestes & Rebecca)
Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File (Gerald)
Social Security Death Index (Gerald, Hillary, & Sylvia)
Cook County, Illinois Death Index (Gerald)
FindAGrave.com  (Orestes)
FindAGrave.com (Rebecca)
FindAGrave.com (Wilbur)
FindAGrave.com (Hillary)
Keyler-Speculation Family Tree on Ancestry.com
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