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Amanda Jane SHERRAH

Female 1817 - 1897  (79 years)


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  • Name Amanda Jane SHERRAH  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 1 May 1817  Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation Housewife 
    Reference Number 958 
    Religion Methodist 
    Death 20 Mar 1897  Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • FindaGrave Memorial # 69450399.
    Burial Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • AmandBuried at Log Cemetery in Barkeyville, Pennsylvania.
    Person ID I958  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 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) 
    Marriage 8 Sep 1836 
    Children 
     1. Amanda Catherine HOVIS,   b. 1857  [natural]
     2. David Walter HOVIS,   b. 24 Apr 1850, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1929, Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     3. James Beatty HOVIS,   b. 1861   d. 1944 (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     4. Jessie HOVIS,   b. 27 Apr 1859   d. 8 May 1859 (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     5. John Theodore HOVIS,   b. 1848, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1906, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [natural]
     6. Lyman Henry HOVIS,   b. 1852  [natural]
     7. Mary Ann HOVIS,   b. 12 Jul 1843, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1929, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     8. 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)  [natural]
     9. Sarah Jane HOVIS,   b. 21 Mar 1854, Harrisville, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1937, Zelienople, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     10. William George HOVIS,   b. 22 Jan 1832, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1921, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [natural]
     11. Caleb Gear HOVIS  [natural]
    Family ID F300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 May 1817 - Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Mar 1897 - Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1860: on ancestry.com. Amanda Huvis[sic], 37, b in Pennsylvania, living with John40, William22, Nicholas20, Mary18, Kalop[sic]16, John14, David12, Simon10, Sarah8, Amanda6 Huvis[sic]. Also living with John and Amanda was Elisa Huvis[sic], age 30. Location: Irwin, Vanango, Pennsylvania. (Elisa may have been a sister to John Earnest Hovis; he had a sister Elizabeth.)

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Amanda Hovis, 52, b in Pennsylvania, living with John53, David20, LymenH.18, SarahJ.16, Amanda13, JasBeatty8 Hovis. Location: Irwin Twp, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

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

    2. [S90] Wickens, Beatrice, History of the Hovis (Hofius) Family.

    3. [S105] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; Roll: M593_1460; Page: 334B; Image: 78; citing p. 32, family 221. Family History Library Film: 552959. Found on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.

    4. [S104] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States. Citing enumeration district 244, sheet 165C, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1199; FHL microfilm 1,255,199. Found on familysearch.org.

    5. [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.

    6. [S92] Find a Grave Index.


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