Gravestones – A Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy

Tombstone Tuesday: George Hocker (1806-1886)

Kris Hocker on 27 Nov 2012

George Hocker (1806-1886)

George Hocker, son of Martin and Christiana (Beinhauer) Hocker, was born 18 June 1806 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He died 31 October 1886, likely in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Union Deposit Cemetery. On 15 March 1832, George married Barbara Martin in Salem Lutheran Church, Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. She died in 1864 and George was married again to Eliza Kratzer.

Tombstone Tuesday: Levi Hocker family

Kris Hocker on 20 Nov 2012

Levi & Anna (Frantz) Hocker & children Michael, George and John

Levi Hocker, son of George and Mary Magdalena (Landis) Hocker, was born 17 January 1824 and died 31 October 1876. He was buried in Oberlin Cemetery, Dauphin County on 29 April 1877. He married Anna Frantz, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Walters) Frantz, on 6 February 1851. She was born 13 September 1828 and died 3 February 1918. She was buried with her husband on 7 February 1918.

Their second son Francis Michael Hocker was born 26 January 1854 and died in 1919 in the Pennsylvania State Asylum in Harrisburg. Son George Warren Hocker was born 8 December 1858 and died 12 May 1868. The youngest son John Edward Hocker was born 14 October 1869 and died in 1873. All three are buried with their parents at Oberlin Cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday: Albert C Hocker Sr.

Kris Hocker on 30 Oct 2012

Albert Curtin Hocker Sr., son of Levi and Anna (Frantz) Hocker, was born 9 September 1860 in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He died 24 July 1940 in Cumberland County and was buried 27 July 1940 in Paxtang Cemetery in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and a carpenter. He married Lillian Ainsley Leedy, daughter of Samuel Krehl and Sarah (Parsons) Leedy in 1881. The couple lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania then later moved to a farm in Cumberland County near Newville.

Albert C. Hocker was my great-great grandfather.

Tombstone Tuesday: Horace & Mary (Breish) Witmer

Kris Hocker on 30 Aug 2011

Horace Witmer (1864-1926) & Mary (Breish) Witmer (1870-1944)

Horace Witmer, son of Edward J. and Lydia (Kline) Witmer, was born 21 Dec 1864 and died 5 Dec 1926. His wife, Mary A. C. (Breish) Witmer, was born 8 Jan 1870 and died 31 Mar 1944. They are buried in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Tombstone Tuesday: Edward & Lydia (Kline) Witmer

Kris Hocker on 23 Aug 2011

Edward Witmer (1833-1912) & Lydia (Kline) Witmer (1836-1926)

Edward J. Witmer, son of John and Rachel (Jones?) Witmer, was born in Quakertown 13 Oct 1833 and died near Finland 24 Jan 1912. His wife, Lydia Amanda (Kline) Witmer, daughter of Philip and Lydia (Markly) Kline, was born 26 Mar 1836 near Pennsburg and died 30 Mar 1926 in Red Hill.

Tombstone Tuesday: Philip Kline (1799-1877)

Kris Hocker on 9 Aug 2011

Philip Kline (1799-1877)

Philip Kline was born 6 March 1799 in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He died 30 January 1877 and was buried in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery in Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He married Lydia Markly on 17 February 1825 in Faulkner Swamp Church in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Tombstone Tuesday: Lydia Markly Kline (1806-1890)

Kris Hocker on 2 Aug 2011

Lydia (Markley) Kline (1806-1890)

Lydia (Markly) Kline was born 22 October 1806 and died 8 April 1890 in Pennsylvania. She was buried in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery in Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She married Philip Kline on 17 February 1825 in Faulkner Swamp Reformed Church in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Tombstone Tuesday: Daniel E. Hoover (1887-1966)

Kris Hocker on 28 Jun 2011

Daniel E. Hoover gravestone

A gravestone photo of Daniel Edgar Hoover, only son of Reuben and Emma (Coleburn) Hoover, of Karthuas, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, was born 16 Jul 1887 and died 11 Feb 1966. He was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Oak Hill, Karthaus Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Daniel served during World World I.

Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph and Judith (Deisher) Snyder

Kris Hocker on 21 Jun 2011

Joseph Snyder and Judith Deisher tombstone

Joseph Snyder tombstone

A gravestone for Joseph Snyder and his wife Judith Deisher of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Joseph was born 2 Jan 1826 in either Germany or Pennsylvania and died 4 Nov 1895 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He married circa 1855 Judith Deisher, daughter of Peter Deisher and Maria Trump. She was born 15 Aug 1830 in Pennsylvania and died 17 May 1906 in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The couple is buried in the Goshenhoppen Cemetery in East Greenville, Pennsylvania.

The couple had children:

Irwin Oscar Snyder
Mary Jane Snyder
Henry D. Snyder
Clement D. Snyder
Mahlon Snyder
Amandus D. Snyder
Mary Snyder
Ida D. Snyder

Tombstone Tuesday: Emanuel Hocker (1842-1862)

Kris Hocker on 14 Jun 2011

Emanuel Hocker (1842-1862)

A gravestone photo for Emanuel Hocker (11 Jul 1842-16 Nov 1862), son of George and Mary “Polly” (Brubaker) Hocker of Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He’s buried in Shoop’s Cemetery outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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