Joseph Althoff (1814 - 1897)

Born 22 Jul 1814 in Harney, Carroll, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Grumbine) Althoff — married 1835 in Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Elizabeth Mary (Hemler) Althoff — married 9 Sep 1869 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1897 at age 82 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania

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Biography

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Son of German immigrant John Althoff and Mary Catherine Weibel Althoff, Joseph Althoff was a prosperous coach-builder who lived on Baltimore Street in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania from at least 1840 until his death. He served as chief burgess of Hanover in 1853. He was married twice: in 1835 to Susanna Grumbine, ten years his elder, and after her death, in 1869 to Elizabeth Mary Hemler.^[2]

With his first wife, he had six children: David, William, Catherine, Henry, Josephine, and Lewis.

With his second wife, he had seven more children: Augustus, Mark, Joseph, Frances, Mary, Estella, and Fanny.

According to the York County Register of Deaths, he died of old age, and was buried at "St. Josephs."

"Death of a Patriarch" (Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.)

HANOVER, PA., Jan 13--Ex-Burgess Joseph Althoff, aged eighty-two years, the last surviving charter member of the old Hanover Branch Railway, died here today of general debility. He is survived by a widow, 6 children, 45 grandchildren and 43 greatgrandchildren."

Baltimore Sun - 19 Jan 1897

Also Known As Josephus Althoff

Christening (27 JUL 1814) Conewago Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

Residence

(1850) Hanover borough, York, Pennsylvania

(1860) Hanover Borough, York, Pennsylvania, United States

(1870) Pennsylvania, United States

Burial (1897) Saint Josephs Catholic Cemetery, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States

"Death of a Patriarch"

(Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.)

HANOVER, PA., Jan 13--Ex-Burgess Joseph Althoff, aged eighty-two years, the last surviving charter member of the old Hanover Branch Railway, died here today of general debility. He is survived by a widow, 6 children, 45 grandchildren and 43 greatgrandchildren."

Baltimore Sun - 19 Jan 1897

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 June 2020), memorial page for Joseph Althoff (22 Jul 1814–17 Jan 1897), Find a Grave Memorial no. 19163329, citing Saint Josephs Catholic Cemetery, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by waldonia (contributor 46824356).
2. ↑ http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 April 2020, 04:04), entry for Joseph Althoff
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:22SQ-6JY); contributed by various users.