What is the correct name-spelling for "Grandma" Hibben?
Spokesman Review, 21 Mar 1922 /// Here Since ’55; Dies; Poor Farm
Ox Team Brought “Grandma” Hibben to Washington.
Caroline “Grandma” Hebnier, who came to the Inland
Empire 65 years ago and resided in Spokane county for the last 42 years, died
Sunday at the county poor farm. She was 87 years old and one of the oldest
inmates.
Superintendent J.S. McCormick sent the following
report to The Spokesman-Review:
“Mrs. Hebnier was born in Berlin, Germany in 1835
but came to America when she was but 6 years old. They settled in Pennsylvania.
She came to Washington in 1855, having crossed the plains with her husband
behind an ox team.
“They settled near Clarkston but came to Spokane
county in 1879 and settled southwest of the city in the direction of Medical
Lake and Cheney.
“Mrs. Hebnier came here 14 years ago with her son,
who died her about 12 years ago. She was known as “Grandma” Hebnier and was
well liked by all. During the war she knit socks for the Red Cross and did what
she could for the United States which she always claimed as her country.”
The funeral will be held from Shepard’s Undertaking
company rooms. The aged woman had funds to pay for her burial.
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Just for fun, I did some sleuthing to learn more about "Grandma" Hibben............. no luck, under either spelling.
Nothing for her in our Washington Digital Archives.
Ditto for Ancestry.
Ditto for FamilySearch.
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