HOFFMANN SOPHIE MARIA ELIZABETH

1813 - 1874  (60 years)

• Name	HOFFMANN SOPHIE MARIA ELIZABETH
  Born	19 Oct 1813	Rothenuffeln, Kries Minden, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Feb 1874	Dod may be 1893?
  Person ID	I05531	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	HOFFMAN JOHANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM,   b. 9 Feb 1785, Rothenuffeln, Kreis Minden, Westfalen, Germany
  Mother	ENGEL ANNE MARIA,   b. 3 Mar 1784, Luddern, Bauerschaft, Haddenhausen
  Married	18 Jun 1803
  Family ID	F01954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KOLLMEIER HERMANN JOSEPH CONSTANTINE (COLLMEYER),   b. 2 May 1808, Lohofe Farm Community Upper Luebbe, Kries Minden, Germany ,   d. Died rather young
  Married	Abt 1838
  Children	+ 1. COLLMEYER CAROLINE   2. COLLMEYER MARY,   d. Died of pneumonia as a young girl. + 3. COLLMEYER SOPHIE CAROLINE LOUISE (KOLLMEIER),   b. 23 Mar 1840, Born in a covered wagon in vicinity of Carlyle on way to New Minden, Illinois ,   d. 30 Jul 1917, New Minden, Washington County, Illinois  (Age 77 years) + 4. KOLLMEIER MARIA ELISABETH,   b. 3 Feb 1842, New Minden, Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 13 Jun 1930  (Age 88 years) + 5. COLLMEYER CHRISTINA CAROLINE (KOLLMEIER),   b. 17 Dec 1844, New Minden, Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 27 May 1928  (Age 83 years) + 6. COLLMEYER FREDERICK,   b. 1847,   d. 1917  (Age 70 years) + 7. COLLMEYER HENRY J.,   b. 27 Mar 1849,   d. 10 Aug 1929  (Age 80 years) + 8. COLLMEYER WILLIAM,   b. 20 Sep 1856,   d. 5 Dec 1921  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F01959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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