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George J. Hoffman

This entry is about George J. Hoffman (29 June 1885 – 23 October 1937 (compiled)). For other family members with the same first and family name, see George Hoffman (Born about 1913; death not recorded), George Hoffman (11 November 1845 – 5 February 1915).

29 June 1885 – 23 October 1937 (compiled)

Son of “George” and “Rose Andredes,” later the Bayonne household head whose index card names wife “Mary T” and daughter “Catherine.” George went from teenage pressman in his father’s West 23rd Street home to head of a seven-person household on West 30th Street. The family had also lost three-month-old Edward in 1914.

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George J. Hoffman (born 29 June 1885) was a Bayonne print pressman and the head of a large household at 132 West 30th Street.

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Life

George J. Hoffman was born on 29 June 1885 and baptized on 19 July. The baptism names his father as George and his mother as "Rose Andredes," a church spelling of Rosa Antreter's maiden name. Although the form's heading mentions place of birth, the filled entry does not supply one. The 1900 census says he was born in New Jersey to German-born parents.

In 1900 George was 14 and lived with his parents and siblings at 36 West 23rd Street in Bayonne. The census called him a "Print Pressman" and reported no unemployment during the preceding year.

George later married Mary T. Lynch. Their infant son Edward's 1914 funeral entry names the parents as "George/US | Mary Lynch/US" and gives their address as 10 West 21st Street. Edward was born on 22 September 1914 and was only three months old when the funeral entry was made on 19 December. He was buried in Hudson County Catholic Cemetery, Block C, No. 1061.

By 1920 George headed the household at 132 West 30th Street in Bayonne. The census index lists George and Mary, both 35 and born in New Jersey, with Joseph, 13; Frank, 11; Catherine, 9; George, 6; and James, 3½. The available index card does not preserve George's occupation or property status.

A 1937 Bayonne Times death-notice index lists "Hoffman | George" with wife Mary and her maiden name Lynch, making it a strong match to this man. The index gives neither the notice date nor the death place, and the online state death index has no coverage for 1937. His exact death details therefore still require the original notice or certificate.

How we know this: Baptism, census, funeral, and notice-index evidence documents George from birth through family life, but his death details are incomplete. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Death and burial

Evidence distinction: [RECORD] means text read from the photographed stone. [COMPILED] means volunteer-typed memorial information and is only a lead.

Find a Grave memorial 292968681

Why this memorial is attached

Matched by exact documented birth date, spouse Mary Lynch, and daughter Catherine. Find a Grave memorial 292968681 (findagrave.com).

29 Jun 1885 | Spouse Mary Florence Lynch Hoffman 1884–1948 | Child Catherine Veronica Hoffman Leahey 1910–1976

[COMPILED] Volunteer-typed memorial fields

These fields are leads, not civil or church records, and do not replace documented dates. Find a Grave memorial 292968681 (findagrave.com).

Name: George J Hoffman Birth: 29 Jun 1885 Death: 23 Oct 1937 (aged 52) Cemetery: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Block H, Lot 687, Grave D Family links: Spouse: Mary Florence Lynch Hoffman 1884–1948 (m. 1905). Child: Catherine Veronica Hoffman Leahey 1910–1976.

Photograph status: no headstone photograph was available to download when the memorial was fetched. Find a Grave memorial 292968681 (findagrave.com).

[RECORD] No readable inscription for this person is visible in the fetched photograph.

No headstone photograph was present on the fetched memorial (‘Request Photo’). Find a Grave memorial 292968681 (findagrave.com).

Family

Parents

Siblings · birth order

Spouse

Mary T Lynch

Children

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Work and occupation

print pressman — 1900

Where they lived

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Places listed on this page

Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Bayonne Cemetery or burial place
New Jersey
England
Germany
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, New York Cemetery or burial place
United States

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Timeline

29 June 1885

Born

His baptism reads: “George Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth June 29 – 1885 … Date of Baptism July 19 – 1885 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rose Andredes.” [1]

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1885

Born

about 1885

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June 1885

Residence

The 1900 census records “George … Son … Jun 1885 … 14 … Single … New Jersey … Germany … Germany … Print Pressman,” in his parents’ household. [3]

The records themselves

1900 U.S. census, George Hoffman household, Bayonne, sheet 9B

1900 Bayonne census, Hoffman household, sheet 9B

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1900 Bayonne census, Hoffman household beginning, sheet 9B

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19 July 1885

Baptized

Born 29 June 1885 and baptized 19 July 1885; the baptism does not print a birthplace in the filled field despite its heading. [1]

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1900

Residence

The 1900 census records “George … Son … Jun 1885 … 14 … Single … New Jersey … Germany … Germany … Print Pressman,” in his parents’ household. [3]

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1914

Residence

George went from teenage pressman in his father’s West 23rd Street home to head of a seven-person household on West 30th Street. The family had also lost three-month-old Edward in 1914. [3]

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1920

Residence

His 1920 census index card reads: “Hoffman George J … W … 35 … New Jersey … Hudson … Bayonne … W. 30th … 132,” followed by “Hoffman, Mary T | W | 35,” “Joseph D | S | 13,” “Frank J | S | 11,” “Catherine | D | 9,” and “George | S | 6,” all born New Jersey. The continuation adds “Hoffman, James | S | 3½ | New Jersey.” [2]

The record itself

1920 U.S. census Soundex card, George J. Hoffman household, Bayonne

Proved by a record

1937

Died

The wife/maiden-name combination makes the 1937 notice index a strong match, but the index page supplies no notice date or death place. [6]

Proved by a record

23 October 1937

Compiled memorial death date

Find a Grave types 23 October 1937; no grave photograph was available. [8]

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Original records

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1920 U.S. census Soundex continuation card, George J. Hoffman household
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What the records say

8 records transcribed.

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