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Anna (Frantz) Hocker

Photo: Anna (Frantz) Hocker

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.

Photo: Cordelia (Hocker) Metsker

Photo: Cordelia (Hocker) Metsker

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

Photo: Amanda Maud Hocker

Photo: Amanda Maud 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.

Photo: Amanda (Hamilton) Hocker?

Photo: Amanda (Hamilton) 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

Photo: Alexander Bonnington

A photo of my great-great grandmother Eliza Craig (Bonnington) Smith’s brother Alex.

Hocker family photo

Photo: Albert Curtin Hocker & sons

A photo of Albert Curtin Hocker and sons, presumably after a day of hunting.

Christian Hoover, photo courtesty of Beverly (Rice) Christensen

Photo: Christian Hoover

Photo of my great-great-great grandfather Christian Hoover.

On the Trail of John and Jacob Hocker

John and Jacob Hocker, sons of Adam Hocker, disappeared from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the late 1830s. What happened to them? Where did they go? This article starts to examine the possibilities.

Adam HOWDYSHELL/HOUDESHELL

I am struggling to locate Adam and Mary (SINE) HOWDYSHELL and their sons, Adam, Jr., Daniel, Isaac, John W. and George Westfall(?) after the Civil War.

Christopher HOCKER/HACKER

Isn’t it amazing how often family members disappear? Especially the farther back you go. Of course, they haven’t truly disappeared, you simply haven’t found the right records, assuming, of course, that they still exist. I’m seeking any information on Christopher Hocker (original spelling Hacker), born ca. 1776 at Erdenheim, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is said he went to Ohio…