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User ID
User ID: 70BF05E0A1914B019B35CA7985B1B661F2ED
Data Changed
Data Changed:
Date: 20 JUL 2013
Prior to import, this record was last changed 20 JUL 2013.
Note
Note: Per 1900 census, living in Princeville, IL, with wife, 4 children and widowed mother-in-law.
Per 1910 census, living in Princeville, IL, with wife (Caroline) and four children. Living near mother, Frederica
From Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois & History of Peoria County, 1902:
"HOFER, LUCAS S.; Capitalist; was born in Princeville February 3, 1862; educated in the High School. Medardus, the father, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1828; Frederica (German), the mother, was born September 25, 1828, in the same province. They were married in Hamburg in 1841, and came to the United States in 1848, where they were among the original settlers, locating in Hamburg, New York. In 1854 they removed to Illinois. They had six children, three of whom are living: Christina, Frederica and Lucas. The father was a member of Company E., One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during the War of the Rebellion. He died at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1864. while serving his adopted country. His widow is still living. Lucas S. Hofer was married to Carolina M. Friedman, in Princeville, September 3, 1889. They have had four children: Theodore C. Harry W., Caroline F. and Harriet L. The members of the family belong to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Hofer is independent in politics. For about a year and a half he conducted a general store in Princeville and subsequently for a little over a year conducted a livery business, which he sold in August, 1901, to Frank Heitter. (Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902, page 786, submitted by Janine Crandell)."
Burial
Burial:
Date: 9 NOV 1927
Place: St Mary of the Woods, Princeville, IL
Sources
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Steve Stumpp for creating WikiTree profile Hofer-231 through the import of Johann Hofer.ged on Nov 23, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others.
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