Ida May Metsker

Brief Life History of Ida May

When Ida May Metsker was born on 7 February 1886, in Douglas, Kansas, United States, her father, Martin World Metsker, was 35 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Shoup, was 34. She married Dr. Charles Oliver Hoover on 1 January 1905, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Elk Township, Osage, Kansas, United States for about 5 years and Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States in 1979. She died on 16 September 1979, in Quinter, Gove, Kansas, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Quinter Cemetery, Quinter, Gove, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr. Charles Oliver Hoover
1881–1973
Ida May Metsker
1886–1979
Marriage: 1 January 1905
Merle Wallace Hoover
1907–1960
Cecil Ross Hoover
1910–1997
Gulah Velma Hoover
1912–2012
Ivan Lowell Hoover
1915–
Ada Maxine Hoover
1918–
John Sylvan Hoover
1919–2011

Sources (14)

  • Ida Hoover in household of C O Hoover, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Ida Hoover in entry for Gulah Velma Daron, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Ida M Metsker in household of M W Metsker, "Kansas State Census, 1895"

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1890 · Woman's Suffrage

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Metzger .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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