Dauphin County PA
Tombstone Tuesday: 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.
Tombstone Tuesday: 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.
Tombstone Tuesday: 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 [...]
John HOCKER
JOHN2 HOCKER (Unknown1) was born 6 July 1815 in Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and died 21 January 1882 in Churchville, now Oberlin, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Churchville Cemetery, Oberlin, Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.[1] John’s occupation, according to census records, varied from brick-maker to farmer to shoemaker. He married on 3 December [...]
Adam HOCKER
ADAM2 HOCKER (Unknown1) was born 19 October 1812 in Hummelstown, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He died 26 September 1870, at age of 57 years, 11 months, 7 days in Swatara Township, Dauphin County and is buried in the Churchville cemetery, Oberlin, Swatara Township.[1] Adam was married in Salem Lutheran Church, possibly in Lebanon County, [...]
Herbert Hershey Hocker Obituary
Here’s a transcription of the obituary of Herbert Hershey HOCKER (1865—1946), son of Levi and Anna (FRANTZ) HOCKER. Hershey married Sarah J. BOWER, daughter of John and Amanda (___) BOWER, 1 Apr 1906 in Yoe, Pennsylvania. [1. H. Hershey HOCKER entry, Dauphin County Marriage Records, Book L, Volume 2:229, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, microfilm [...]
Photo: David Elmer Hocker Butter Pretzel Baking Co. Truck
David Elmer Hocker was listed as a baker in the 1910 US census and as a baker for the Butter Pretzel Baking Co. in 1930. According to the above photo, David Hocker was the proprietor of the Butter Pretzel Baking Co. in Harrisburg. His sons were also employees of the company in 1930.
Photo: David Elmer Hocker family
David Elmer Hocker, son of Jacob L. and Susanna (___) Hocker, was born 12 Aug 1880 in Buck county, Missouri and died 8 Sep 1945 in Pennsylvania. He married Carrie May Baker, daughter of Henry J. and Sarah A. (___) Baker, on 15 Oct 1867 in Halifax township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. David and Carrie had [...]
George Hocker’s Will
This extraction is taken from the last will and testament of George Hocker (1794—1873). The will was dated 13 Sep 1783 and probated 14 Nov 1873. [1. George Hocker Will (1873), Dauphin County Will Book H, Volume 1:353, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.] George HOCKER devised as follows: “#1 To my widow Catharine, all household [...]
Photo: Jacob L. Hocker’s Children
Jacob L. Hocker, son of John Peter and Nancy (WELPMER) HOCKER, was born Jun 1850 and died sometime between 1920 and 1930. He married first Susanna (___), and second Ida May MUTTERSPAUGH. Jacob and Susanna had at least eight children, as follows: John W. Hocker, b. ca Mar 1870, Middle Paxton township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania [...]
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