Please check Pittsburg , Allegheny, Penna 1880 Census - for John and Mary Hoover - son August of Swiss birth age 6 - Seems to be their first home base after arriving thru New York in early 1880 signed thru under a P. Hoover (probably Paul) This is not my lineage however I am an ardent genealogists who likes to connect lost families and if this helps - all the better -- Jim Hinnershitz Berks County Rdg,Pa Name:   P. Hoover Year:   1880 Place:   Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Source Publication Code:   9700 Primary Immigrant:   Hoover, P Source Bibliography:   WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Pittsburgh, compilers. A List of Immigrants Who Applied for Naturalization Papers in the District Courts of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: the society. Vol. 5, 1880-1887. 1981. 141p. Page:   49