Notes:

John is a graduate of River Forest teachers College. Live in Chicago area.

JOHN married MARKER KATHERINE on 22 Nov 1922. KATHERINE was born on 3 Apr 1903; died in Apr 1976. [Group Sheet]

1. MASCHHOFF JOHN M.
2. Living

HENRY married REDEKER WILHELMENA (MINNA) on 18 May 1892. WILHELMENA (daughter of REDEKER JOHANN KEINRICH and FRUEND CHARLOTTE) was born on 12 Feb 1874; died on 30 Nov 1935; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Baptism: July 31, 1842 Evangelisch, Bergkirchen, Lippe, Westfalia, Germany

HEINRICH married COLLMEYER CHRISTINA CAROLINE (KOLLMEIER) on 8 Dec 1865 in New Minden, Washington County, Illinois. CHRISTINA (daughter of KOLLMEIER HERMANN JOSEPH CONSTANTINE (COLLMEYER) and HOFFMANN SOPHIE MARIA ELIZABETH) was born on 17 Dec 1844 in New Minden, Washington County, Illinois; died on 27 May 1928. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christine was born on the Collmeyer farm between New Minden and Nashville and baptised by a Methodist minister in Nashville, as the Lutheran pastor was 25 miles away (probably in Venedy) and this was an emergency. Christine and Henry were married in St. John Lutheran Church in New Minden and then bought farmland in the Hoyleton area for $8.00 an acre. He was a charter member of the Hoyleton Lutheran Church and served as first deacon and janitor of that church. In 1917, when the church celebrated its 50th anniversary, he was one of 3 surviving charter members. He was 79 at the time of his death. Although Christine lived to be 83, she was totally blind the last 7 years of her life - said to be the result of unsuccessful cataract surgery. She was cared for by her youngest daughter, Lena (Carolina) who never married. Although unable to see, she was able to find her way around the house unaided, even in her declining years, and was very proficient at such tasks as peeling potatoes.

JOHANN married FRUEND CHARLOTTE. CHARLOTTE was born on 18 Sep 1845; died on 7 Apr 1887 in Illinois; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Maschhoff information provided by Brian Maschhoff from his web site on rootsweb entitled "Maschhoff Lentz Genealogy". His e-mail address is:

JOHANN married NAGEL ANNA MARIA ELIZABETH in Bergkirchen, Germany. ANNA (daughter of NAGEL CORD HENRICH and STRATMANN ANNE MARGRETHE ENGEL) was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Mennighueffen, Westphalis, Prussia; died on 16 Sep 1883 in Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet]

HERMANN married HOFFMANN SOPHIE MARIA ELIZABETH about 1838. SOPHIE (daughter of HOFFMAN JOHANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM and ENGEL ANNE MARIA) was born on 19 Oct 1813 in Rothenuffeln, Kries Minden, Germany; died on 8 Feb 1874 in Dod may be 1893?. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Elisabeth and Herman were among the group who came from Germany to the U.S. in 1838 and are believed to have been married in Germany. Their first home was Lancaster, Ohio, but in 1839 they heard of cheap land in Illinois and several of the men rode horseback to Illinois to investigate. Finding the stories true, they purchased land in Southern Illinois, in what is now Washington Co., between what later became New Minden and Nashville, Illinois. Our Washington Co. Historical Museum has a record of these purchases made from the Federal Gov't on Dec. 29, 1839, for $1.25 an acre.
The men then returned to Lancaster to bring their families to Illinois. They travelled in covered wagons, stopping along the way tow ash their clothes in creeks. They had hoped to reach their new home before the birth of Elisabeth and Herman's first baby but were only able to make it to the vicinity of Carlyle. Here their daughter Louise was born in a covered wagon. Elisabeth was attended by a Carlyle doctor and the baby was baptized by a Carlyle minister. After a layover of 3 weeks, the group continued their journey.
Elisabeth lived a long and useful life and was said to be a very pious individual, who, in later years, when her children and grandchildren came to see her, always had a little prayer with them before they left. The story is also told by some members of the family, that at the time of her death, the hired hand who was in the barn milking, knew she had passed away because a stream of light could be seen coming from Heaven to the house. The Collmeyers were able to provide a farm for each of their three sons - two of which are still in possession of their descendants.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
compiled by Bernice Reinhardt