Joseph Alfred Hoffman (1904 - 1962)

Born 14 Oct 1904 in Bastrop County, Texas, United States

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Died 19 Aug 1962 at age 57 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, United States

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Biography

Born 14 OCT 1904. Bastrop County, Texas, United States. ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Died 19 AUG 1962. Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, United States. ^[6]

Occupation: farmer. 1930 farmer. 1940

Census: 1930 Archer County, Texas, United States. Note: 1930 census - Archer County, ED 5-6, precinct 4, page 8A (85A), line 41, age 25. 1940 Archer County, Texas, United States. Note: 1940 census - Archer County, ED 5-6 , page 8A, line 23, age 35.

Physical Description: 5 foot 10 inches tall weighing 176 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair. 16 FEB 1942. Funeral services were held Tuesday for Joseph Alfred Hoffman, 58-year-old resident of Scotland, who died Sunday morning in a Wichita Falls hospital. A resident of Scotland for 50 years, he was a stockman and farmer. He was born Oct. 14, 1904 at Red Rock, Tex. Rosary was said at 8 p.m. Monday from Owens & Brumley Funeral Home chapel. Officiating was Rev. W. H. Pardyka, pastor of St. Boniface Catholic Church of Scotland. Funeral mass was read at 10 a.m. Tuesday from St. Boniface Catholic Church. Rev. Pardyka also officiated at that service. Burial was in Scotland Cemetery. Hoffman attended the University of Texas. He taught school at Rhineland, Tex., and was a member of the St. Boniface Catholic Church where he was a member of the choir. He was a former chairman of the P.M.A. for a number of years. He served on the Archer County school board. For 30 years, he was active in the Knights of Columbus. He had been a past Grand Knight. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Cecilia Hoffman; two sons, Robert Hoffman of Forest City, Ark., and Jerome Hoffman of Scotland and two daughters, Mrs. Leonard Schenk of Scotland and Mrs. James Murer (sic) of Windthorst. Hoffman is also survived by one brother, F. J. Hoffman of Scotland and six sisters, Mrs. Ida Baumhardt and Mrs. Emma Meyers both of Wichita Falls; Mrs. Bill Morath of Scotland; Mrs. Frank Scheffe of Windthorst; Mrs. Charles Ingram of Denison and Mrs. Annie Berneathy of Burkburnett. Pallbearers was (sic) Allen Hoffman, Vincent Berord, Robert Baumer, Richard Hoffman, Alois Schroeder and August Baumhardt, Jr. Honorary pallbearers were Robert Morath, Edward Meyer, Vincent Teichman, Marcil Tairot, Clyde Peysen, Mike Costello and Clarence Wolf. Buried Scotland, Archer County, Texas, United States. ^[7]

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1. ↑ Source: #S10962 5 years old in 1910
2. ↑ Source: #S10966 15 years old in 1920 census
3. ↑ Source: #S995 25 years old in 1930 census
4. ↑ Source: #S10975 22 years old at marriage per 1930 census (in 1927)
5. ↑ Source: #S10513 35 years old in 1940 census
6. ↑ Source: #S868 53025
7. ↑ Source: #S642 Page 20

• Source: S10513 1940 United States Census,
• Source: S10962 Age (or equivalent birth year) from 1910 general census.
• Source: S10966 Age ( or equivalent birth year) as shown in the 1920 general census.
• Source: S10975 Various columns from the 1930 general census
• Source: S642 Mr. & Mrs. O. V. Hampton, Archer County, Texas Cemeteries (North Texas Genealogical and Historical Association Wichita Falls, TX 1970)
• Source: S868 State of Texas, Texas Death Certificate
• Source: S995 1930 census age in years