Frank HOFFMAN

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27 February 1859 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

18 September 1901 , Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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Henry HOFFMAN Agnes FABRICIUS

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Born: 27 February 1859 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Henry HOFFMAN

Mother: Agnes FABRICIUS

Paternal grandparents: Georg David? HOFFMAN , Christina Alberrtine? STEINBRENNER?

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Frank married Ellen A "Nellie" BROGAN abt. 1882 . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Ellen A "Nellie" BROGAN was born November 1861 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA . Ellen A "Nellie" died 28 January 1943 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

Frank HOFFMAN died 18 September 1901 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
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Ellen A "Nellie" BROGAN
Marriage date: abt. 1882
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Children of Frank HOFFMAN and Ellen A "Nellie" BROGAN

Florence E HOFFMAN

Born: September 1883, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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Frank HOFFMAN

Born: January 1889, , Connecticut, USA
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Julie G HOFFMAN

Born: February 1892, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Died: 16 October 1961, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Frederick Joseph HOFFMAN

Born: 20 March 1893, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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Verna L HOFFMAN

Born: 1 April 1905, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Died: 6 July 1975, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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1859 Birth

Name: Frank Hoffman
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 27 Feb 1859
BirthPlace: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Mass
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Father's Name: Henry
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Mother's Name: N. Hoffman
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C51044-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
Source Film Number: 234543
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Collection: Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915

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1860 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Frank Hoffman
Residence: , Berkshire, Massachusetts
Ward: Pittzfield
Age: 1 year
Estimated Birth Year: 1859
BirthPlace: Mass.
Gender: Male
PAge: 236
Family Number: 1847
Film Number: 803488
DGS Number: 4231348
Image Number: 00241
NARA Number: M653
Collection: United States Census, 1860

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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Hoffman, Henry, 38, m, Carpenter, b. Nassau Germany
Frank, 11, m, at school, b. MA
Agnes, 9, f, at school, b. MA
Louis, 7, m, at school, b. NY
Henry, 3, m, at home, b. MA
Augustus, 1, m, at home, b. MA

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut

Henry HOFFMAN Self M Male W 45 GER Carpenter GER GER
Louisa HOFFMAN Wife M Female W 45 GER Keeping House GER GER
Frank HOFFMAN Son S Male W 21 GER Carpenter GER GER
Agnes HOFFMAN Dau S Female W 18 MA Works In Shop GER GER
Louis HOFFMAN Son S Male W 16 MA Drives/ Wagon GER GER
Henry HOFFMAN Son S Male W 14 MA At School GER GER

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.