Alice Lee McCaige (1870-1964)

Alice Lee McCaige was born on November 7, 1870 in Los Angeles County, California.  She was the first of three children born to George Dauer McCaige and Janey Hurst.  She was raised on a farm in Los Angeles County, California.  When Alice was about twelve years old, her mother died, leaving her father to care the three children. 

Alice married William E. Shugg on November 2, 1892 in Los Angeles County, California.  She was 22 years old and he was 28 years.  William was born on November 26, 1863 in Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California, the son of James Shugg and Esther Caroline Graham.

After their marriage, the couple settled on a farm in El Monte, Los Angeles County, California.  They had two children:

           

            Mable                          born 1893

            William Emery            born 1895

William E. Shugg died on November 3, 1929 in El Monte, Los Angeles County, California.  He was just a few weeks shy of his 66^th birthday.  Alice Lee McCaige Shugg died nearly three decades later on March 6, 1964 in the same place.  She was 93 years old at her death.

Notes for Alice Lee McCaige

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. 

Marriage:  Ancestry.com Family Tree for Alice Lee McCaige

Notes for William E. Shugg

Birth, Residence & Occupation in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: El Monte, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T623_91; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 107.

Death:  Ancestry.com Family Tree for Alice Lee McCaige

Hubert H. Hobbs (1887-1974)

Hubert H. Hobbs

Son of John Thomas Hobbs & Rachel Ann Herndon

Hubert H. Hobbs was born on October 26, 1887 in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.  He was the eldest of five children born to John Thomas Hobbs and Rachel Ann Herndon.  He was raised on the family farm in Chaplin, Nelson, Kentucky.

Hubert married Mayme Porter around 1910 in Nelson, Kentucky.  He was 22 years old and she was 25 years.  Mayme was born about 1884 in Kentucky. 

Hubert and Mayme made their home in Van Dyke, Anderson County, Kentucky.  Hubert enlisted for the draft for World War I on June 5, 1917 in Van Dyke County, Kentucky.  At that time, he was self-employed as an insurance agent.  He claimed exemption from the draft because he was the sole provider for his wife and her mother, Mary E. Porter.  He also was crippled in one leg.  Hubert was described as tall and slender, with grey eyes and black hair.  By 1930, the couple were living in Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky.

Mayme Porter Hobbs died on November 4, 1967 in Franklin, Anderson County, Kentucky.  She was 83 years old at her death.  Hubert went on to live another seven years after his wife’s death.  Hubert H. Hobbs died at the age of 86 on May 17, 1974 in the same place. 

Notes for Hubert H. Hobbs

Birth, Residence, Occupation & Physical Description in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Registration Location: Anderson County, Kentucky; Roll: 1643934; Draft Board: 0.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Lawrenceburg, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 732; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 10.0.

Death:  Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.  Number: 400-44-6468;Issue State: Kentucky;Issue Date: 1951.

Notes for Mayme Porter

Birth & Death:  Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.