A photo of Henry D. and Saraphine K. (Witmer) Snyder, possibly taken in front of the Greulich home in Landsdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, circa 1912. The Snyders owned and lived on a farm on School House Road just outside East Greenville, Pennsylvania near the New Goshenhoppen Church.

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.

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.

Possibly children of Robert Alexander Askey and Wilhelmina Force?

This photo was among the photos from the Hoover family photos from Pine Glen, Burnside Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. When I asked my grandmother, she said she thought it was of the Askey kids. Presumably she was talking about her great aunt and uncle, Robert Alexander and Wilhelmina (Force) Askey, who lived just down the road from her grandparents, Samuel Thomas and Victoria (Walker) Hoover.

Robert Alexander Askey (1853-1950) and Wilhelmina Force (1857-1921) had 12 children, 10 of whom were living in 1910. I have the names of only 10:

1. Dora Askey
2. Jefferson B. Askey
3. Jean Askey
4. Bessie M. Askey
5. James Rudolph Askey
6. Iva M. Askey
7. Florence Ruth Askey
8. Elizabeth Sarah Askey
9. Rhoda E. Askey
10. Robert Sherman Askey

If you know—or can guess—at the identities of those in the photo, please leave a comment or drop me a line. Thanks!

This is the outer facade of the church in Russheim where my Hacker/Hocker ancestors went to church. The photo is by Marcus Hebel and can be found in his photostream on Flickr.

Bill, Isabella (Smith), and Mims Hocker, 1946.

Isabella Aitken (Smith) Hocker with her son William “Bill” Hocker, Jr. and daughter Meriam “Mims” Hocker in the yard circa 1946.Bill and his family lived across the yard from his parents.

Judge William Adam Hocker (Florida Supreme Court)

William Adam Hocker, son of William and Susannah Mildred (Lewis) Hocker, was born 5 Dec 1844 in Buckingham County, Virginia.  He married Gertrude Alice Venable, daughter of Thomas Frederick and Mary Priscilla (Venable) Venable, on 11 Nov 1868 in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia and then Mattie Norvell Glover on 1 Dec 1909 in Roanoke, Virginia. He died in Jacksonville, Ocala County, Florida on 16 Jul 1918. Justice Hocker had five children with his first wife: Mary Venable (Hocker) Lovell, William Hocker, Lucy Lewis Hocker, Alice Walton (Hocker) Drake, and Frederick Roche Hocker.

He was educated at Hampden-Sidney College and the University of Virginia and admitted to the bar in Virginia in 1868. He moved to Florida in 1874 where he served as States Attorney from 1877 to his resignation in 1886. He was a judge in the 5th Judicial Circuit between 1893 and 1901, served on the Supreme Court Commission in 1901-1903 and was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from 1903 to 1915.

Justice Hocker was my 3rd cousin 5 times removed. His great grandfather, Johan Georg Hacker, was the brother of my 6 times great grandfather, Johan “Hans” Adam Hacker.

Image Credit: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/34483

The next installment in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series features a photo of a young woman. She may have lived in the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania area and may have been either a friend of or related to either the Greulich, Wieder, Waage, Snyder, or Witmer families. The photo was likely taken in the early 20th century.

For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.

The next installment in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series features a photo of a young woman. She may have lived in the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania area and may have been either a friend of or related to either the Greulich, Wieder, Waage, Snyder, or Witmer families. The photo was likely taken in the early 20th century.

For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.