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William Ellsworth Hoy

"Dummy Hoy"

The Father of Baseball Sign Language

 

 

 

 

Baseball Cards From 1887

 

 

Photographs of Hoy Baseball Cards Courtesy of Steve Sandy

William Ellsworth Hoy Family Historian

 

 

Born - May 23,1862

Houckstown, Hancock County, Ohio

Occupations - Shoemaker, Farmer (Milking Cows),

Major League Baseball Player, Farmer

Married - October 26, 1898

Marriage  took place at the Children' Home

in Cincinnati, Ohio, Where Anna Grew Up

Died - December 15, 1961

Cincinnati, Ohio

Burial - His body was cremated and his ashes were scattered in Lytle Park located on Fourth Street in Cincinnati.

 

 

Wife -Anna Maria (Lowery) Hoy

Born - May 11,1876

Cincinnati, Ohio

Died - September 24, 1951

Cincinnati, Ohio

 

 

Anna's Adopted Father - John Lowery Jr.

Born - November 26, 1850

Anna's Adopted Mother - Katherine (Eagen) Lowery

Born - April 7, 1849 - Ireland

Died - 1886

Grandfather - John Lowery Sr.

Born - 1800 - Scotland 

 

 

 

 

 Son - Carson Hoy

Born - December 28, 1902 

Hamilton County, Ohio 

Marriage - October 25, 1922

Erlanger, Kentucky

Died - May 31, 1966

Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Wife - Dorothy (Peters) Hoy

To This Union 5 Children Were Born 

 

Daughter - Carmen (Hoy) Morris

Born - January 26, 1907

Hamilton County, Ohio

Died - February 4, 1939

Somerville, New Jersey

Husband - Donald Morris

To This Union a Daughter Was Born

 

Daughter - Clover (Hoy) Skaggs

Born - February 6, 1910

Hamilton County, Ohio 

Died - November 15, 1989 - Nevada

Husband - Marshall Skaggs

To This Union 3 Children Were Born

 

Son - Custer Hoy

Born -February 16, 1911

Mt. Healthy, Ohio

Died - February 18, 1911

Mt. Healthy, Ohio

 

Son - Cosmos Hoy

Born/Died  - August 13, 1912

Mt. Healthy, Ohio

 

Daughter - Castle Hoy

Born - April 15, 1916

Mt. Healthy, Ohio

Died - May 31, 1919

Hamilton County, Ohio

Cause - Spanish Influenza

 

 

 

 

 

Brother - Lyman Franklin Hoy

Born - September 27, 1853

Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Wife - Ella (Treece) Hoy

 

Brother - John Freeman Hoy

Born - December 11,1855

Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio

First Wife - Malissie E. (Hays) Hoy

2nd Wife - Eliza Samaria (Miller) Hoy

 

Brother - Smith Hoffman Hoy

Born - August 1858 /1859

Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Wife - Saloma Ellen (Ella) Hoy - 1863

 

Sister - Ora Ella (Hoy) Helms

Born - June 24, 1866

Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Husband - Rev. Elmer Ellsworth Helms

 

 

 

 

Father - Jacob Hoy

Mother - Rebecca (Hoffman) Hoy

 

 

Grandfather - Phillip Penn Hoy

Grandmother - Elizabeth (Eyer) Hoy

Lizzie Hoy 

 

Great - Grandfather Johann Phillip (Heu) Hoy

Great - Grandmother - Barbara Hoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

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