Elias Hoover

1823 - 1892  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Elias Hoover
  Born	Dec 1823	Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Mar 1892	Welland
  Person ID	I00469	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	John Hoover,   b. 3 Oct 1781, Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Jan 1858, Gainsborough Township  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Rachel Dils,   b. 6 Nov 1789, New Jersey ,   d. 4 Sep 1875, Gainsborough Township  (Age 85 years)
  Married	ABT. 1815
  Family ID	F0193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Minerva G Bradshaw,   b. ABT. 1829
  Married	ABT. 1849
  Children	1. Isabel Hoover,   b. ABT. 1850  [Natural]   2. Dexter David Hoover,   b. 4 Sep 1857  [Natural]
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2014
  Family ID	F0227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elias Hoover (1823-1892) From Welland History John Hoover, son of Henry and Margaret, was born in 1780 in Pennsylvania, as the revolution had disrupted their lives. In any case he came to Canada about 1803 with brother David and Henry and sisters Ann and Elizabeth to the Rainham area, Haldimand county. In 1815 John married Rachel Dils (1789-1875) in Rainham, Haldimand County. Rachel was the daughter of Adam Dils and Christine Bellas. Rachel was one of the fourteen children, six brothers and eight girls. John and Rachel had five children in the 1828 Gainsborough census. Their four sons were Josiah(Joseph), William H., John D., and Elias (the subject of this biography). Elias Hoover, born December 1823 in Rainham married Minerva Guiline Bradshaw born April 24, 1829 in Pelham. They married in 1850 in Gainsborough township. They had three children Isobel Hoover born 1851, Austin Hoover born in Wainfleet December 25, 1852 and died January, 15, 1856. He was buried in Oakwood cemetery, Wainfleet. David Dexter Hoover born September 7, 1857 in Wainfleet.