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L to R: Pat, Gene, Dettie, Tony, Louise, Jerry, Anna Marie, Regina, Lindy, Hank, Ed
Little Known facts about the Hoyings:
Carl Heinrich Hoyng came to the United States with his wife Maria and his son Clemens on Sep. 16, 1834 aboard the ship “The Everhard” arriving in Baltimore Maryland. They made their home on the land the Gottfrid Anton Hoyng purchased a year before. He became a citizen of the U.S. on Oct.29, 1838.
In 1848 Carl pledged $40. towards a new brick church in Minster, and in 1852 he became a “founding father” for the new parish church in Egypt, Ohio. Pictures of the church are further down the page.
Carl and Maria had 2 sons one which died in Lohne, Germany at the age of 3, the youngest son Clemens learned to walk aboard the ship to America.
The story is told that when Clemens was attending school McLean Township School #1 he would write his name in the German style with two dots over the O or the Y. In trying to “Americanize” young Clemens his teacher Mr. Sherman introduced the spelling of Hoyng with an I, so hence the name Hoying.
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Kurt on August 15, 2010
Had a great at the family reunion. Alot of people were missed, but hope that they will be there next year.
triciaisen@gmail.com on November 12, 2010
That’s a great story! Thank you for sharing. I am Louise’s granddaughter, Luke’s daughter. My daughter Olivia was really excited to see this also. So glad I came across this today. I was wondering if anyone might shed some light on something. Did grandma ever have anything to do with a library or something with taking care of books for the church around 1989?
Ed Jr on April 29, 2008
What a nice tribute to our family! I just wanted to take this opportunity to Thank everyone who contributed pictures, stories, etc. for everyone to enjoy. And I want to say a special Thank You to my son Brian for hosting this website and keeping it current. I hope to see more items posted soon and I am looking forward to seeing everyone at this year’s reunion.