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     Maude M. Forrest was born in 1878 at NY, USA. The 1910 census gives her ahe as 30, the 1930 Census gives it as 52. The date of 1878 is on her gravestone. She married George Luther Hotchkin at Sherburne, Chenango County, NY, USA, on 19 September 1900.² Maude M. Forrest appeared on the census of 1940 at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Maude Hotchkin, age 61 born 1879 in NY, widow, living with daughter Marian Bauman and her husband Leigh.. She died in February 1958 at Norwich, Chenango County, NY.³ She was buried at Maplewood Cemetery, at Mount Upton, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Luther Forrest (Bud) Hotchkin was born on 27 July 1901 at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of George Luther Hotchkin and Maude M. Forrest. He married Lola Wheeler at Mt Upton, Chenango County, NY, USA, on 19 September 1921.² Luther Forrest (Bud) Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1930 at Norwich, Chenango County, NY. The census lists the family as: L. Forrest Hotchkin, 54 (1901), married at age 20, born NY, parents born NY, teller in bank; wife Lola W., age 28 (1901), married at age 20, born NY, parents born NY, no occupation, son George W., age 7 (1922), Born NY.. He resided at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, in 1992. He died on 11 February 1994 at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, at age 92.¹ He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Luther worked 48 years for the National Bank and Trust of Norwich, NY amd was an avid hunter, fisherman and gardener in retirement. He had graduated from Eastman Business School in Poughkeepsie, NY.

     Marian was born at Ancram, Columbia County, NY, USA, in 1903. The 1910 census gives her age as 7.. She was the daughter of George Luther Hotchkin and Maude M. Forrest. She married Leigh Donald Bowman at 1st Baptish Church, Norwich, Chenango County, NY, USA, on 14 October 1933.¹ Marian died before 1987 at NY, USA.

     Lola Wheeler was born on 15 July 1901 at NY, USA.¹ She married Luther Forrest (Bud) Hotchkin at Mt Upton, Chenango County, NY, USA, on 19 September 1921.² Lola Wheeler died on 20 February 1979 at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, USA, at age 77.³ She was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     A birth date of 15 July 1901 is given in her Social Security records, and a death date of February 1979; benefits paid in NY.³

     George Wheeler Hotchkin was born on 11 September 1922 at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of Luther Forrest (Bud) Hotchkin and Lola Wheeler. George Wheeler Hotchkin was a Lt, andserved in US Air Force, during the World War II. He was promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT for more than 25 missions over Europe in a B-17. He married Mary Lee Gibbons at Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, USA, on 4 November 1950. Married at the Lady of Lourdes Church..² George Wheeler Hotchkin died on 31 October 1971 at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, at age 49.^3,4

     A memorial is found to George at the Rogers Environmental Park in Sherbourne, NY. It says that he graduated from Syracuse University and worked 21 years for General Laboratories. He was a nature lover, so his father Forrest (Bud) established a Library as a memorial to his name. Social Security records confirm his birth and death dates.

     Mary was born at NY, USA, on 16 November 1927. Age 2 at 1930 census. Exact date found in Public Records.. She was the daughter of Thomas Adrian Gibbons and Frances Ruth Holway. She married George Wheeler Hotchkin at Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, USA, on 4 November 1950. Married at the Lady of Lourdes Church..¹ She married Robert Earl Ash at NY circa 1973. Mary Lee Gibbons died on 1 May 2021 at age 93. She was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, at Norwich, Chenango County, NY, USA. Mary Lee Ash.

     Mary (May) Ishultz was born in March 1869 at NY, USA. She married Horace Nathan Hotchkin at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA, on 27 March 1894. Their marriage was announced in The Argus of Middletown, NY on April 10, 1894. Her name is given as Mary Ishultz. They were married by Rev G. T. Galbraith. Both are described as of Liberty, NY..^1,2 Mary (May) Ishultz died on 14 April 1927 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, at age 58.^3,4 She was buried at Liberty Cemetery, at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.

     Ruth A. Hotchkin was born on 27 January 1895 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. The 1900 census gives her birth as Jan 1894.¹ She was the daughter of Horace Nathan Hotchkin and Mary (May) Ishultz. She married Robert J. Tremper at Jeffersonville, Sullivan County, NY, USA, on 6 July 1916.² Ruth A. Hotchkin and Robert J. Tremper were divorced in 1950 at Hardee County, FL, USA.³ Ruth A. Hotchkin died on 20 July 1957 at Utica, Oneida County, NY, USA, at age 62.¹ She was buried at Crown Hill Memorial Park, at Clinton, Oneida County, NY, USA.

     Ruth A. was married to Robert J. Tremper in Jeffersonville, NY on 6 July 1916. According to Sullivam County Marriage Records, they were married by Rev. William Meyers and witnessed by Wilbur and Grutude Robertson. The 1900 census found Ruth with her parents in Liberty, Sullivan Co., NY.

     Mildred Catherine Hotchkin was born on 24 August 1896 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. The 1900 census gives her birth date as Aug 1896.¹ She was the daughter of Horace Nathan Hotchkin and Mary (May) Ishultz. She married John W. Quirk at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, on 12 January 1921. The newspaper announcemet gives the date as Wednesday January 19..^2,3 Mildred Catherine Hotchkin died on 7 July 1996 at Utica, Oneida County, NY, USA, at age 99.¹

     She married John Lewis Quirk, son of John Quirk and Mary LeRoy, on 12 January 1921 at the Liberty, NY Presbyterian Church, according to Sullivan Co. Marriage Records. They were married by Rev. Samuel Franklin. At that time her occupation was listed as office work and his as a cutter in knitting mill. The 1900 census found her with her parents in Liberty, Sullivan Co., NY.

     Dorothy Hotchkin was born circa 1911 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Horace Nathan Hotchkin and Mary (May) Ishultz. Dorothy Hotchkin died before 1920 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY. Not with the family at the 1920 census..

     She was not included in the 1900 Census or the 1920 census.

     Helen Hotchkin was born circa 1910 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Horace Nathan Hotchkin and Mary (May) Ishultz.

     She was not included with the family at the 1900 census.

     Carrie Grace Moore was born on 15 February 1871 at Blooming Grove, Orange County, NY, USA. She married Frank Elmer Hotchkin at Middletown, Orange County, NY, USA, on 29 November 1893. Married by Rev W. McKendree Darwood.. Carrie Grace Moore died on 29 November 1914 at Morris County, NJ, USA, at age 43. She was buried at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, at Rockaway, Morris County, NJ, USA.

     Mucaurayo Hotchkin was born circa 1894 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Frank Elmer Hotchkin and Carrie Grace Moore. Mucaurayo died before 1900 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY. He was not with the family at the 1900 census..

     Harold Donald Hotchkin Sr. was born on 30 October 1896 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Frank Elmer Hotchkin and Carrie Grace Moore. Harold Donald Hotchkin Sr. registered for the World War I Draft on 5 June 1918 while living at Dover, Morris County, NJ, USA. The registration card gave additional information on him: "He gives his name as Harold Hotchkin, age 21, born 30 October 1896 in Liberty, NJ (Liberty, NY is correct). He gives his fathers birth place as Livingston Manor, NY. He works for Co in Dover, NJ. He gives his father Frank E. Hotchkin as nearest relative, living in Dennille sp), NJ.". He married Helen Storey at NY, USA, circa 1920. Harold Donald Hotchkin Sr. and Helen Storey were divorced circa 1921 at NY. He married Charlotte Marguerite (Lottie) Leek at NY on 19 January 1922. Harold Donald Hotchkin Sr. appeared on the census of 1930 at Hampton, Hunterdon County, NJ, USA. The census lists the family as: Harold Hotchkin, 33 (1896), married at age 26, born NY, parents born NY, painter at State Sanatorium; wife Lottie, 27 (1902), married at age 19, born NJ, parents born NJ; daughter Doris, 6 (1923), born NJ; son harold Jr, 4 (1925), born NJ; neice Marjorie Wilson, 4 (19250 born NJ.. He and Charlotte Marguerite (Lottie) Leek were divorced circa 1940 at NJ, USA. Harold Donald Hotchkin Sr. died on 23 January 1966 at Washington, Warren County, NJ, USA, at age 69.¹ He was buried at Musconetong Valley Cemetery, at Hampton, Hunterdon County, NJ, USA.

     Florence Jane Hotchkin was born on 9 April 1902 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Frank Elmer Hotchkin and Carrie Grace Moore. She married Herbert Krauss at NY, USA, on 6 August 1923. Florence Jane Hotchkin and Herbert Krauss were divorced before 1930 at NJ, USA. Single and a nurse at the 1930 census of Newark, NJ.. She resided at Chatham, Morris County, NJ, USA, in 1930. She married Robert C. Doerzbacher at NJ on 8 August 1930. Florence Jane Hotchkin died on 10 July 1996 at Chatham, Morris County, NJ, at age 94.¹

     Florence and Robert resided at Chatham, NJ. The 1923 Newark, NJ City Directory has her as a nurse at the North Memorial Hospital and residing at 340 Dover and she was also listed at this location at the 1920 census . At the 1930 census of Newark, Essex Co, NJ, she is a nurse at the Crippled Children home and Hospital and miistakenly listed as age 20.

     Elsie Mae Hotchkin was born on 25 January 1906 at Dover, Morris County, NJ, USA. She was the daughter of Frank Elmer Hotchkin and Carrie Grace Moore.

     Adaline Evelyn Coddington was born on 15 September 1882 at Martinsville, Somerset County, NJ, USA. Gravestone gives comlete date. She was the daughter of Manning Force Coddington and Sarah Frances Smith. She married Frank Elmer Hotchkin at Easton, Northampton County, PA, USA, in 1915. Adaline Evelyn Coddington died on 12 January 1967 at Mt Horeb, Somerset County, NJ, USA, at age 84. Gravestone gives comlete date.. She was buried at Mt Horeb Methodist Cemetery, at Warren, Somerset County, NJ, USA.

     Howard Francis Hotchkin was born on 1 July 1917 at Denville, Morris County, NJ, USA.² He was the son of Frank Elmer Hotchkin and Adaline Evelyn Coddington. He married Kathryn (Katie) Sadlon at Asbury, Warren County, NJ, USA, on 20 March 1939. Howard Francis Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1940 at Washington, Warren County, NJ, USA. The census lists the family as: Howard F. Hotchkin, Head, age 22 born 1918 in NJ, married, lived rural Hunterdon County, NJ in 1935, Timberer in Iron Ore mines; wife Katie, age 20 born 1920 in PA, Married, Examier in Underwear Mills.. He died on 2 October 1990 at NJ, USA, at age 73.² He was buried at Hillside Cemetery, at Oxford, Warren County, NJ, USA.

     A newspaper article, published in the Washington, NJ, Star-Gazette for 5 April 1990 describes Howard as a radio genius and a man who sold and repaired thousands of television sets. It says that Howard was a native of Denville, NJ whose family moved to Glen Gardner in 1922. He attended High Bridge High School for three months but was forced to quit and go to work because his father died. He took a correspondence course from the National Radio Institute in Wash., DC., which took 2 years and cost $6.00 a month. He remembered that the Newark News carried a full page advertisement showing how to build a crystal radio set and all you had to do was send for the kit. He and his brother, Elmer, sent for the kit and built their first radio in 1926 or 1927. During the great depression, Howard was in the CCC's. Later he opened a radio store in High Bridge and sold Philco, RCA, Commodores radios and refrigerators. During World War II he worked in the iron mine at Mine Hill as an electrician and at General Motors on aircraft radios. After the war, he and his wife Kate opened a small television store on Cornish Street. For a few decades after that, Howard was known by thousands of people around Washington as the only man who could really fix a television set. Retired, he now works in the garden at his mountain home on Mine Hill Road. For a time, he grew his own tobacco and made his own cigars with a machine that he built.³

     Elmer Grant Hotchkin was born on 4 April 1920 at Denville, Morris County, NJ, USA.¹ He was the son of Frank Elmer Hotchkin and Adaline Evelyn Coddington. He married Grace Belle Howell at Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN, USA, on 13 December 1944. Marriage License. Elmer Grant Hotchkin died on 17 October 1994 at Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY, USA, at age 74. Morning Call, The (Allentown, PA) - October 19, 1994

ELMER G. HOTCHKIN
Elmer G. Hotchkin, 74, of Bangor, formerly of Glen Gardner, N.J., died Monday in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was the husband of Grace (Howell) Hotchkin. They were married 49 years last December.Before retiring in 1982, he was a carpenter for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Somerville, N.J.Born in Denville, N.J., he was a son of the late Frank and Addie (Coddington) Hotchkin.He was a sergeant/mechanic in the Army during World War II.
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     Elmer was a carpenter and they resided at Glen Gardner, NJ.