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Generation: 4
1. Living Living married MARLO M. [Group Sheet]
Children:
2. MEINERT HENRY was born on 30 Apr 1887 (son of MEINERT HENRY and HOFFMAN SOPHIA). Notes:
Henry has always been employed as an automotive man - for Kirchhoefer Motor Co., Nashville, Illinois, until 1933 at which time he moved to Christopher, Illinois, and was employed by Lemon Chevrolet until he retired.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
Compiled by Bernice ReinhardtHENRY married PILGRIM CLARA on 7 Feb 1912. CLARA was born on 15 Dec 1891. [Group Sheet]
3. PILGRIM CLARA was born on 15 Dec 1891. Children:
- MEINERT HARRY PILGRIM was born on 6 Dec 1912; died on 30 May 1965.
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Generation: 3
4. MEINERT HENRY was born on 27 Dec 1853; died on 13 Jan 1905; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Nashville, Washington County, Illinois. Notes:
Henry came from Preuss-Minden, northern Germany, province of Westphalia, when he was 18 years old. He left Germany with some 30 other people who settled in the New Minden area of Washington County, Illinois. He left Germany to avoid military service after seeing results to several older brothers. His father helped him to escape. Since Henry's father apparently owned or worked at a flour mill in Germany, residents of New Minden called Henry "Miller Meinert".
He was one of five original and charter members of Trinity Lutheran Church, Nashville, Illinois. His name is included in records in teh cornerstone laying. For a long time the church had no minister and services were held in teh courthouse. Men took turns reading prepared sermons.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
Compiled by Bernice ReinhardtHENRY married HOFFMAN SOPHIA. SOPHIA (daughter of HOFFMAN FRIEDRICH WILHELM and BOCKER CAROLINE) was born on 3 Nov 1849; died on 10 Jul 1919; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Nashville, Washington County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]
5. HOFFMAN SOPHIA was born on 3 Nov 1849 (daughter of HOFFMAN FRIEDRICH WILHELM and BOCKER CAROLINE); died on 10 Jul 1919; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Nashville, Washington County, Illinois. Notes:
After Henry died on his farm near Nashville, January 13, 1905, his wife, Sophie, found there was over $3000 in debts on the property. Managing well, she paid all debts and when she sold the farm kept one-third for herself and gave each child $1000. She lived with her daughter Sophie Weiner in St. Louis, Mo. until her death.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
Compiled by Bernice ReinhardtChildren:
- MEINERT CAROLINE was born on 13 May 1875; died on 26 Jun 1958.
- MEINERT MARY was born on 23 Nov 1876; died on 21 Dec 1963.
- MEINERT MARTHA LOUSIE was born on 19 Aug 1879; died on 10 Oct 1960; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo..
- MEINERT SOPHIE was born on 7 Sep 1881; died on 11 Sep 1971.
- MEINERT ANNA was born on 6 Oct 1883; died on 26 Aug 1968.
- MEINERT WILLIAM C. was born on 27 Dec 1885; died on 6 Nov 1960.
- 2. MEINERT HENRY was born on 30 Apr 1887.
- MEINERT LOUISE was born on 24 Mar 1889 in No Children.
- MEINERT EDWARD was born on 21 Nov 1892; died on 3 Jan 1962; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Nashville, Illinois.
Generation: 4
10. HOFFMAN FRIEDRICH WILHELM was born on 6 Aug 1816 in Rothenufeln, Kries Minden, Germany (son of HOFFMAN JOHANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM and ENGEL ANNE MARIA); died in Nov 1853. Notes:
7 children - possibly 10 - 5 lived to grow up - Marie Elisabeth; Marie Caroline; Christine Caroline; George Joseph; George Wilhelm Joseph; Christina Louise Sophia: Christian Frederick.
A German Catechism which was published in 1819 and has the name Friederich Hoffmann printed on the fly leaf and is now owned by Adele Ahlers of Kirkwood, Mo., contains information pertaining to teh Hoffman family. Among the names of other children of Frederick and Caroline we find: Sun. eve. 11 P.M., Feb. 29, 1848 daughter Christina Wilhelmina died - collaramorbus - lived 15 mos.
A little farther down: Born Jan. 1, 1852 1 A.M. son Christian Friederich Wilhelm - Baptised on Sun. May 9, 1852 in St. Louis. Another notation - Fred William 10 mos. and a few day old died. Another - Born aft. Feb. 21, 1853 Christian Earl Ludwig.
Since the German writing is not too clear on some of this we cannot be sure but believe these also were the Frederick Hoffmans Children.
Frederick William Hoffman, 6th child of Johann Friederich Wilhelm Hoffman and Anne Marie Hoffman (nee Engel), was born at Rothenufeln, Germany, on Aug. 6, 1816 and died in Washington Co., Ill., about 1853. Since he is buried in an unmarked grave in a family burial ground on what was at that time, his farm and we can find no record of his death, by deduction, in relation to other events, we believe his death to have occurred in Nove. of 1853. At any rate, probate court records show his brother John was appointed administrator of his estate on Dec. 1, 1853.
We are not sure when he came to America, but the record of his marriage to Caroline Bocker on Aug. 1, 1839, in Fairfax co., Ohio (Lancaster) has been found.
The History of Washington Co. 1879 notes that the original settlers of Covington Precinct were not German, but that they and their heirs sold their farms to German immigrants from the area of Preusz Minden. This same book, on page 76, says the first German settler in the Covington Precinct was F. W. Hoffman, who came in 1840. Frederick found this record among land grants in our Washington Co. Historical Msueum. The date of purchase was Dec. 30, 1839. Frederick's farm was south of New Minden, presentlyh owned by Walter Nieman. Their first home was a log cabin, which about 1882 was replaced by a new home and the log cabin moved to become a barn.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
Compiled by Bernice ReinhardtFRIEDRICH married BOCKER CAROLINE on 1 Aug 1839. CAROLINE was born on 1 May 1819; died on 4 Mar 1896. [Group Sheet]
11. BOCKER CAROLINE was born on 1 May 1819; died on 4 Mar 1896. Notes:
Caroline's full name as it appears on St. John's Lutheran Church Records, New Minden, Ill., is Friedericke Wilhelmine Caroline Hoffman. Her place and date of birth is listed as Krohenlo, by Preusz Minden, Germany, May 1, 1819. She was married three times. Her second husband, whom she married on Dec. 30, 1856, was Friederich Christian Hesemann, who died on October 31, 1858, at the age of 38 years and 5 months. New Minden Church records note that he was not a member of that congregation and not buried on their cemetery. Two children, a boy and a girl - twins - were born of this union. The girl's name was Martha and she married a man named Myer. The boy's name was Henry and I have not been able to learn anything about him except that he married and moved on a farm near Lockwood, Mo.
Caroline's third marriage was to Wilhelm (Bismarch) Vogt on May 15, 1860. He died Apr. 15, 1904, and is buried in the New Minden Cemetery. Caroline died March 4, 1896, at the age of 76, after an illness of 6 days. She also is burried in the New Minden Cemetery.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
Compiled by Bernice ReinhardtChildren:
- HOFFMAN FREDERICH WILLIAM died in in Died at age 10 mos. and a few days..
- HOFFMAN MARY ELISABETH was born on 17 May 1840; died on 17 Jul 1942 in Age 102.
- HOFFMAN MARIA CAROLINE was born on 24 Nov 1841 in No Children; died on 1 Jan 1929.
- HOFFMAN CHRISTINE CAROLINE was born on 11 May 1843; died on 11 Jul 1932.
- HOFFMAN GEORGE JOSEPH was born on 29 Nov 1844; died on 29 Jan 1846 in Died of T.B..
- HOFFMAN GEORGE WILHELM JOSEPH was born on 6 Apr 1846; died on 6 Apr 1846.
- HOFFMAN CHRISTINA WILHELMINA was born about 1847; died on 29 Feb 1848 in Age 15 mos. - cause collaramorbus..
- 5. HOFFMAN SOPHIA was born on 3 Nov 1849; died on 10 Jul 1919; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Nashville, Washington County, Illinois.
- LUDWIG CHRISTIAN EARL was born on 21 Feb 1853; died in in Apparently died at an early age..
- HOFFMAN CHRISTIAN FREDERICK was born on 21 Feb 1854; died on 14 Jan 1927.
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