Individual Details
Augustus Stephen "Steve" Hocker
(8 May 1893 - 23 Dec 1973)
Went by "Steve", SS#005-01-6305
Occupations: paper industry. S. D. Warren Co., Westbrook, Maine.
Military service: 41 years as a US Army officer and Maine National Guard officer. Lt. Served in both World War I and World War II. On 28 Jan 1942 he was promoted from Major to Lt. Colonel and in 1943 was stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas. In December 1948 he was commander of the 4th Engineering Construction Group stationed in Kyoto, Japan.
Education: Elkhart H.S., 1911; Indiana University 1917
Residences: 1910: 1529 S. Main St., Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana; 28 Oak St., Cumberland Mills/Portland, Maine; 1930: 29 Oak St., Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine; 1 December 1936, last residence zip code 04092, had a house on an island outside of Portland (Peaks Island).
Documentation: Social Security Index Online, Retirement notice of Augustus Hocker.
Occupations: paper industry. S. D. Warren Co., Westbrook, Maine.
Military service: 41 years as a US Army officer and Maine National Guard officer. Lt. Served in both World War I and World War II. On 28 Jan 1942 he was promoted from Major to Lt. Colonel and in 1943 was stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas. In December 1948 he was commander of the 4th Engineering Construction Group stationed in Kyoto, Japan.
Education: Elkhart H.S., 1911; Indiana University 1917
Residences: 1910: 1529 S. Main St., Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana; 28 Oak St., Cumberland Mills/Portland, Maine; 1930: 29 Oak St., Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine; 1 December 1936, last residence zip code 04092, had a house on an island outside of Portland (Peaks Island).
Documentation: Social Security Index Online, Retirement notice of Augustus Hocker.
Events
Families
Spouse | Mary Adaline Brockway ( - 1973) |
Child | Mary Elizabeth Hocker (1922 - ) |
Child | Augustus Stephen Hocker (1926 - ) |
Child | Walter B. "Mick" Hocker (1930 - ) |
Spouse | Anne Frances Munn ( - ) |
Father | Christian W. Hocker (1851 - 1924) |
Mother | Mary Isabell Hofer (1856 - 1929) |
Sibling | Bess Lucille Hocker (1876 - 1950) |
Sibling | Gertrude Evangeline Hocker (1881 - 1943) |
Sibling | Ruby Frances Hocker (1889 - 1964) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Application of Augustus Stephen Hocker.
2. Maine State Archives (Web site).
3. Death Notice.