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Nicholas HOVIS

Male 1840 - 1892  (51 years)


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  • Name Nicholas HOVIS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 9 Apr 1840  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 1-3-3-2  [2
    Death 27 Jan 1892  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Findagrave Memoriall # 52496062. Buried in Old Log Cemetery, Barkeyville, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    Person ID I743  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father John Earnest HOVIS,   b. 1 Dec 1816, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1898, Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Amanda Jane SHERRAH,   b. 1 May 1817, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1897, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 8 Sep 1836 
    Family ID F300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosanna NOGLER,   b. 7 Feb 1836, Grottenberg, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1925, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 19 Jun 1926  Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Clinton Powell HOVIS,   b. 1873, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1964, Okotoks, Foothills, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [natural]
     2. Emily HOVIS,   b. 14 Aug 1868, Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1931, Girard, Trumbull, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [natural]
     3. James Beatty HOVIS,   b. 18 Aug 1876, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1956, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     4. John William HOVIS,   b. 2 Mar 1864, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1951, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [natural]
     5. Laura Jane HOVIS,   b. 10 Apr 1874, Harrisville, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1960, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     6. Martin Luther HOVIS,   b. 15 Jul 1870, Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1954, Turner Valley, Foothills, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [natural]
     7. Walter HOVIS,   b. 2 Aug 1866, Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1967, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Apr 1840 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Jan 1892 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Jun 1926 - Sandusky, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Nicholus, 29, b in Pennsylvania, occupation: farming, living with Roseannah[sic]32, John WIlliam6, Walter3, Emily1 Hovis. Location: Irwin Twp, Venango County, Pennsylvania

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Nicolas Hovis, 38, b in Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, living with Rosanna43, JohnW.16, Walter13, Emily11, MartinS.9, Clinton7, Lora6, James3 Hovis. Location: IrwinTwp, Venango County, Pennsylvania

  • Sources 
    1. [S90] Wickens, Beatrice, History of the Hovis (Hofius) Family.

    2. [S87] W.D. Hovis, Bi-Centennial 1765-1965, Hovis-Hofius Family History, (Name: Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma; Date: July 1965;;).

    3. [S105] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; Roll: M593_1460; Page: 334A-B; Image: 77; citing p. 31-32, family 218. Family History Library Film: 552959. Found on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.

    4. [S104] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; Roll: 1199; Family History Film: 1255199; Page: 164B; Enumeration District: 244; Image: 0332. Found on Ancestry.

    5. [S92] Find a Grave Index.

    6. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1189; Page: 320; Image: 326; Family History Library Film: 805189. Found on Ancestry.com.

    7. [S199] Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993.


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