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Louis Hoffman
Born about 1885; death not recorded
Louis Hoffman was born at Bayonne about 1885, a son of George Hoffman — the German-born Standard Oil stillman — and Rosine Antretner. He was 15 when the 1900 census found all nine children at home in Ward 2. Louis was not in this archive until that sheet was read; nothing beyond the census is yet known.
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Louis Hoffman was born at Bayonne about 1885, a son of George Hoffman — the German-born Standard Oil stillman — and Rosine Antretner. He was 15 when the 1900 census found all nine children at home in Ward 2. Louis was not in this archive until that sheet was read; nothing beyond the census is yet known.
Born at Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Andrew John Leahey’s great-grandparent's sibling
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Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
How this person is related to Andrew:
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- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Germany
- United States
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Aged 15 at home in Bayonne Ward 2
District 2, Bayonne City Ward 2, ED 4, sheet 9B, household 174.
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Original records
Louis Henry Hoffman memorial; no grave photograph
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1900 Bayonne census, Hoffman household beginning, sheet 9B
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What the records say
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Record exhibit
George Hoffman household, 1900 United States census, Bayonne Ward 2
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District 2, Bayonne City Ward 2, ED 4, sheet 9B, household 174. George Hoffman, head, 54, born November 1846 Germany, arrived 1880, married 20 years, both parents born Germany. Rose Hoffman, wife, 38, born Germany. Children: Minnie 18, George 15, Louis 15, Rose 13, Mary 10, Katie 9, Florence 8, John 6, and Frank, aged 0 days.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
Bayonne and the Industrial Waterfront, 1870–1920
The Bayonne in these family records was a new city built around water, rails and heavy industry. Bayonne Township was formed only in 1861, uniting older settlements on Bergen Neck; it became a city in 1869. The…
A Stillman in Bayonne’s Oil Works
George Hoffman’s 1900 census entry calls him a “Stillman Oil Refinery” and places his family at 36 West 23rd Street in Bayonne. His 1915 funeral entry still gives his occupation as “stillman.” That was not a su…
What we still don't know
- Nothing after the 1900 census is recorded — no marriage, no death, no burial.