Elsie Rebecca Boyer and Phares Henry Hoke

PHARES HENRY HOKE was born July 6, 1870 in Pennsylvania,³⁹⁸⁵ and died January 28, 1913 in Springettsbury Township, York, Pennsylvania.^{5917, 3985} He is buried in Trinity Roths United Church of Christ Cemetery, Spring Grove, York, Pennsylvania.³⁹⁸⁵

He married ELSIE REBECCA BOYER on December 1, 1895 in York, York, Pennsylvania,^{5916, 2985} daughter of KATHRYN REBECCA STAMBAUGH and GEORGE HOOVER BOYER. She was born October 19, 1877 in York County, Pennsylvania,³⁹⁸⁵ and died July 9, 1954 in York Hospital, York County, Pennsylvania.³⁹⁸⁵ She is buried in Trinity Roths United Church of Christ Cemetery, Spring Grove, York, Pennsylvania.³⁹⁸⁵

• Descendant Reports
  • Jacob Meyer Descendant Report (Ancestor of Elsie R. Boyer)
  • Georg Michael Romich Descendant Report (Ancestor of Elsie R. Boyer)
  • John Heilman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Elsie R. Boyer)
  • Felix Stambach Descendant Report (Ancestor of Elsie R. Boyer)

Children of ELSIE REBECCA BOYER and PHARES HENRY HOKE:

1. GERTRUDE HOKE, b. October 12, 1895;⁹⁸²⁷ m. ROY SAMUEL DIEHL on April 19, 1924 in York, York, Pennsylvania⁹⁸²⁸; d. September 18, 1970, York, York, Pennsylvania.⁹⁸²⁷
2. CATHERINE M. HOKE, b. October 24, 1898, Newchester, Adams, Pennsylvania;^{456, 9840} m. ROBERT P. FAIRCLOTH; d. November 15, 1983.⁴⁵⁶
3. EDNA E. HOKE, b. June 8, 1901;³⁹⁸⁵ d. September 27, 1923, Susquehanna, Dauphin, Pennsylvania;³⁹⁸⁵ bur. Trinity Roth's United Church of Christ, Spring Grove, York, Pennsylvania.^{456, 3985}
4. GEORGE WILLIAM HOKE, b. August 3, 1903, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania;⁷³⁷⁷ m. ETHEL VENELIA REBECCA STEBBINS on October 1, 1932 in York, York, Pennsylvania⁹⁸³⁹; d. February 25, 1980, York, York, Pennsylvania.⁹⁸³⁷
5. ROY WILBUR HOKE, b. September 30, 1908, Springettsbury, York, Pennsylvania;⁴⁸⁰⁸ m. CATHERINE A. DUBALSKI on January 6, 1934 in Washington, District of Columbia⁹⁶⁵²; d. December 7, 1980;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.⁴⁵⁶
6. ESTHER SARAH HOKE, b. March 1, 1911, Springettsbury, York, Pennsylvania;^{4808, 9832} d. April 2, 2006, York Hospital, York County, Pennsylvania.⁹⁸³²
7. DOROTHY JULIA HOKE, b. August 6, 1913, York, York, Pennsylvania;⁴⁸⁰⁸ m. GEORGE WILLIAM MOUL on September 3, 1937 in Bethany Reformed Church Parsonage, York, York, Pennsylvania⁹⁸³³; d. January 25, 1985, York, York, Pennsylvania.⁹⁸³⁴

Personal Information

• Elsie Rebecca Boyer was a member of the Bethany Reformed Church, York, York, Pennsylvania. ⁵⁹²⁰

Marriage Announcements and News

Gazette and Daily, December 18, 1895⁵⁹¹⁶

HOKE—BOYER. —On Dec. 1, 1895, by Rev. O. P. Schellhamer, at 413 West Philadelphia street, Mr. Phares H. Hoke, of Spring Grove, and Miss Elsie Boyer, of Farmers.

Obituaries

Gettysburg Times, January 29, 1913⁵⁹¹⁷

FATAL ISSUE TO LOCKJAW CASE

Farmer of Near Abbottstown Sustains Injury which Develops into Deadly Tetanus. Had Brother Die from the Same Cause.

Phares Hoke, of near Abbottstown, died about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning from lockjaw, developing from injuries sustained some time ago. He is a son of William Hoke, of Roundtown, and this is the second death to occur in the Hoke family from the dread disease, a brother dying the same way some time ago.

Mr. Hoke had one of his fingers crushed recently while operating some machinery. He paid no attention to the injury until it was so swollen and gave him such intense pain that he visited a York physician to receive treatment.

Last Thursday, however, tetanus developed, resulting in death. Dr. Bahn of Spring Grove, a relative of Mr. Hoke, and Dr. Smyser, North York were called in by the family Tuesday morning but were unable to do a thing for the man who was dying. In addition to the wound on the finger, considered a minor injury by the physicians, there was a nail wound in one foot, so that it was not certain which wound caused lockjaw.

Mr. Hoke was forty-two years old and is survived by Mrs. Hoke, a number of young children, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hoke, Roundtown, and several brothers and sisters.

Evening Sun, July 9, 1954⁵⁹²⁰

Mrs. Phares H. Hoke

Mrs. Elsie R. Boyer Hoke, 76, York, widow of Phares H. Hoke, died at 9:55 a. m. today at the York Hospital. She was a member of Bethany Reformed Church and Sunday School, York. Surviving are four daughters, two sons, six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, four sisters, including Mrs. Edward Miller and Mrs. Maggie Sullivan, Hanover, and two brothers, George and Luther Boyer, Hanover. The Reb. Herbert L. Rice, pastor of Bethany Church, will officiate at services Tuesday at 10:30 a. m. at the Max G. Anstine funeral home, West York. Burial will be in Roth's Church Cemetery.

Evening Sun, December 10, 1980⁹⁸³⁰

HOKE

Suddenly, on December 7, 1980, ROY W., Chief Warrant Officer U.S.C.G. Retired, of Locust Point, dearest husband of Catherine A. Hoke (nee Dubalski), beloved father of Joseph L. Hoke, and Mary Joyce Hoke and Mrs. Patricia E. Heeg, devoted son of the late Pharas and Elsie Hoke, devoted brother of Mrs. Catherine Faircloth, Miss Esther Hoke, Mrs. Dorothy Maul, and the late Gertrude Diehl and the late George W. and Edna Hoke. Also survived by 6 grandchildren.

Funeral from the Charles L. Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., 1501 East Fort avenue, on Thursday at 10:30 A.M. Interment Arlington National Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 26, 18802975	Heidelberg, York, Pennsylvania	George Hoover Boyer Kathryn Rebecca Stambaugh Wilson Boyer Elsie Rebecca Boyer
April 25, 19102976	Springettsbury, York, Pennsylvania	Phares Henry Hoke Elsie Rebecca Boyer Gertrude Hoke Catherine M. Hoke Edna E. Hoke George William Hoke Margaret Rebecca Geiselman
January 3, 19202977	York, York, Pennsylvania	Elsie Rebecca Boyer Gertrude Hoke Edna E. Hoke George William Hoke Esther Sarah Hoke Dorothy Julia Hoke Roy Wilbur Hoke
April 11, 19302978	York, York, Pennsylvania	Elsie Rebecca Boyer George William Hoke Esther Sarah Hoke Dorothy Julia Hoke
April 26, 19402979	York, York, Pennsylvania	Elsie Rebecca Boyer Esther Sarah Hoke Dorothy Julia Hoke George William Moul
April 6, 19509635	York, York, Pennsylvania	Elsie Rebecca Boyer Esther Sarah Hoke Dorothy Julia Hoke George William Moul