Frederick Hoffman

Frederick Hoffman

• Frederick Hoffman was born in August 1829 in Baden.
• Frederick Hoffman and Louisa Wagner arrived in the Port of New York on 28 April 1851, from Le Havre aboard the ship Wm Hitchcock.
• He married Louisa Wagner circa 1851.
• Frederick Hoffman and Louisa Wagner appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in New York City, New York, at 2nd Division, Ward 17. Other members of the household included George H. Hoffman, Daniel Hoffman and Joseph Hoffman.
• He was a cart man, according to the 1860 census.
• Frederick Hoffman and Louisa Wagner, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. Other members of the household included George H. Hoffman, Daniel Hoffman, Joseph Hoffman, Jacob Hoffman, Philip G. Hoffman, Wilhelmina M. Hoffman and Caroline Hoffman.
• Frederick Hoffman and Louisa Wagner appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, at 210 South Water Street. Other members of the household included Jacob Hoffman, Philip G. Hoffman, Wilhelmina M. Hoffman, Caroline Hoffman and Elizabeth May Hoffman.
• He was a laborer, according to the 1880 census.
• A photographic portrait was made of Frederick and Louisa Wagner Hoffman, likely during the 1880s.
• Frederick Hoffman and Louisa Wagner appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, at 418 Perry Street.
• He was a laborer, according to the 1900 census.
• Frederick Hoffman died on 5 December 1911 at age 82 in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, at 426 Perry Street.
• Louisa Wagner became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio.
• The following appeared in the Sandusky Star Journal: The death of Frederick Hoffman, a resident here for the past fifty years, occurred at the home of Mrs. Minnie Mahon, 426 Perry street, at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday. He was aged 82 years, 3 months and 20 days, and leaves to survive him, beside his wife, four sons, George of Buffalo, Philip of Toledo, and Daniel and Jacob of this city; three daughters, Mrs. Mahon, Mrs. August Pautlitz of Port Clinton, and Mrs. Charles Seaman of Toledo; twenty grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held from the residence of Mrs. Mahon Friday at 1:30 p.m., the Rev. J. G. Enselin officiating. Burial will be made in Oakland cemetery.

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2013