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HOFFMAN Carl Fredrik

Male 1863 - 1931  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  HOFFMAN Carl Fredrik was born on 24 Aug 1863 in Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden; died on 25 Feb 1931 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.

    Notes:

    Occupations given as driver for a department store and assistant shipping clerk on 1900 census and death certificate. Both parents given as being born in Sweden. 1910 census shows Carl as having come to the U.S. in 1881. Found him living with Per Ekström in Litchfield in Minnestota state census of 1885, age 21, born in Sweden. City directories of St. Paul give occupation in 1910 and 1912 as driver for Golden Rule. Address in 1910 was 328 Van Buren, address in 1912 was 756 W. Central Ave.
    "Emihamn" database found on Ancestry.com Sep 2009 shows Karl Fredrik Hoffman left Stockholm on 9 Dec. 1881 bound for Litchfield, MN. His archive call no. is 18:763:14299 if we ever find out what that document is. He apparently made some other trips back to Sweden. On one of them he left Stockholm on 2 Sep 1908 headed for St. Paul. Archive call no for that trip is 87:182:80974.

    Died:
    Buried Feb 27, 1931 in Union Cemetery, Ramsey Co., MN

    Carl married WERDER Wilhemina "Minnie" on 27 Jun 1886 in Litchfield, Meeker Co., MN. Wilhemina (daughter of WERDER John and Fredericke) was born on 28 Jan 1860 in Dalmin, Prussia; died on 06 May 1928 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. HOFFMAN Grace Emma  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Nov 1886 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died before 1962 in MN.
    2. 3. HOFFMAN Gertrude Minna  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jul 1888 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died on 17 Dec 1901.
    3. 4. HOFFMAN John Werder  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Feb 1890 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died on 25 Apr 1890 in MN.
    4. 5. HOFFMAN Emma Freda  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Feb 1891 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died on 24 Apr 1967 in Newport Beach, Orange Co., CA.
    5. 6. HOFFMAN Walter Theodor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1892 in MN; died in Aug 1967 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.
    6. 7. HOFFMAN Harry Frederick  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1895 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died in Apr 1967.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  HOFFMAN Grace Emma Descendancy chart to this point (1.Carl1) was born on 15 Nov 1886 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died before 1962 in MN.

    Notes:

    Grace appears to have arrived four and a half months after her parents were married. Robert Hoffman was aware of this "little secret on our family tree".
    Place of baptism from Robert Hoffman Oct. 1993. Birth date and place from St. Paul birth records. St. Paul city directories of 1910 and 1912 show Grace working as a clerk at the Emporium in St. Paul. Grace played the ukelele.
    Checked SSDI. Died before 1962 or had no SS#.

    Birth:
    Christened in Litchfield, Meeker Co., MN

    Family/Spouse: WEEK Harry Oden. Harry was born in 1885; died before 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  HOFFMAN Gertrude Minna Descendancy chart to this point (1.Carl1) was born on 28 Jul 1888 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died on 17 Dec 1901.

    Notes:

    Birth date and place from birth records of St. Paul. Betty Payne had a locket of hair from this girl who die at 13 years.


  3. 4.  HOFFMAN John Werder Descendancy chart to this point (1.Carl1) was born on 11 Feb 1890 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died on 25 Apr 1890 in MN.

    Notes:

    Birth date and place from birth records of St. Paul


  4. 5.  HOFFMAN Emma Freda Descendancy chart to this point (1.Carl1) was born on 03 Feb 1891 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died on 24 Apr 1967 in Newport Beach, Orange Co., CA.

    Notes:

    Received death certificate Dec. 14, 1988. Cause of death given as pneumonitis which she had for two weeks. Contributing condition given as "Chronic brain disease - cerebral arterioschlerosis".

    Emma didn't get married until age 28, then she eloped. Her husband died 26 years later and she never remarried. She was a widow for 22 years. Her occupation in the 1912 St. Paul city directory was given as seamstress.

    Died:
    Buried in Union Cemetery, Ramsey Co., MN

    Emma married MELQUIST Oscar Arvid on 03 Jul 1919 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN. Oscar was born in 1894; died in 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. MELQUIST Wayne  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 11. MELQUIST Beverly  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 12. MELQUIST Betty Jane Harriet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 05 May 1920; died in 1999.

  5. 6.  HOFFMAN Walter Theodor Descendancy chart to this point (1.Carl1) was born on 24 Nov 1892 in MN; died in Aug 1967 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.

    Notes:

    Occupation: 1910 city directory of St. Paul says clerk. 1912 city directory of St. Paul says orderly at City Hospital.
    Walter was a fireman for the city of St. Paul. Fell into a fire once, broke 6 ribs, broke his pelvis in 6 places, punctured a kidney, got pneumonia and pertonitis and was not expected to live. Went back to work a year later.
    Played clarinet in the firemen's band.
    Social Security # 474-26-1424

    Family/Spouse: Perl. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Walter married GABBERT Eva about 1916. Eva was born in 1893; died in 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 7.  HOFFMAN Harry Frederick Descendancy chart to this point (1.Carl1) was born on 27 May 1895 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN; died in Apr 1967.

    Notes:

    Occupation: 1912 city directory of St. Paul says clerk at Golden Rule.
    Birth info from St. Paul birth records.
    Social Security # 477-03-9639



Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Grace2, 1.Carl1)

  2. 9.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Grace2, 1.Carl1)

  3. 10.  MELQUIST Wayne Descendancy chart to this point (5.Emma2, 1.Carl1)

  4. 11.  MELQUIST Beverly Descendancy chart to this point (5.Emma2, 1.Carl1)

  5. 12.  MELQUIST Betty Jane Harriet Descendancy chart to this point (5.Emma2, 1.Carl1) was born on 05 May 1920; died in 1999.

    Family/Spouse: Payne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. PAYNE Judy  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 13.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Walter2, 1.Carl1)

  7. 14.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Walter2, 1.Carl1)


Generation: 4

  1. 15.  PAYNE Judy Descendancy chart to this point (12.Betty3, 5.Emma2, 1.Carl1)

    Family/Spouse: Vacquier. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]