Alois Alves Hoffman (abt. 1798 - abt. 1882)

Born about 1798 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany

Descendants

Died about 1882 at about age 84 in Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

She (Anna Hoffman) was a daughter of Alois Hoffman, both of her parents natives of Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, her father coming to the United States with his second wife in 1846, the transatlantic voyage consuming about three months. They proceeded directly to Pittsburgh, the journey from the coast requiring about three weeks, and after remaining there for a short time they settled at Etna, where Mr. Hoffman became manager of a cooperage establishment, also owning a rich and fertile farm at West Etna, where he for a time made his home while employed at the cooperage business. On one occasion he moved to Illinois, his trip being more or less in the nature of an experiment, but preferring Pennsylvania to that State, he returned to the former place, dying at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. He married (first) a Miss Knock, of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, (second) Frances Yacher, likewise of Germany, who accompanied him to the United States. Both were members of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, while in politics he was a Democrat. Children of the first marriage of Alois Hoffman: 1. Mary Anna, died in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, unmarried. 2. George, a brewer, died in Chi; cago, Illinois. 3. Catherine, married Peter Seifrith, and died in Ohio township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. 4. John, a retired butcher, resides in Chicago, Illinois, aged eighty-seven years. 5. Anna M., of previous mention, married Baltasar Berner. 6. Valentine, a hotel proprietor, died in Chicago, Illinois. All six of the above enumerated children accompanied their father and stepmother to the United States. Children of the second marriage of Alois Hoffman: 7. Francisca, married John Shang, and died in Etna, Pennsylvania. 8. Alois, lives retired in Lockport, Illinois. 9. Anna Mary Elizabeth, married Jacob Bluimling, and resides in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. 10. Christina, married (first) Valentine Walter, deceased, (second) John Schrenck, deceased, and lives in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. 11 Anton, died aged twenty-three years.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol 1, p. 146-148)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #96721770