Living married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

George's mother died when he was three and he was cared for by his Aunt Sarah until Fred remarried. When he was 16, he went to St. Louis to work and lived there the rest of his life.

GEORGE married KOENIG ANNA WILHEMINA on 1 May 1888. ANNA was born on 9 Oct 1867; died on 24 Jul 1952. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Fred was a store keeper in Nashville, Illinois.

FREDERICK married VOLKMANN MARIE on 11 Aug 1865. MARIE was born in in See more notes.; died on 5 Feb 1870. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

There is a difference of opinion as to Marie's last name. A granddaughter believes her name was Meier. She bases this on the fact that she had an uncle named Meier, who she always thought was her mother's brother. I have not been able to find a record of the marriage of Marie Meier to Frederick Hoffman and do find one of Maria Volkmann to F. W. Hoffman in St. Paul's Ev. Church records in Nashville, Illinois, with dates corresponding to what we believe to be the approximate date of their marriage and other dates seeming to be correct. I am inclined to believe the uncle could have been a brother-in-law or the mother could have been married twice. St. Paul's records show the marriage on August 11, 1865 of F. W. Hoffman to Maria Volkmann. They also show the death of Maria Hoffman (nee Volkmann) on February 5, 1870. These records also provide the following information - child of Fr. Wilhelm and Mary Hoffman died Feb. 17, 1870 (Relatives confirm that there were 2 children born to this union one of whom died in infancy). We have the date of the birth of George as Jan. 10, 1867, together with the fact that he was three when his mother died and the date of F. W.'s second marriage to Caroline Wiese on April 23, 1891. All these dates seem to indicate tome that her maiden name was Volkmann. Frederick and Marie were the parents of two children - one died in infancy - George lived to grow up.

From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
Compiled by Bernice Reinhardt