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- Henry Hoover Jr. was the son of David Hoover and the grandson of Henry Hoover Sr. who was a weaver. At the time of his death in 1811, Henry Sr. was a resident of Rainham. He owned Lot 18, Concession 1, about 240 acres, which he purchasedt in 1807. Henry Sr. left this land to his two sons, David and John. His son John and wife Rachael sold their share of the farm in 1827. At that time they were living in the Township of Louth, County of Lincoln. Henry Jr. inherited his father David's share. His mother was previously married to a Rhora before she married David.
In 1827 Henry Jr. purchased the south part of Lot 19, Concession 2, Rainham. In 1831 he sold part of his lot to his brother David and in 1833 the rest to Henry Zimmerman excluding a small area to be used for a union burial ground, Sweets Corners Union Cemetery.
In 1833 Henry purchased the south part of Lot 16, Concession 2. He lived here with his wife Anna (Hannah) and his small daughter Elizabeth born in 1836 just one year before Henry's death. He was the first recorded burial in the parcel of land he gave. Henry left half his farm to Elizabeth and half to Anna for life thence to Elizabeth. His will hints at the difficulties his young widow would face. He instructed that his executors in order for Anna to have the land cleared, the barn finished and the child raised, were to sell the north half of Lot 18, Concession 1, Rainham, being the property of his late father, David. Further bequests were made to his brother John's baby, should it be born alive, to his brother David and his half brother Christian Rhora.
Henry's daughter Elizabeth married Nicholas Moerschfelder, the son of Christian and Magdalena Weaver Moerschfelder. Elizabeth and Nicholas had ten children, six girls and four boys. Henry's widow Anna later married Patrick Maxwell and they continued to live in the area.
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Rainham Builders
1801 - 1837 (35 years)