Evening star., 1928-06-15

may be called By that name, say that
Huber on settling in Holland changed
his name 10 Hoover.
There is an old family tradition among
the American Hoogers that they Sprang
from Dutch stock, and that In Holland
their ancestors were converted TO the
Quaker faith by English refugees. Any
way, the name lis quite common In
northeastern Europe. II is spelled
Huber" by the French and Wailoons,
''Hoofer" or "Hoefer" BIZ the Germans,
and Hoover" by the Dutch and Flemish
Andrew Hoover, direct progenitor OF
Herbert Hoover In the sixth generation,
belonged 10 the Society Of Friends, and
thereafter for five generations his de-
scendants remained 0liakerg, marrying
"in the meeting" with women Of Anglo
Saxon and Celtic blood. They we're
followers of the pioneers and breakers
Of the virgin soil.
From Maryland Andrew Hoover went
TO North Carolina. His son, John.
joined one Of the Quaker tricks into the
new lands Of the Western Reserve and
settled near Miami. Ohio. The family
moved again In 1858. going with other
Quakers 10 Iowa, where they founded
| the town Of West Branch, tn Cedar
County. Their first task before clear
ing the land for their farms was N
erect meeting house. For nearly 30
years most Of the little band spoke tf1f
] plain speech" using thee" and thy
and wore the Quaker gray and the poke
bonnet.
Had Machinery Agency.
The head Of the family when IL moved
10 Iowa WAS Jesse Hoover. His eldest
son. I'll. wax a farmer, like his fore.
bears, but he also had a strong raecilan-
ica bent. The father OF Herbert
Hoover was Jesse. second son of Eli
This Jesse abandoned the farm and be-.
came the village blacksmith, With thf
wave Of immigration that followed TIN
Civil War, the cuakeFs of West Branch
began ~ use improved farm machinery
and Jesse took local agency for these
manufactured products. which soon BE-
/ gan 70 naonop0lize his attention.
/ Jesse Hoover married IN his eariJ
tweTYties Huldah Minth0gn, whose family
~ far hack as memory ran had beer
{ Gauakers. A family tradition says theJ
came 10 Connecticut In the eighteenth
century from England. They vent "
/ Canada later, and then returned u
I make their home In the United States
! There IL a tradition also that tn Canada
marriage with a HuKueuot woman
/ brought q strain Of French blood int
. the Mint1ofn family.
Some NJ Herbert Ho0ger'g friends be.
lieye this is 10, because they think the1
! can detect a certain French quality s
times In his mind VIII Irwin says hf
has sometimes noted In both Herber
: Hoover snd his brother, Theodore,
Z tendency In crises 10 think like pegsi'
ksska IA xN
Jease agd his wife, JSuldan lived IL
1 A oae ~stnfy cottage across All ailes
/. from Jessk1s blacksmith shop and ma.
/! el1i1ls agency. When jesse Was N year
] old their first child Was born In tni
house III 1871. He WAS named Theodore
/ and Wa& called Tad" into his maturity
Three years later Herbert CLARK HO0ye
MAS born in tic same house. August 10
1874 under the ninistrati0n NJ fht
volunteer nurse ~ the village. who VA
his own Aunt Ellen, II seems tha
Jesse and Hildah wanted girl bab.
glteD Herbert csuae, Eo they must hayl
been disappointed. Another 0f Her
Dert's a0utA described the new a@riga
~ ~ sweet baby that fret day. ro'in'
kfaG plump" and declared tIlnt nl
+iooksd about very eUdiai NJ every
INDY"
EeFbeft WA Vigorous, normal child
hut he seemed IN BIZ especially subtec
NJ Group, and once he beesuge W u
til6t Aunt Ellen WAS Agatn summoned
At the fTad of choking spell the It'll
tsody stiffenHd and IL was thought iha
he HsG Gifd but even NJ Aunt Ellai
vas laying oilt the 8DGy she Ia0ttaei
signs NJ life SHE applied yiQGfSi
measures snd tb# child feyjged Hi
n9e4Efr ssid thf i<1fd had answered he
prayers end EiysM MIN bagk ~ ney