Conrad Hoover was born in Germany in 1734, and came to America in 1752. He lived in York county, Pa., for several years, and was the father of fourteen children. He died in 1806.
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Hoover ancestors were Swiss and the name was then Huber, German for, tenant of a Hube, “farm” ... About 1762 Huber was anglicized to Hoover.2477