Individual Details

Viola Bell Hocker

(3 Dec 1872 - 22 Feb 1950)

Burial: Rice Cemetery, Elkhart, IN

Education: 8th grade

Interview with Marilyn Phillips: "Viola lived awhile after her mother died with Ellie, her aunt (Abe Hocker's wife), Christian stole her back, then remarried. After P.T. Longacher died she lived with G.H. Hosmer and her daughter Deloscia, in Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, and on North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana." 1935: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; 1940 census lived with George H. Hosmer family at 3656 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana

Residence: 1924: Elkhart, Indiana. At time of death lived at 3761 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; had lived in Indianapolis since 1934.

Church: North Methodist Church, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana

Funeral: Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary

Documentation: Probate Court petition to sell real estate of Viola Bell Hocker

Events

Birth3 Dec 1872Wells County, Indiana
Census1880Monroe Twp., Adams, Indiana
Marriage1 Nov 1890Wayland, Allegan, Michigan - Cranston A. Thompson
Occupation1 Nov 1890Housekeeper
Marriage30 Mar 1894Berne, Adams, Indiana - Peter T. Longacher
Census1930Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Census1 Apr 1940Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Death22 Feb 1950Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Burial25 Feb 1950Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana

Families

SpousePeter T. Longacher (1869 - 1928)
ChildDeloscia Ruth Longacher (1895 - 1944)
SpouseCranston A. Thompson ( - )
FatherChristian W. Hocker (1851 - 1924)
MotherLucinda A. Bell (1854 - 1873)

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