William Cady Hoag (abt. 1825 - bef. 1903)

Born about Sep 1825 in New York, USA

Husband of Gertrude Edwards — married 24 Dec 1851 in Manitowic, Manitowic, Wisconsin, USA

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• Birth: September 1825 somewhere in New York State, USA (see notes) ^[1]
• 1850 Manitowic, Manitowic, Wisconsin, USA. Living in a boarding house, Occupation listed as Sailor ^[2]
• Marriage: 24 December 1851 to Gertrude Edwards^[3]
• 1855 Newsworthy Event, the grounding of a ship ^[4]
• 1856 He was Captain of the schooner "Transit"^[5]
• 1860 Manitowoc Ward 2, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Occupation Listed as Captain of Schooner ^[6]
• Draft Registration 1 July 1863 Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. ^[7]
• 1870 Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA. Occupation: Fisherman ^[8]
• 1880 Catawba Island, Ottawa, Ohio, USA. Occupation: Fisherman ^[9]
• 1890 Petosky, Emmet, Michigan, USA. Working at a Fish House. Note: Gertrude died in 1890 in Petosky. See obituary for Gertrude Edwards. ^[10]
• 1900 Living with Matilda and sons on Catawba Island, Ottawa, Ohio, USA ^[11]
• 1902 Daughter Matilda dies.^[12]
• Death: 5 August 1903 Death notice published in Sandusky, Ohio Paper. Exact text of notice: "Word has reached us recently of the Death of Wm. Hoag, grandfather of Wallace and Maurice Smith. Mr. Hoag was a former resident of Catawba and father of the late Mrs. M. C. Smith who died a year ago."^[13]

Notes

Dates of Birth:

• 1850 census - abt 1826
• 1860 census - abt 1823
• 1870 census - abt 1825
• 1880 census - abt 1825
• 1890 census - Missing
• 1900 census - September 1825

I have not found where William died. After Matilda died, I do not know what happened to the little family. I know by 1910 his grandsons are both married. Wallace is working as a Merchant Seaman, and Maurice is married and still on the family farm. I assume he stayed with the boys in Catawba, but so far, searching the Ohio Death records page by page for 1902 and 1903 has not revealed any clues. I have also checked for deaths in Indiana, where his son George was, and Michigan and Wisconsin, where he and Gertrude lived. Most of the family is buried in Catawba Cemetery, I think if he died there he would have been buried there. I begin to suspect he took his boat out on the lake and his body was not recovered.

• 1903 Dead Hoags: He is NOT the William Hoag that died in Troy, Indiana. I sent for that death certificate, that Hoag was 5 years old. He is NOT either of the William Hoags that died in Michigan, have reviewed their trees. He is NOT the William Hoag that is buried in Berlinville, Ohio.

Update: The fisherman Darius Hoag I was tracking in New York was the son of Stephen Hoag and Elizabeth Southworth. It does look like William's parents are Stephen Allen Hoag and Hannah Cady, Stephen's second wife. The birth place, month and year of their son William and my William match perfectly. I have 3 DNA matches to descendants of Stephen and Hannah. Not enough for proof positive, yet. I have been in touch with John Hoyt, who runs the Hoyt family website for more information on Stephen and Hannah, he has pointed me to a book "Hoag Ancestry" by Mrs Julia H. Quackenbush, published 1938-1949. I also want to mention that John Hoyt had suggested Stephen and Hannah to me back in Nov. 2017, but I wanted to find another connection and eliminate other possibilities. Thank You John!

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Catawba Island, Ottawa, Ohio; Roll: 1312; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1241312
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4DK-Y66 : 12 April 2016), Wm Hoag, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 350, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ HOAG: Capt. William res: at mar. Vill. Manitowoc m: 24 Dec. 1851, Vill. Manitowoc by E. Ricker, Judge of Court (co. mar. index v.1) wit: Thomas Cunningham, Mrs. Rhoda Cunningham to: Girtrude (sic) Edwards [1]
4. ↑ MARINE DISASTER.-Captain Hoag, informs us that the new schooner, E.M. Shoyer, recently built at this place, is ashore at Muskegon, and will probably be a total loss. Manitowoc Tribune, Manitowoc, Wis. Thursday, November 29, 1855 P. 2.
5. ↑ Captain Hoag "Transit" Falge, Louis, 1861-1918 (ed.) / History of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Volume I (1912), Page 133 [2]
6. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Manitowoc Ward 2, Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1418; Page: 592; Family History Library Film: 805418
7. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha
8. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio; Roll: M593_1170; Page: 108A; Family History Library Film: 552669
9. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Catawba Island, Ottawa, Ohio; Roll: 1056; Family History Film: 1255056; Page: 463D; Enumeration District: 071
10. ↑ Gertrude Edwards Obit image: Edwards-18654
11. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Catawba Island, Ottawa, Ohio; Roll: 1312; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1241312
12. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 March 2018), memorial page for Matilda Smith (Jan 1852–Jul 1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 50893942, citing Catawba Island Cemetery, Catawba Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Connie Starnes (contributor 47163352) Matilda Smith on Find A Grave: Memorial #50893942
13. ↑ Sandusky Daily Register Death notice Published on August 5, 1903. p7 c2