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Wordless Wednesday: Unknown Pennsylvanians

Kris Hocker on 31 Aug 2011

Unidentified young women

Starting this week I’m starting a new photo series—Unknown Pennsylvanians. Amongst the photos I inherited from my maternal grandparents were a whole slew of photos of people that no one in the family can identify. Since none of them are labeled with names, I’m going to post them in a gallery here on my website and feature one photo each week. I’m hoping that someone will be able to identify the person(s) in the photo. I guessing that most of the photos were taken in the early 20th century and that they are friends and/or family of my ancestors from the East Greenville/Red Hill area—the Greulichs, Wieders, Snyders, Witmers, and Waages.

Here’s the first photo.

Unidentified young women

Tombstone Tuesday: Horace & Mary (Breish) Witmer

Kris Hocker on 30 Aug 2011

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

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.

Wordless Wednesday: At Home in Edinburgh, ca 1914

Kris Hocker on 24 Aug 2011

Peter Bonnington Family
Peter Bonnington Family

Peter, Christina, and May Bonnington and Jessie (Alexander) Bonnington

The back says: “Taken a week past Sunday when up. That is Roy [Rog] next door sitting on Crissie’s knee” and also “Peter Chrissie May Jessie & a little boy that always with May.”

Tombstone Tuesday: Edward & Lydia (Kline) Witmer

Kris Hocker on 23 Aug 2011

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

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.

Wordless Wednesday: At Camp, 1924

Kris Hocker on 10 Aug 2011

Hocker Hunting Camp, circa 1924
Hocker Hunting Camp, circa 1924

Hocker Hunting Camp, circa 1924

A photo taken at the Hocker hunting camp in Perry County, Pennsylvania circa 1924. I’m not completely certain of the folks in the photo, but I think it’s—Isabella (Smith) Hocker, Lillian (Leedy) Hocker, unknown teenager [possibly Lillian or Ethel Allen], Anna Hocker, William Hocker, Bonnie Hocker and Betty Jean Hocker.

Tombstone Tuesday: Philip Kline (1799-1877)

Kris Hocker on 9 Aug 2011

Philip Kline (1799-1877)
Philip Kline (1799-1877)

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 (Markley) Kline (1806-1890)

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.

Wordless Wednesday: The Greulichs

Kris Hocker on 29 Jun 2011

Charles Greulich family (c 1887)
Charles Greulich family (c 1887)

Charles Greulich family (c 1887)

The Charles and Caroline (Wolf) Greulich family of East Greenville, Pennsylvania in 1887.

Back (L to R): Charles Ambrose, Irwin Franklin, Morris Linton, Lily Elenora, Chester Daniel

Middle (L to R): Nevin Wilson, Annie E., Hannah Louisa

Front (L to R): Flora, Karl Philipp, Carrie A., Caroline (Wolf), Katharine Jane, Elmer Calvin

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

Kris Hocker on 28 Jun 2011

Daniel E. Hoover gravestone
Daniel E. Hoover gravestone

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.