William Hamilton Berkey (1834 - 1906)

Born 13 Apr 1834 in Near Farmersville, Clark Twp., Holmes Co., OH

Husband of Hannah (Gardner) Berkey — married 23 Jun 1859 in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 18 May 1906 at age 72 in Baltic, Bucks Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH

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Biography

William was the youngest and one of a set of twins born to William and Elizabeth (Grove) Berkey. He was born while the family of William was living in SE Holmes Co. with an Amish family of Jacob Berkey. I have not yet uncovered the apparent relationship with William & Jacob which has always struck me a little odd because William was Lutheran. As of today, 8 Dec 2017, I noticed a small mistake in DJH about my grandmother, Minnie Agnes Hoobler DJH-1206 that states her marriage to my grandfather, Willis Berkey, called "son of Hamilton and Hannah (Gardner) Berkey, Baltic, Ohio, Lutheran." While it is true that he grew up in the household he was actually the grandson. FEB

Sources

• Family information and History of Tuscarawas Co., Ohio by Warner Beers & Co. Chicago in 1884.
• Personal family information both written and from family Bibles gathered over several years of travel and library research. Original edition The Berkey Book and also 2nd edition which has many Berkeys that I personally researched as well as Line 26 which is started with Orange Grove Berkey. This is as close as our branch comes but in Line 3 appears his younger sister, Catherine Winchester Berkey who married Joseph Hochstetler who is DJH-4263. This was actually a mistake on the part of the informant named Wade Miller whose mother was a Burkey and since Catherine was in the household of Jacob Berkey he thought she was his daughter but she was not. Many of my relatives are in Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler first published in 1912 and the 2nd of his family publications Descendants of Barbara Hochstedler & Christian Stutzman first published in 1938 by Rev. Harvey Hostetler, D.D. long before personal computers. FEB