Anna Amelia (Whisler) Hoover (1869 - 1947)

Born 29 Nov 1869 in Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois, United States

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Died 6 Mar 1947 at age 77 in Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States

Biography

Anna Amelia Whisler was born on November 29, 1869 in Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois^[1] She was the daughter of Victor Whisler and Catharine Roland.

She married Horatio Alfonso "H A" Hoover ^[2](1867-1943) on July 1, 1891 in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois. They had 4 children.

1. Paul Victor Hoover (1897-1953) m. Winifred Brown Morris. 1920; ^[3]
2. Harold M Hoover (1900-1960) m. Mary Alice Corzan. 1927;^[4]
3. Helen Rebecca (Hoover) Schroedel (1901-1972) m. Walter Fred Schroedel; 1923;^[5]
4. Dorothy Anne Hoover (1903 -1998)

Horaito and Anne lived in Ashley, Washington County, Illinois in 1910, where he was a commercial Salesman for a Lumber company, and Anne was taking care of the home and children, Paul-12, Harold-10, Helen-8 and Dorothy-6.^[6] In 1930, He was still working as a Lumber Salesman with the children in the home, Dorothy-26, a School Teacher, Harold-30 unemployed at the time, and his wife Eleanore also a School Teacher for Public Schools.^[7]

At age 72, they were living in Centralia, Marion County, Illinois where He was still working. Anna was taking care of the home and their daughter Dorothy was working as a Teacher.^[8]

He died at the age of 75, on May 23, 1943, , in Centralia, Marion County, Illinois,^[2] and was buried in the Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery .

She passed away on March 6, 1947, at the age of 77, in Joliet, Will County, Illinois, and was buried in the Hilllcrest Memoiral Park Cemetery in Centralia, marion county, Illinois.^[1]

She is mentioned in “The Binkley Family w/ Bloyer, Cheeseman, Cromwell, Morgan, Rittenour, Roland, Shaffer, Whisler”. ^[9]

Married Horatio Alphonso Hoover

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Anna Whisler Hoover (29 Nov 1869–6 Mar 1947), Find A Grave: Memorial #111892799, citing Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Dot Schroedel (contributor 47645637) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7M7-GGZ : 25 April 2022), H. A. Hoover, 1943.
3. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-SHV2 : 19 February 2021), Anna A Whistler in entry for Paul Victor Hoover and Winifred Brown Morris, 08 Jun 1920; citing Scott, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,132,366.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DF8D-G7MM : 3 August 2022), Anna Amelia Whisler in entry for Harold M Hoover, 1950.
5. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSNP-CLW2 : 22 July 2021), Anna Whisler in entry for Walter Fred Schroedel, 1923.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKXB-WRT : accessed 16 October 2022), Anna A Hoover in household of Horaito A Hoover, Ashley, Washington, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 164, sheet 7B, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 328; FHL microfilm 1,374,341.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MY-3PN : accessed 16 October 2022), Anna A Hoover in household of Horatio A Hoover, Ashley, Washington, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 1B, line 52, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 565; FHL microfilm 2,340,300.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCX-GB4 : 8 January 2021), Anna A Hoover in household of Horatio A Hoover, Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-11, sheet 9B, line 48, family 184, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 852.
9. ↑ “The Binkley Family w/ Bloyer, Cheeseman, Cromwell, Morgan, Rittenour, Roland, Shaffer, Whisler”, compiled by Jonathan A Binkley, self-published 1984, Toledo, Ohio, 117 pages. Roland section pages 85 to 97. https://rowlandgenealogy.com/product/the-binkley-family-w-roland-jonathan-binkley-1984/

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Dorothy Schroedel for starting this profile.

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