Individual Details

Abraham E. Hocker

(6 Oct 1856 - 29 Oct 1925)

Occupation: blacksmith; 1873 to 1876 learned blacksmithing from Jonathan Moser in Newville; 1876 to Biglen, Canton Bern, Switzerland for eight months for blacksmith apprenticeship; 1877 returned and worked for Jacob Braun; then to Monroe for fourteen months; then came to Berne. 1887 built his brick blacksmith shop in Berne. He let the Evangelical Church use the second floor of the shop for its meetings.

1881: bought lot 39 in Berne from John and Mary Hilty, 1920 census shows his family living on Jefferson Street, Berne, Adams, Indiana

Church: Sunday school superintendent and class leader at the Berne Evangelical Church

Events

Birth6 Oct 1856Tuscarawas Twp., Stark, Ohio
Census1 Jun 1860Tuscawaras Twp., Stark, Ohio
Census1870French Twp., Adams, Indiana
Census1880
Marriage24 Sep 1882Berne, Adams, Indiana - Martha Ellen Martz
Census1 Jun 1900Monroe Twp., Adams, Indiana
Census15 Apr 1910Berne, Adams, Indiana
Census1 Jan 1920Berne, Adams, Indiana
Residence1924Berne, Adams, Indiana
Death29 Oct 1925Berne, Adams, Indiana
Burial1 Nov 1925MRE Cemetery, Berne, Adams, Indiana

Families

SpouseMartha Ellen Martz ( - )
ChildCora Lavina Hocker ( - )
ChildOsie Hocker ( - )
ChildMae Hocker ( - )
ChildRuth Hocker ( - )
FatherStephen Hocker (1811 - 1873)
MotherSusannah Elizabeth Wefler (1824 - 1902)
SiblingJohn W. Hocker (1844 - 1883)
SiblingJoseph Hocker (1848 - 1908)
SiblingChristian W. Hocker (1851 - 1924)
SiblingSamuel H. Hocker (1853 - 1932)
SiblingFranklin Pierce Hocker (1859 - 1931)
SiblingMary L. Hocker (1862 - 1921)
SiblingCharles Albert "Albert" Hocker (1867 - 1900)

Endnotes

1. Family group sheets from Jane Hodgson.

2. , 1860 U. S. Census,,; Ancestry.com..

3. 1870 United States Census.

4. Family group sheets from Jane Hodgson.

5. "Indiana Marriages 1811-2007," database, LDS, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 14 March 2021), marriage record of Abraham E. Hocker and Martha Ellen Martz.

6. , 1900 U. S. Census,,; MyFamily.com http://www.ancestry.com..

7. , 1910 U. S. Census,,; MyFamily.com http://www.ancestry.com..

8. , 1920 U. S. Census,,; MyFamily.com http://www.ancestry.com..

9. Abraham E. Hocker, death certificate 30613 (29 October 1925), Indiana State Board of Health, ancestry.com, .

10. Find-A-Grave.com, online [http://www.find-a-grave.com], accessed, findagrave.com page for Abraham Hocker.

11. Abraham E. Hocker, death certificate 30613 (29 October 1925), Indiana State Board of Health, ancestry.com, .