Brief Life History of John Edmund
When John Edmund Hostetter was born on 21 October 1855, in Marion Township, Pike, Indiana, United States, his father, William Thomas Hostetter, was 37 and his mother, Dorothy Ann Edmondson, was 21. He married Amanda Anderson on 5 April 1892, in Pike, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Jefferson Township, Pike, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Oakland City, Columbia Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died on 27 May 1934, in Pike, Indiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.
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- J E Hostetter in household of Emma Anderson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: John E. Hostetter - Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1856; Indiana, United States
- John E Hostetter, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
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1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Gibson, Indiana, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
Altered form of German and Swiss German Hofstetter or Hoffstetter , and also of German Hochstätter (see Hochstatter ) and Swiss German Hostettler . The surname Hostetter is also found in France (Alsace).
History: This is one of the American variants of the name of a Swiss Mennonite (Amish) family, originally spelled Hostettler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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