1720-1730 Johannes Jacob Huber and Maria Huber arrive in colonies and the Huber named is anglicized to Hoover.
1730 Jacob Huber/Hoover is born in Lancaster County, PA
1749 Jacob Hoover marries Anna Christina Good in Somerset, PA. According to several sources, including Ancestry.com and the Last Will and Testament of Jacob Hoover, and the Last Will and Testament of Henry Good, brother of Jacob's wife, Anna. Between 1750 and 1771, Jacob and Anna have the following children: Martin (1750-1816), Jacob (1752-1846), John (1755-1835), Anne (1755-1830), Barbara (1760-1829), Abraham (1762-1793), Christian (1763-1817), Henry (1765-1815), Magdalena (1767-1831), Feronica (1771-1810).
10 December 1800 Jacob Hoover dies in Bedford County, PA. His will was proved in March 1801.
c 1770 Martin Hoover marries his first wife; she's been identified as Gertrude (-1798). They have the following children: Elizabeth Hoover (-), Frances Hoover (-), Mary Hoover (-1816), Madeline Hoover (1773-), Barbara Hoover (1775-1852), Christina Hoover (1777-1856), David Hoover (1778-1848), Jonathan Hoover (1783-1856), Catherine Hoover (1787-1850), Jonas Hoover (1788-1873), Nancy Hoover (1789-), Moses Hoover (1791-1848), Joshua Hoover (1796-1836), Elias Hoover (1797-1878).
Martin Hoover's first wife dies in 1797-1798 and he marries Catherine Knee (1773-1829) in 1798. They have the following children: Gertrude Hoover (1799-1893), Susanna Hoover (1801-1896), Martin Hoover (1803-1894), Abraham Hoover (1807-1898), Esther Hoover (1809-), Margaret Hoover (1812-1890).
Martin Hoover is listed in the Pennsylvania Septennial Census 1779-1863 (line 70) as living in Woodbury, PA. Also listed on this page is Philip Knee (line 93), the father of Catherine Knee.
1810 Moses Hoover, my 4th great grandfather, marries Catherine Puterbaugh (1790-1855), in Bedford County, PA. After their marriage, Moses, along with his father Martin, and family, move to Montgomery County, Ohio. Moses and Catherine have the following children: Susannah (1808-1886), Mary (1812-), Jacob (1813-1895), David (1814-), Fanny (1815-1856), Abraham (1818-1885), Samuel (1826-), Catherine (1830-), Moses (1830-1873).
16 February 1816 Martin Hoover dies and his will is probated in Montgomery County, Ohio.
The 1840 Census report shows Moses Hoover and his family living in Jefferson Twp., Montgomery County, Ohio. On 7 August 1848 Moses Hoover Sr. dies and his will is probated in Montgomery County, Ohio shortly after. In it, some of his children and heirs to his estate are clearly listed, including my 3rd great grandfather, Moses Hoover Jr. born in December 1830..
Moses, along with his wife Catharine, are buried in the Forney pioneer cemetery in Jefferson Twp.
Upon their deaths, Frederick and Mary Ellen are buried next to each other in Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio.
On 24 August 1905 Charles Oliver Shaffer, my 1st great grandfather, marries his first wife Maud Eva Guntle (1886-1946). Together, they have two children: Mary Elizabeth (1908-1992), Raymond C (1913-). Sometime between 1910 and 1920, Charles and Maud divorced. Charles remarries a woman named Della M. ? (-), and later dies in 1938. Maud remarries to Edwin Geiger and is killed in a car accident in 1946.
Mary Elizabeth Shaffer, my grandmother, marries Dorwyn C. Fryman (1909-1985) on 5 August 1931, in Montgomery County, Ohio. They have two daughters: Yvonne (1937), Jeannine Kay (1940).
1730 Jacob Huber/Hoover is born in Lancaster County, PA
1749 Jacob Hoover marries Anna Christina Good in Somerset, PA. According to several sources, including Ancestry.com and the Last Will and Testament of Jacob Hoover, and the Last Will and Testament of Henry Good, brother of Jacob's wife, Anna. Between 1750 and 1771, Jacob and Anna have the following children: Martin (1750-1816), Jacob (1752-1846), John (1755-1835), Anne (1755-1830), Barbara (1760-1829), Abraham (1762-1793), Christian (1763-1817), Henry (1765-1815), Magdalena (1767-1831), Feronica (1771-1810).
10 December 1800 Jacob Hoover dies in Bedford County, PA. His will was proved in March 1801.
c 1770 Martin Hoover marries his first wife; she's been identified as Gertrude (-1798). They have the following children: Elizabeth Hoover (-), Frances Hoover (-), Mary Hoover (-1816), Madeline Hoover (1773-), Barbara Hoover (1775-1852), Christina Hoover (1777-1856), David Hoover (1778-1848), Jonathan Hoover (1783-1856), Catherine Hoover (1787-1850), Jonas Hoover (1788-1873), Nancy Hoover (1789-), Moses Hoover (1791-1848), Joshua Hoover (1796-1836), Elias Hoover (1797-1878).
Martin Hoover's first wife dies in 1797-1798 and he marries Catherine Knee (1773-1829) in 1798. They have the following children: Gertrude Hoover (1799-1893), Susanna Hoover (1801-1896), Martin Hoover (1803-1894), Abraham Hoover (1807-1898), Esther Hoover (1809-), Margaret Hoover (1812-1890).
Martin Hoover is listed in the Pennsylvania Septennial Census 1779-1863 (line 70) as living in Woodbury, PA. Also listed on this page is Philip Knee (line 93), the father of Catherine Knee.
1810 Moses Hoover, my 4th great grandfather, marries Catherine Puterbaugh (1790-1855), in Bedford County, PA. After their marriage, Moses, along with his father Martin, and family, move to Montgomery County, Ohio. Moses and Catherine have the following children: Susannah (1808-1886), Mary (1812-), Jacob (1813-1895), David (1814-), Fanny (1815-1856), Abraham (1818-1885), Samuel (1826-), Catherine (1830-), Moses (1830-1873).
The 1840 Census report shows Moses Hoover and his family living in Jefferson Twp., Montgomery County, Ohio. On 7 August 1848 Moses Hoover Sr. dies and his will is probated in Montgomery County, Ohio shortly after. In it, some of his children and heirs to his estate are clearly listed, including my 3rd great grandfather, Moses Hoover Jr. born in December 1830..
Moses, along with his wife Catharine, are buried in the Forney pioneer cemetery in Jefferson Twp.
The 1850 Census for Jefferson Twp., Montgomery County, Ohio shows Moses' widow Catharine Hoover living with a 19-year-old boy named Moses. On 18 May 1855, Moses Jr. marries Sarah Hoover (1829-1895) and have the following children: Aurelia Catherine (1854-), Mary Ellen (1858-1936), Laura Belle (1860-1922), Malinda Roulette (1862-1933), Sarah Jane (1864-1937), Charles Oliver (1868-1935). They appear in the both the 1860 Census and 1870 Census.
After the death of Moses and Sarah Hoover, they are buried in Forney Pioneer Cemetery in Jefferson Twp., Montgomery County, Ohio. Unfortunately, the marker has been vandalized and knocked from its base:
At this point, the Hoover name in my family line fizzles when Mary Ellen Hoover, my 2nd. great grandmother, marries Frederick Shaffer (1854-1931) on 10 January 1884. Together, they have three children: Charles Oliver Shaffer (1887-1938), Hershel L (1892-), Celia M (1897-1910).
Upon their deaths, Frederick and Mary Ellen are buried next to each other in Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio.
On 24 August 1905 Charles Oliver Shaffer, my 1st great grandfather, marries his first wife Maud Eva Guntle (1886-1946). Together, they have two children: Mary Elizabeth (1908-1992), Raymond C (1913-). Sometime between 1910 and 1920, Charles and Maud divorced. Charles remarries a woman named Della M. ? (-), and later dies in 1938. Maud remarries to Edwin Geiger and is killed in a car accident in 1946.
Mary Elizabeth Shaffer, my grandmother, marries Dorwyn C. Fryman (1909-1985) on 5 August 1931, in Montgomery County, Ohio. They have two daughters: Yvonne (1937), Jeannine Kay (1940).
After their death, they are buried to each other in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio.
Jeannine Kay, my mother, marries my father Larry Philip Hollst (1937-2002) in Montgomery County, Ohio on 2 September 1961. They have two children: Todd Alan (1969), Tracy Ann (1974).
When my father dies 7 June 2002, he is buried at Royal Oak Memorial Gardens in Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio.
I was born in 1969 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Todd Hollst
