Eliza A (Spicer) Hobby (1842 - 1918)

Born 5 Dec 1842 in Nova Scotia, Canada

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Died 5 Nov 1918 at age 75 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Eliza was born on 5 December 1842 in Nova Scotia, Canada. On 1 February 1859 she married Charles E. Smith, in Parrsboro Village, Cumberland Nova Scotia. ^[1]

Her husband died about 1889, and Eliza Ann Spiecer Smith moved to Massachusetts. When Eliza was 44 she married John D Hobby, son of William and Agnes Hobby, on 6 March 1890 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. ^[2]

In the 1900 census, Eliza (age 56) and her husband John Hobby (age 55) are living in Gardner, Massachusetts with Eliza's daughter Gertrude (age 10). ^[3]

In the 1910 census Eliza (age 66) was living in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, with her husband John (age 64), and her daughter Gertrude Ford (age 22), and Gertrude's son George E Ford (age 4). ^[4]

Eliza died at the age of 75 on 5 November 1918 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. ^[5] Eliza was buried in the Crystal Lake Cemetery in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2VB-Y3G : 6 November 2020), Charles E. Smith, 1 Feb 1859; citing Marriage, Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 004059084.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCF-Q6XH : 31 October 2019), John B Hobby and Eliza Ann Spicer Smith, 6 Mar 1890; citing Marriage, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011591.
3. ↑ 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BS-9L9 : accessed 21 November 2020), Annie E Hobby in household of John D Hobby, Gardner town (east part), Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1626, sheet 14B, family 326, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,692.
4. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22N-6DR : accessed 21 November 2020), Eliza A Hobby in household of John D Hobby, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1753, sheet 8B, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 627; FHL microfilm 1,374,640.
5. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23T3-H26 : 22 October 2019), Eliza Ann Spicer Hobby, 05 Nov 1918; citing Death, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 311, page 111, State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 November 2020), memorial page for Eliza Ann Spicer Hobby (5 Dec 1842–5 Nov 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #84603394, citing Crystal Lake Cemetery, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Ryan-O (contributor 46886020) .