John's Genealogy
Alma Hobson & Hannah Mirah Lester




Husband Alma Hobson

       Born: July 9, 1859            at: Hillhouse, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England 1
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: June 6, 1905            at: Oakland, Alameda County, California 1
     Buried:                         at: 


     Father: John Hobson (1810-1865)
     Mother: Ann Lambert (1822-1903)


    Married: October 30, 1884          Place: Oneida County, Idaho 2

Events
1. census 1900, 1900, Oakland, Alameda County, California



Wife Hannah Mirah Lester

       Born: September 6, 1869       at: England
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: July 20, 1935           at: Newport, Oregon 3
     Buried:                         at: 


     Father: John Lester (1835-1871)
     Mother: Ann Baily (1837-1915)



Other Spouse: Peter Sonneveld (1861-1930)  Date: 


Children
1 M Abraham Lester Hobson

       Born: May 19, 1892            at: Pocatello, Bannock Co, Idaho 4 5
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: April 23, 1959          at: Oakland, Alameda County, California 4 5
     Buried: April 27, 1959          at: Mountain View, Cemetary, Oakland, California
Spouse: Loretta Maybell Berry (1890-1967) Marr: November 3, 1917, Oakland, Alameda County, California 6

2 M Robert R. Hobson

       Born: July 7, 1897            at: Oakland, Alameda County, California
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: July 25, 1961           at: Oakland, Alameda County, California
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Eileen O'connor (living)

3 F Edith Myra Hobson

       Born: February 1888           at: Pocatello, Idaho
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: September 11, 1971      at: 
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Fred William Canning (1886-1967) Marr: June 6, 1911, Oakland, Alameda County, California 7

4 M John Alma Hobson

       Born: April 1890              at: Pocatello, Bannock Co., Idaho
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: January 7, 1932         at: Oakland, Alameda County, California 8
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Viola Sweeny (living)

5 M Bert R. Hobson

       Born: September 15, 1894      at: California
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: October 16, 1962        at: Santa Cruz Co, California
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Gertrude Leda Leary (1886-1946)

6 F Annie Pearl Hobson

       Born: March 29, 1888          at: Oxford, Bannock Co, Idaho
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: December 30, 1944       at: Oakland, Alameda County, California
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Robert Brydon Macdonald (1883-1975)


Husband's Notes
Alma moved his family to Oakland California between 1892 and 1894. His Cause of death was Typhoid Fever

Notes for Child: Abraham Lester Hobson
HOBSON ABRAHAM L. in San Leandro, April 23, 1959, dearly beloved father of Mrs. Lois R. Larson, Mrs. Virginia C. Thompson and Mrs. Betty J. Eaton ; loving grandfather of Judy Larson, Loretta Ann Thompson, Colleen Eaton, and Brian Eaton; brother of Mrs. Edith Canning, Bert and Robert Hobson. A native of Idaho; aged 66 years. Friends are respectfully invited to attend the services Monday, April 27, at 11 a.m. in the Laurel Chapel of Albert Engel & Co., 4555 MacArthur Boulevard between High Street and Mills College, Oakland, with Rev. M.J. Votruba officiating. Internment Mountain View Cemetary. (For further information please call KE llog 2-6068.) Note: In 1900 Census of Alameda County in his family there is a listing of a Abie E Hobson a female born May 1892 but no listing of Abraham Lester. Was this an error on census taker listing him as a female or a twin sister and him not counted?

Notes for Child: Robert R. Hobson
California Death Certificate #= 76190 Social Security #= 552-09-8385

Notes for Child: Bert R. Hobson
Death Certificat # = 103339 Social Security # = 545-09-1846 Spouse's Initials were E.B.

1 Alma Hobson Tombstone Mountain View Oakland, Ca. John Warren 6/15/97.

2 Alma Hobson Hannah Lester Marriage Record 13 March 1997 Book A 101, (Repository: Certified Copy in Possesion of John D. Warren).

3 Myra Hobson Mountain View Oakland, Ca John Warren, June 1997.

4 Abraham Lester Hobson Death Certificate 6097 2382 April 24, 1959, (Repository: In possesion of John D. Warren).

5 Abraham L. Hobson Tombstone Mountain View Oakland, Ca. John Warren 6/15/97.

6 Abraham Lester Hobson Loretta Maybell Berry Civil Marriage 3 November 1917 Local Register # 2908, (Repository: Possesion of John D. Warren).

7 Fred Canning Edith M. Hobson Marriage Index August, 1997 Book 49 373, (Repository: Alameda County Court House Oakland, Ca.)

8 John Hobson Mountain View Oakland, Ca. John Warren, June 1977.


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