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Martin Luther HOVIS

Male 1870 - 1954  (84 years)


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  • Name Martin Luther HOVIS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 15 Jul 1870  Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Name Mart, Martie 
    Occupation Oil well driller 
    Reference Number 1-3-3-2-6 
    Religion Church of Christ 
    Death 28 Nov 1954  Turner Valley, Foothills, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I85  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Nicholas HOVIS,   b. 9 Apr 1840, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1892, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 19 Jun 1926  Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fleetie Estelle NAYLOR,   b. 28 Jul 1875, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1974, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1897  Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Children 
     1. Clarise Ruth HOVIS,   b. 7 Nov 1902, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1986, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     2. Millard Emmanuel HOVIS,   b. 23 Feb 1898, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1997, Warburg, Leduc, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)  [natural]
     3. Naomi Irene HOVIS,   b. 21 Jan 1900, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1919, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)  [natural]
     4. Velva Pauline HOVIS,   b. 11 Jan 1905, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 2000, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)  [natural]
     5. Theora Arlene HOVIS,   b. 24 Dec 1907, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1999, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [natural]
     6. Robert Luther HOVIS,   b. 20 Feb 1913, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1981, Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Jul 1870 - Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Mar 1897 - Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Nov 1954 - Turner Valley, Foothills, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Martin L Hovis, 9, b in Pennsylvania, b in Pennsylvania, living with Nicolas38, Rosanna43, JohnW.16, Walter13, Emily11, Clinton7, Lora6, James3 Hovis. Location: IrwinTwp, Venango County, Pennsylvania

      MARRIAGE 1897: on familysearch.org. Martin L Hovis married Fleety Nayler on March 3, 1897 in Sandusky County, Ohio. (Ohio Marriages)

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Martin Hovis, 29, b July 1870 in Pennsylvania, married 3 years, occupation: driller oil well, living with wife:Fleetie24 and children:Millard2, Naoma4mo. Hovis and Lydia Cook, maid. Location: Madison, Sandusky, Ohio.

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Martin L Hovis, 39, b in Pennsylvania, married 13 years, occupation: oil well, living with wife:FleetieE.34, and children:MillardE.12, NaomaJ.10, ClariseR.7, VelvaP.5, TheoraA.2 Hovis. Location: Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio.

      CENSUS (Canada) 1916: on familysearch.org. Marten, 45, b. in USA, living with wife:Fleetie40, and 6 children:Millard17, Naoma15, Coarise[sic]13, Belva[sic]11, Theora8, Robert3 Hovis. location: Subdistrict39, District:Macleon, Alberta, Canada

      CENSUS (Canada) 1921: on ancestry.com. Martin Luther Hovis, 50, b in USA, living with wife:Fleetie Stella34 and chlidren:VelvaPauline16, Theora13, RobertLuther8 Hovis. Location: Munic. Dist. of Stockland 191, Alberta, Canada.

      DEATH 1954: on ancestry.com. Martin Hovis died Nov. 28, 1954 in Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index)

      2015: all information obtained from personal communication with Clarise Ruth Hovis.

  • Sources 
    1. [S99] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Madison Township Gibsonburg village, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 15B, family 355, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241318 Found on Familysearch.org.

    2. [S114] 1916 Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Census, "Canada Census, 1916." Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S98] 1910 US Federal Census, Location: Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; Roll: T624_1227; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1375240.

    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. [S116] 1921 Canada Census, Location: MacLeod, Alberta; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 8; Page Number: 4. Found on ancestry.com.

    6. [S215] 1926-Censusof the PrairieProvinces, Location: District 49 Macleod, Sub-District 45, Alberta, family #133, page 12. Found on Library and Archives, Canada.

    7. [S117] Ohio, Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Centre Obitual Index, 1810s-2013, “Ohio Obituary Index” Database. Found on ancestry.com.

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

    9. [S163] Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958.

    10. [S111] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, Location: Sandusky, Ohio, United States, reference v16, cn 1407; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 506,648. Found on familysearch.org.


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