Henry Charles HOFFMAN

Born

20 January 1867 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

2 May 1936 , Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Henry Charles married Bertha ANDERSON abt. 1894 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Bertha ANDERSON was born 31 October 1872 in Connecticut, USA. Bertha died 20 June 1940 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

Parents & Family of Henry Charles HOFFMAN

Parents of Henry Charles HOFFMAN

Father

Henry HOFFMAN

Mother

Agnes FABRICIUS

Grandparents of Henry Charles HOFFMAN

Paternal grandparents

Georg David? HOFFMAN Christina Alberrtine? STEINBRENNER?

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Henry Charles HOFFMAN

Henry Charles HOFFMAN married

Bertha ANDERSON
Marriage date: abt. 1894
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Children of Henry Charles HOFFMAN and Bertha ANDERSON

Henry Clayton HOFFMAN

Born: 6 October 1904, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Died: 24 March 1988, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Winton Anderson HOFFMAN

Born: 25 December 1907, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Died: 19 December 1954, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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Birth — 1867
20 January 1867
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut

Name: Henry Hoffman
titles & terms:
Residence: Bridgeport city, Fairfield, Connecticut
Birth Date: Jan 1868
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Spouse: Bertha Hoffman
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's birthPlace: Connecticut
father:
father's titles & terms:
father's birthPlace: Germany
mother:
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthPlace: New York
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Henry Hoffman
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 6
estimated marriage year: 1894
mother how many children:
number living children:
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0007
pAge: 9
sheet letter: A
family number: 169
reference number: 10
Film Number: 1240131
Image Number: 00165
Household Gender Age
Henry Hoffman M
spouse Bertha Hoffman F

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1904 Birth of Child
Henry Clayton HOFFMAN was born 6 October 1904, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Henry Charles was 37 years old.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1907 Birth of Child
Winton Anderson HOFFMAN was born 25 December 1907, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Henry Charles was 40 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut

Name: Henry C Hoffman
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Germany
mother's birthPlace: Connecticut
family number: 121
page number: 6
Household Gender Age
Henry C Hoffman M 41y
spouse Betha Hoffman F 36y
child Clayton H Hoffman M 5y
child Winton A Hoffman M 2y

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut

Name: Henry Hoffman
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1866
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
father's birthPlace: Germany
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0005
family number: 133
Sheet Number and Letter: 11A
Line Number: 32
nara publication: T626, roll 253
Film Number: 2339988
Digital Folder Number: 4531858
Image Number: 00604
Household Gender Age
Henry Hoffman M 64
spouse Bertha Hoffman F 60
child Clayton H Hoffman M 26
child William Hoffman M 23

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law