A Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy
the genealogy & family research site of Kris Hocker
Jacob Hacker (1803-1873)
Jacob Hacker was born 28 Sep 1803 and died 26 Jul 1873 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Church cemetery in Brickerville, Pennsylvania. He married about 1841 Maria “Polly” Krieg, daughter of John Elias and Anna Maria (Gibbens) Krieg.
Mary “Polly” (Krieg) Hacker (1819-1898)
Maria “Polly” Krieg, daughter of John Elias and Anna Maria (Gibbens) Krieg, was born 5 Aug 1819 and died 22 Mar 1898 in Pennsylvania. She was buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Church cemetery in Brickerville, Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She married Jacob Hacker about 1841. He was born 28 Sep 1803 and died 26 Jul 1873 in Pennsylvania.
I’ve added gravestones from two new cemeteries in the Galleries section: Bowman’s Cemetery and Cedar Hill Cemetery in Ephrata Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This is in addition to the Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery gravestones that were already available. Most of these gravestones are from members of the Hacker/Hocker and affiliated families.
Robert Alexander Askey and Wilhelmina Force
Robert Alexander Askey, son of James Burton and Harriet (Wycoff) Askey, was born 3 Jul 1853 and died 22 Nov 1940 in Burnside Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania at age 87. He was buried in the Advent Cemetery in Pine Glen, Burnside Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
He married Wilhelmina Force, daughter of Jefferson and Susan (Mulhollan) Force, on 2 Oct 1873 “at the bride’s home on Laurel Run” in Burnside Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.[1,2] She was born 29 Oct 1857 and died 5 Nov 1921 in Burnside Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. She was buried with her husband in Advent Cemetery.
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Reuben Hart and Emma Clara (Coleburn) Hoover
Reuben Hart Hoover, son of Christian and Caroline (Kinnard) Hoover, was born in 1854, probably in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania and died 5 Mar 1900 of consumption. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Karthaus Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
He married Emma Clara Coleburn, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (___) Coleburn about 1875, most likely in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Emma was born Mar 1854 and died 12 Sep 1912 in Karthuas Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. She was buried with her husband in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Barbara (Smith) Hocker (1787-1878)
Barbara (SMITH) HOCKER, wife of Martin HOCKER, was born 6 Oct 1787 and died 16 Mar 1878 in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery in Hummelstown. She married Martin HOCKER in 1809.
Christiana (Beinhauer) Hocker (1777-1808)
Christiana (BEINHAUER) HOCKER, daughter of Peter BEINHAUER and Christina STOBER, was born 22 Aug 1777 and died 15 Dec 1808 in Derry Township, Dauphin County, aged 31 years, 3 months, and 24 days. She was buried in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery in Hummelstown.
Gravestone of Martin HOCKER (1768—1862)
Martin HOCKER, son of Johann “Hans” Adam HACKER and Maria Elisabetha WEIDMAN, was born 21 Oct 1768 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died 25 Apr 1862 in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, aged 93 years, 6 months and 4 days. He was buried in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery in Hummelstown, Derry Township, Dauphin County. Hockersville in Derry Township was named after Martin.
He married twice, first on 22 Mar 1799 to Christiana BEINHAUER, daughter of Peter BEINHAUER and Christina STOBER, and second in 1809 to Barbara SMITH. Martin and Christiana had five children: John Peter, Catharine, Johannes “John”, George, and Christiana. Martin and Barbara had nine children: Elizabeth, Martin, Mary, Jacob, Susannah, Sarah, Anna, Barbara, and Magdalena.
John C. FORCE (1870-1890)
John W. FORCE, the oldest son of Martin S. and Delilah N. (HAMILTON) FORCE, was born 23 Jan 1785 and was killed in action on 9 Nov 1918 in the Argonne Forest, France during World War I. He served in Company H, 314th Infantry, 79th Division.
Edwin and Ida Cramer gravestone
Edwin H. (also Edward) CRAMER, son of Lot Irvin and Lucy Dale (GAULT) CRAMER, was born Jan 1872 and died in 1933. In Jul 1904, he married Ida Mae HOOVER, daughter of Samuel Thomas and Victoria (WALKER) HOOVER. Ida was born May 1885 and died in 1961. The couple was buried together in the Advent Cemetery in Pine Glen, Burnside Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.