CFH First Draft: Flora Dobson Homan

 This post is part of an ongoing series, sharing the first draft of my Revised Callin Family History. 

Flora Luella Dobson is the 113th person in a descendant report beginning with the earliest known ancestor of our Callin family, (1.) James Callin. This descendant report uses the Register Style of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society. 

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Fifth Generation

113. Flora Luella Dobson (Lucina Scott-4, Sarah Callin-3, John-2, James-1) was born on 22 Sep 1877 and grew up in Burritt, Winnebago County, Illinois.

Flora married Henry James "Jim" Homan on 6 Apr 1897 in Winnebago County, Illinois. Jim was the son of Henry Alexander Homan (1851–1930) and Jane L "Jennie" Jones (1851–1929), was born on 12 May 1876 in Milan, Rock Island County, Illinois, and grew up in Malta, DeKalb County, Illinois. 

Jim and Flora lived in Mayfield, DeKalb County, where Jim farmed until sometime after 1910 when he found work as an engineer in a gas plant. The family moved to De Kalb by 1920 and remained there for several years.

Jim died on 23 Dec 1942 at age 66 and was buried on 26 Dec 1942 in Fairview Cemetery in Dekalb, Dekalb County, Illinois. His obituary ran in The Daily Chronicle on 24 Dec 1942.

“Services for Henry Homan Are Saturday

“Funeral services for Henry J. Homan, 66 years of age, who died at his home yesterday morning are to be held from the Nelson and Ronan Mortuary on Saturday. Services will be at 2:00 o'clock with Rev. Joseph Tate of the Advent Christian Church in charge.

“Mr. Homan was born in Milan Township on May 12, 1876. He was married to Flora Dobson on April 6, 1896. His illness has been of several months duration. The passing of Mr. Homan is mourned by his wife and five children, Claude of DeKalb, Mrs. Frank Howard, DeKalb, Chester of Joliet, Mrs. Stanley Dreska of DeKalb and Pvt. Russel Homan of Camp Livingston, La. There are also two brothers, George and Fred and a sister. Mrs. George Jacox, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.”

Flora died on 24 June 1960 at age 82 and was buried in De Kalb, Dekalb County, Illinois. Her obituary appeared in The Daily Chronicle, in De Kalb, Illinois, on 25 Jun 1960.

“Mrs. Flora L. Homan, 82, 150 North 12th Street, passed away yesterday, June 24, 1960 at St. Mary's Hospital. She was born September 22, 1877 at Rockford, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dobson. She was married to Henry Homan at Rockford on April 6, 1896.

“Survivors include three sons, Chester of Joliet, Claude of DeKalb and Russell, of Cortland; two daughters, Mrs. Grace Dreska, DeKalb, and Mrs. Gladys Howard, DeKalb; two brothers, Jasper and Fred Dobson of Rockford, and seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death, by her husband and three brothers.

“Mrs. Homan was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America and the Women of Moose. Funeral services will be held at the Ronan-Burch Mortuary at 2 p.m. Monday. Rev. Ellery Beal will officiate. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2 p.m. Sunday until time of services.”

Henry James "Jim" Homan and Flora Luella Dobson had the following children:

       347          i.   Claude Carl Homan, born 23 Apr 1900, Illinois; married Olga Sophie Hegland, 28 July 1920, Kane County, Illinois; married Alma D Hanson, 10 Nov 1957, Dekalb, Dekalb County, Illinois; died 13 Feb 1981, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois.

       348         ii.   Gladys M Homan, born 7 Aug 1903, Mayfield, DeKalb County, Illinois; married Robert John Bodda, Apr 1920; married Frank Alphonzo Howard, 3 Nov 1928, Dekalb, Dekalb County, Illinois; died 10 Dec 1993, Dekalb, Dekalb County, Illinois.

       349        iii.   Chester H Homan, born 6 Aug 1906, Illinois; married Dorothy Lenore Trowbridge, about 1925; died 27 Dec 1988, Lockport, Will County, Illinois.

       350        iv.   Grace Jennie Homan, born 22 July 1908, Dekalb, Dekalb County, Illinois; married Stanley D Dreska, 14 Aug 1926, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois; died 2 May 1999, Dekalb, Dekalb County, Illinois.

       351         v.   Russell Leverne Homan, born 5 Sep 1920, Dekalb County, Illinois; married Marie Antoinette Giartonia, 10 Nov 1945, Dekalb County, Illinois; died 19 November 2002, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois.