Author: Kris Hocker

Photo: Witmer Family Portrait

Kris Hocker on 23 Feb 2009

The Witmer Family

The Witmer Family

The Witmer family group shot, possibly the summer of 1894. I don’t know if I can correctly identify everyone, but here goes…

Left to right:

(Standing) Lillian Witmer Snyder, Henry D. Snyder, Willoby Snyder, Cora (Gussman) Witmer, Milton K. Witmer, Horace K. Witmer, Wilmer Witmer (child), Milton B. Nace, Herbert W. Nace (child)

(Sitting) Saraphine (Witmer) Snyder, Emma (Witmer) Snyder, Edward J. Witmer, Lydia Amanda (Kline) Witmer, Mary A. (Breish) Witmer, Morris Witmer (child), and Elmira (Witmer) Nace

Photo: Wilmer Witmer

Kris Hocker on 23 Feb 2009

Wilmer Witmer

Wilmer Witmer

Wilmer Witmer, son of Horace K. and Mary A. (Breish) Witmer, was born 7 May 1892 and died Jan 1978 in Sellersville, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He married Clara Barndt sometime before 1922.

Photo: William and Sarah Behm

Kris Hocker on 23 Feb 2009

William and Sarah (Hocker) Behm

William and Sarah (Hocker) Behm

A photo of William and Sarah C. (Hocker) Behm. Sarah was the daughter of Johannes and Elizabeth (Henry) Hocker. She was born about 1843. The couple was known to be living in Dauphin borough about 1876, but I don’t know anything more about them. If you do, please contact me.

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Hoke

Photo: William M. Hoover

Kris Hocker on 23 Feb 2009

William Hoover

William Hoover

William M. Hoover, son of Samuel Thomas and Victoria (Walker) Hoover. Will was born 17 Apr 1890 in Pine Glen. He married Edith Mae Meeker, daughter of William Henry and Carrie Amanda (Force) Meeker.

Photo: William and Isabella Hocker

Kris Hocker on 23 Feb 2009

William and Isabella (Smith) Hocker

William and Isabella (Smith) Hocker

Willia Hocker Sr., son of Albert Curtin and Lillian (Leedy) Hocker, and his (future?) wife Isabella Aitken Smith, daughter of William and Eliza Craig (Bonnington) Smith, possibly at the Hocker family farm in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Photo: Dr. Charles Waage and child

Kris Hocker on 23 Feb 2009

Dr. Charles T. Waage

Dr. Charles T. Waage

A photo of Dr. Charles Theodore Waage  and his daughter Mary Catherine. Not sure who the second man is, possibly his father Rev. Caius Frederic Sophus (aka Guy Frederick) Waage.

Photo: Victoria Walker

Kris Hocker on 23 Feb 2009

Victoria (Walker) Hoover

Victoria (Walker) Hoover

Victoria Walker, daughter of Jacob C. and Mary M. (Eckley) Walker, as a young woman. She married circa 1879 Samuel Thomas Hoover, son of Christian and Caroline (Kinnard) Hoover, and lived in Pine Glen, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Photo: Thelma Houdeshell

Kris Hocker on 23 Feb 2009

Thelma Houdeshell

Thelma Houdeshell

Thelma Mae Houdeshell, daughter of George W. and Lovina Caroline (Force) Houdeshell, as a young woman. She was born 11 Sep 1904 in Pine Glen and died 15 Jan 2001 in New York. She was married to Philip Allen Young.