Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


William Archer

William's wife is listed as a widow in the 1850 census.


Sarah Hupp

According to the 1850 census, Sarah Hupp Archer could not read or write.


Ambrose Archer

At the time of the 1850 census, 19 year old farmer Ambrose Archer lived in the household of John and Margaret Hohman in Enoch Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. John Hohman, who died later that year, was the father-in-law of Ambrose's sister, Matilda Archer Hohman.

In 1860, 28 year old carpenter Ambrose Archer lived in Stock Twp., Noble County, Ohio with his 25 year old wife Bridget and their five children: Mary (7), Sebastian (6), Maria (4), Clark (3), and Michael (2). Ambrose and Bridget (McGovern) Archer moved their family to Tora, OH in 1879.


Ananias Archer

Could there have been several men of similar ages named Ananias Archer in Noble County? The IGI has two marriage records in Noble County...
Ananias Archer and Mariah Miller -- 31 Aug 1852
Ananias Archer and Hanah Dais -- 15 Dec 1859
An Ananias Archer (39) was listed in the 1880 census married to 21 year old Emma B. Archer. Living with the couple were children Elias (13), Amy A. (9), Martha M. (3), and Nancy A. (3 mos., botn Feb 1880). Elias and Amy attended school. Also living in the household were Anaias's widowed mother-in-law Malissa Enochs (42) and his sisters-in-law Mary E. Enochs (16) and Martha J. Enochs (10). Everyone in the household was born in Ohio. Ananias' father was born in Maryland.


Henry Hohman

name at baptism: John Henry Hohman

In 1880, Henry Hohman (24) and his wife Lizzie (24), both natives of Ohio, lived in Highland Township, Clay County, Kansas with their two children, John (2) and Julia (1).

In 1900, Henry Hohman (45) and his wife Lizie (45) lived in Sherman Twp., Riley County, Kansas with eight of their ten children: John (22), Annie (16), Tilda (15), Mollie (12), Connie (9), Charlie (6), and Floyd (3). All of the children attended school except John, Annie, and Floyd.

Kansas conducted a state census in 1905. Only the census index was searched. It shows farmers Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hohman (both age 50), natives of Ohio, living in Sherman Twp., Riley County, Kansas. listed immediately after them in the Riley County index are Mollie (20), Lizzie (18), Clara (16), Chas. (14), Nalley (?) (12) and Floid (10).

At the time of the 1910 US census, Henry (55) and Elizabeth (55) Hohman rented a home on Second Street in Grant Twp., Riley County, Kansas. Living with them were their children Clara (17), Charley (19), Melia (17) and Floyd (15). None of the children attended school. Henry's occupation was listed as "own income." The only other member of the household with an occupation was his son Charley, who was a farmer on the home farm.

In 1920, 65 year old Henry Hohman lived in a rented house on Manhattan-Stockdale Road in Grant Twp. with his wife, Eliza (65) and son Charles (27). Also living in the house was a widowed boarder named Charles Morris. Henry Hohman was not employed; Eliza worked as a boarding house cook, and Charles Hohman was a farm laborer.

From the Riley County Kansas 1925 Decennial Agricultural State census: 70 year old Henry Hohman, a retired farmer, still lived in Grant Twp., with his wife Lizzie (70). Lizzie's occupation is listed as "houskeeper." Also living with them was their unmarried 27 year old son Charley, a bridge carpenter.

In 1930, Henry and Lizzie Hohman (both 75) rented a home in Grant Twp. None of their children lived with them. Henry Hohman was not employed.

Birth dates are not known for all children. Birth order of children is estimated basted on date of marriage or age of spouse.


Elizabeth Snider

According the the census, all 10 of of Elizabeth's ten children were still living in 1900, but only nine were alive in 1910.


John Hohman

Sources conflict on date of birth:
17 Dec 1878 -- Anderson
Aug 1877 -- 1900 census


John Bocher

At the time of the 1880 census, John (32) and Rachel (22) Bochus were listed as boarders in the household of Rachel's sister's family, Gustav and Eve Ellerman (Ehlerman). John was a Hessian-born laborer who was ill with typhoid fever at the time of the census.

The family has not been found in any census other than 1880, despite a search of soundex variants of Bochus and Bocher.


Regina Hohman

The names Regina and Rachel were used interchangably.


Sebastian Francis Hohman

When the Civil War broke out, Sebastian Hohman was a storekeeper in Fulda. Working for him was a single man named John Shank. Fulda farmer Frank Estadt had been drafted by the Union Army. Frank borrowed $800 and paid John Shank to serve in his place. When he left Fulda to join his regiment, John left the $800 with his employer, Sebastian Hohman. John Shank was never heard from again, and Sebastian pocketed the money.

In 1900, Frank S, Hohman (37) and his wife Mary K. (31) lived with Mary's widowed mother and younger siblings in Bala Twp., Riley County, Kansas. Living with them were their children Christian J. (13) and Mary E. (5). Christian attended school Frank's occupation is illegible.


Katie Siebecker

Both of Katie's children were alive in 1900, according to the census.


Charles Hohman

In 1930, a 66 year old Ohio-born man named Chas Hohman owned a farm in Scandia County, Republic County, Kansas with his wife Magy (59). They were 21 and 16 years old, respectively, when they were first married. Chas did not know where his parents were born... the census says only "US." It has not been proven that Chas Hohman is the son of John Sebastian Hohman. The family of Harry Hohman (38) rented a farm four doors down from Chas Hohman. The relationship between Chas and Harry is not known at this time.


Michael Manuel Weaver

Michael Webber came from Pittsburgh, PA to Kansas and worked on the Hohman farm, where he met and later married Maria. He subsequently went to work on the railroad. The name Webber was changed to Weaver when a man with a similar name and Michael's paychecks kept getting mixed up.


Elizabeth

In 1900, widow Mary Siebecker lived on a rented farm in Bala Twp., Riley Co., Kansas with her children Annie (23), Chris (?) (19), and married daughter Mary K. Hohman (31), Mary's husband Frank (37) and their two children Christian (13) and Mary E. (5). Mary was born in Swizterland and came to America in 1852.


Christian J. Hohman

In 1920, 34 year old Christian Hohman rented a farm in Highland Twp., Clay County, Kansas, where he lived with his wife Myrtle (29) and children Gerald (9), Myrtle (5), and Loren (1 yr, 7 mos.). The older two children attended school.

At the time of the 1930 census, Chris J. Hohman (47) rented a farm in Goshen Twp., Clay County, Kansas. He lived there with his wife Myrtle (40), and their children Gerald (19), Myrtle (16), and Loren (11). All three children attended school. The Hohmans were the only family of the ten families on that page of the census who owned a radio set.


Myrtle C.

Myrtle's father was born in Pennsylvania; her mother was born in Canada and spoke English.


Gerald F. Hohman

Dates of birth and death (from Social Security Death Index) are not proven.