Edward W. Hocker papers 1886-1959

Germantown Historical Society

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Germantown, a neighborhood in the northwest section of Philadelphia, was the site of several nationally significant events. It was settled in the late 1600s by Mennonite and Quaker German-speaking emigrants and incorporated as a borough in 1689. Germantown is sometimes called the home of the American anti-slavery movement, because the first organized protest against slavery in the Americas was begun by four members of the Germantown Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quake...

Hartman family

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Hocker, Edward W., 1873-

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Edward W. Hocker was a professional genealogist who lived in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was the director of the Germantown Historical Society. From the description of Edward W. Hocker genealogical research materials, 1931-1958. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 232362034 Edward W. Hocker was a librarian at the Germantown Historical Society, a local historian, and a journalist who wrote the popular column "Up and Down Montgomery County."...

Hartman, John W.

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