Dennis Hoban
1844 - 1897 (52 years)-
Name Dennis Hoban Born 11 Nov 1844 Castlebar, Mayvo, Ireland 
Gender Male Census 1870 Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [1] Census 1880 Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [2] Died 28 Feb 1897 Midvale, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Notes - DENNIS F. HOBAN, miner, Plains, was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, November 11, 1844, and is a son of John and Bridget (Holloran) Hoban, the former of whom was a stonecutter by trade. They reared a large family of children, of whom Dennis F. is the youngest; his only sister, Mary, married Patrick Jordan, who is foreman in a cotton mill at Fall River, Mass. The father came to America in 1848, and located at Rochester, N. Y., where he worked at his trade until his death, which occurred in 1858. Our subject came to America in 1861, and after remaining a short time at Lawrence, Mass., enlisted at Boston, August 20, 1861, in the South Atlantic blockading squadron, Commodore Dupont and Admiral John H. Dahlgren, aboard the flag-ship, "Wabash." He participated in the naval battles of Mobile Bay, Port Royal, siege of Vicksburg, Galveston (Tex.), and many other minor engagements. At Galveston he fought on board the "Nipsie," commanded by William E. Gibson, and was wounded in the side by a piece of an exploded shell; he was then placed on board the hospital ship and taken to Philadelphia, where he was mustered out, October 28, 1864. Returning then to Boston, he passed about a month there visiting his friends, and then came to Plains, this county, where he has since been engaged in mining, chiefly at the Wyoming Colliery. Mr. Hoban was married, August 19, 1866, to Miss Ann, daughter of Michael and Winneford (Durkin) Egan, natives of County Mayo, Ireland, and they have five children, viz.: John J., a miner at Idaho Springs, Colo.; Charles F., a coal inspector at the Prospect Colliery, and Mary A., Catherine L. and Dennis F., Jr., living with their parents. Mr. Hoban and family are members of the Catholic Church; he is a member of the G.A.R., and in politics is a Republican.
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Person ID I8706 Hubou-Tourville Last Modified 23 Aug 2014
Family Ann Eagan, b. Abt 1850, Ireland , d. 3 Oct 1922, Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 72 years) Married 1866 Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Children 1. John Hoban, b. Abt 1867, Pennsylvania, USA 2. Charles Hoban, b. Abt 1873, Pennsylvania, USA 3. Mary Ann Hoban, b. Abt 1875, Pennsylvania, USA + 4. Kathryn Louisa Hoban, b. Abt 1878, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1952 (Age ~ 74 years)5. Dennis Hoban, b. 24 Dec 1880, Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 16 Nov 1952, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)Last Modified 3 Aug 2015 Family ID F5883 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- DENNIS F. HOBAN, miner, Plains, was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, November 11, 1844, and is a son of John and Bridget (Holloran) Hoban, the former of whom was a stonecutter by trade. They reared a large family of children, of whom Dennis F. is the youngest; his only sister, Mary, married Patrick Jordan, who is foreman in a cotton mill at Fall River, Mass. The father came to America in 1848, and located at Rochester, N. Y., where he worked at his trade until his death, which occurred in 1858. Our subject came to America in 1861, and after remaining a short time at Lawrence, Mass., enlisted at Boston, August 20, 1861, in the South Atlantic blockading squadron, Commodore Dupont and Admiral John H. Dahlgren, aboard the flag-ship, "Wabash." He participated in the naval battles of Mobile Bay, Port Royal, siege of Vicksburg, Galveston (Tex.), and many other minor engagements. At Galveston he fought on board the "Nipsie," commanded by William E. Gibson, and was wounded in the side by a piece of an exploded shell; he was then placed on board the hospital ship and taken to Philadelphia, where he was mustered out, October 28, 1864. Returning then to Boston, he passed about a month there visiting his friends, and then came to Plains, this county, where he has since been engaged in mining, chiefly at the Wyoming Colliery. Mr. Hoban was married, August 19, 1866, to Miss Ann, daughter of Michael and Winneford (Durkin) Egan, natives of County Mayo, Ireland, and they have five children, viz.: John J., a miner at Idaho Springs, Colo.; Charles F., a coal inspector at the Prospect Colliery, and Mary A., Catherine L. and Dennis F., Jr., living with their parents. Mr. Hoban and family are members of the Catholic Church; he is a member of the G.A.R., and in politics is a Republican.
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Married - 1866 - Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA 
Census - 1870 - Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 1880 - Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S79] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census).
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- [S79] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census).