Author: Kris Hocker

Greulich family photo

Dr. Charles Theodore Waage, son of Rev. Caius Frederic Sophus and Angelina (Garber) Waage, was born 22 Oct 1827 in Milton, Northumberland county, Pennslyvania and died 6 Mar 1921 in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.

Wilhemina (Houdeshell) Bradford, daughter of George W. and Lovina (Force) Houdeshell, was born 30 Jun 1893 in Pine Glen, Burnside township, Centre county, Pennsylvania. She married Earl Bradford on 1 Jun 1910 in Shawville, Goshen township, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania.

Benjamin and Phoebe (Mayes) Houdeshell

James Benjamin Houdeshell, son of Adam and Mary (Sine) Houdeshell, and Phoebe Mayes, daughter of John and Mary (__) Mayes, Jr., were married 6 Nov 1864.

Anna (Frantz) Hocker was the wife of Levi Hocker and daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Walters) Frantz. She was born 13 Sep 1828 and died 3 Feb 1918 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Cordelia (Hocker) Metsker, born ca 1851/52 in Hockersville, Dickinson township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, was the daughter of Johannes and Elizabeth (Henry) Hocker.

Amanda Maud Hocker, born 5 Jan 1849, Hockersville, Dickinson township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, died 27 Mar 1883, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Johannes and Elizabeth (Henry) Hocker.

Martha J. (___) Amanda Catherine (Hamilton) Hocker, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hamilton, wife of Josiah Hocker, was born circa 1840 and likely died in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Hocker family photo

Alex Bonnington, b. 16 Aug 1875, Bathgate, Linlithgow, Scotland and died Feb 1964 in Nebraska. He came to the United States before 1920 and settled in South Charleston, West Virginia.

Hocker family photo

Albert Curtin Hocker and three of his sons, presumably after a day of hunting.

Christian Hoover (1825-1877)

Christian Hoover was born circa 1825 and died 1 Oct 1887 in Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He was quite likely the son of Philip and Hannah (Thomas) Hoover of Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He married twice, first to Caroline Kinnard, daughter of Thomas and Maria (Fisher) Kinnard, and second to Mary Ann Conaway, daughter of Charles J. and Christina (___) Conaway.

Photo courtesy of Beverly (Rice) Christensen