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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Hocker, Edward W., [1873-1962] |
| Title, Monographic | Germantown 1683-1933; the record that a Pennsylvania community has achieved in the course of 250 years; being a history of the people of Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill |
| Place of Publication | Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Publisher | The author |
| Date of Publication | 1933 |
| Extent of Work | 331 pages : frontispiece ; 24 cm |
| View Online | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102067688 |
| Notes | Edition of 500 copies. --- Edward W. Hocker, Librarian of the Germantown Historical Society, Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Associate Member of the Pennsylvania German Society. --- Printed by Camp News Company, 510 W. Susquehanna Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| MKI Annotation | Hocker was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1872. His father, a German immigrant, was granted American citizenship after fighting in the Civil War. Edward became a newspaperman soon after graduating from high school, working for the Norristown Review and the Philadelphia Press. After he married Frances Moser and moved to the Germantown section of Philadelphia in 1903, Hocker accepted a post as editor of the Independent Gazette. He was an active member of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and of the Germantown and Montgomery County Historical Societies. He wrote extensively on genealogy, Pennsylvania German history, and the history of Germantown and Montgomery County. His best-known works include the books Germantown, 1683-1933 and History of Trinity Lutheran Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, 1836-1936, and the Times Herald column "Up and Down Montgomery County" (under the pen name "Norris"). Hocker died in 1962. |
| Call Number | F159.G3 H7 1933 |
| MKI Terms | Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History |