Person in this family
Minnie Hoffman
Born November 1882; death not recorded
The eldest daughter in George and Rosa Hoffman’s 1900 Bayonne household: “Minnie … Daughter … Nov 1882 … 17.” The user-tree spouse John Scheren is a lead only; it was not verified. Minnie entered Bayonne’s workforce young: at 17 she was already a roller printer while living in the crowded Hoffman home on West 23rd Street.
Proved by a record
Minnie Hoffman (born November 1882) was the eldest daughter in George and Rosa Hoffman's Bayonne home and worked as a roller printer at 17.
Born at New Jersey, United States
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s great-grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's great-grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s spouse's grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Kevin Leahey’s grandparent's sibling
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:
Minnie Hoffman is your great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
Minnie Hoffman was born in New Jersey in November 1882, according to the 1900 census. She was the eldest daughter listed in the home of the German-born George and Rosa Hoffman at 36 West 23rd Street in Bayonne.
At 17, Minnie was already employed as a "Roller Printer." The census reported no unemployment during the previous year and recorded that she could read, write, and speak English. It does not identify the firm for which she worked or the material she printed.
Our family tree names John Scheren as her husband, but no record in this archive confirms that marriage. New Jersey bride indexes contain five other women named Minnie Hoffman who married between 1902 and 1913—to Charles Hann, Adolph Leemann, Sylveste Withers, Norman Heil, and Lewis W. Ulmer—but those index entries provide no parents or residence and cannot be assigned to this Minnie.
No verified record in this archive traces Minnie after 1900. Her marriage, later work and residence, and death remain unknown.
How we know this: The 1900 census gives a solid childhood and employment snapshot, but no later event has been securely identified. [1][2][3]
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- Minnie Hoffman (this person)
- Louis Hoffman
- George J. Hoffman
- Rose Hoffman
- Katie Hoffman
- Florence Hoffman
- John Hoffman
- Frank Hoffman
- Mary Hoffman
Spouse
See this family in the family treeWork and occupation
- roller printer — 1900
Where they lived
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Places listed on this page
- New Jersey
- United States
- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Germany
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Timeline
Born
about 1883
From our family tree - no record found yet
Residence
The eldest daughter in George and Rosa Hoffman’s 1900 Bayonne household: “Minnie … Daughter … Nov 1882 … 17.” [1]
Proved by a record
Residence
The 1901–1903 New Jersey bride index contains two different entries: “HOFFMAN MINNIE | HANN CHARLES … 1902” and “HOFFMAN MINNIE | LEEMANN ADOLPH … 1902”; neither identifies parents or residence. [2]
Proved by a record
Residence
The 1901–1903 New Jersey bride index contains two different entries: “HOFFMAN MINNIE | HANN CHARLES … 1902” and “HOFFMAN MINNIE | LEEMANN ADOLPH … 1902”; neither identifies parents or residence. [2]
Proved by a record
Residence
The 1901–1903 New Jersey bride index contains two different entries: “HOFFMAN MINNIE | HANN CHARLES … 1902” and “HOFFMAN MINNIE | LEEMANN ADOLPH … 1902”; neither identifies parents or residence. [2]
Proved by a record
Life event
The 1910–1914 bride index contains three more candidates: “HOFFMAN MINNIE | WITHERS SYLVESTE … 10,” “HOFFMAN MINNIE | HEIL NORMAN … 12,” and “HOFFMAN MINNIE | ULMER LEWIS W … 13.” [3]
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Life event
The 1910–1914 bride index contains three more candidates: “HOFFMAN MINNIE | WITHERS SYLVESTE … 10,” “HOFFMAN MINNIE | HEIL NORMAN … 12,” and “HOFFMAN MINNIE | ULMER LEWIS W … 13.” [3]
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Original records
Tap to open a larger copy1900 U.S. census, George Hoffman household, Bayonne, sheet 9B
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Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey bride index, Minnie Hoffman entries, 1901–1903
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MARRIAGES MAIDEN NAME OF WIFE NAME DATE OF [won [cn] (LAST) HPFFMAN MAGGIE SCHEIDER JOHN 540 11546 HOFFMAN MAGGIE SMITH CHARLES 527 11485 HOFFMAN MARAGRET SCHUYLER JACOB 549 4992 HOFFMAN MARGARET PFEUFFER ALFRED 525 7414 HOFFMAN MARTHA STEIN CHARLES 546 1363 y F E K 1 8 HOFFMAN MARY COULSTON EDWARD 542 14902 HOFFMAN MARY _ : _HANN WILLIAM _ 543 16793. HOFFMAN MARY KOLODZEIJ PAUL 554 11552 HOFFMAN MARY : __MYERS FRANCES $38 9313 HOFFMAN MARY POLANDY EDWARD 529 13187 MA M y TR M. TEPHEN 554 £1872 HOFFMAN MAYBELLE JOHNSON CHARLES $29 13200 HOFFMAN MILRED MEAD JAMES 557162356. HOFFMAN MINNIE HANN CHARLES 532 1124 SHO EE SAN ONO Ee LEE WANN AD OL PH pee 8 ris HOFFMAN OLGA RUDOLPH BERTUS 520 1458 HOFFMAN RADI T EMMET 541 13643 HOFFMAN REBECCA HARRIS JOSEPH 523 5186 HOFFMAN ROSE cis DAUM JOHN CoS 36. 1916.88 HOFFMAN ROSE STAGER JESSE 552 9109 2 OE MEA Nee SAND SIE. es APGAR GEORGE a es ER HN Be a HOFFMAN SARAH ROBINSON CHARLES 559 18754 E 4 HOFFMANN BEATRICE HOPPE HARRY 553 11181 HOFFMANN BERTHA RALL FREDERICH 547 1519 HOFFMANN CATHARINA DASSING ANTON 540 12572 HOFFMANN ELISA BRETT Louls 5 LOGS Gy HOFFMANN ELISE BRODENSEN MARTIN 521 2809 MA M H E 552 8 HOFFMANN EMMA TOOLE ALFRED 533 2611 HOFFMANN FRANCIS OSTERHOLZ HERMAN 557 15750 HOFFMANN GEORGIANA WATERMAN JACOB 550 6034 ORE VAT I ei ees aes . IU BONS OAR THUR 05559127 415) HOFFMANN KATHARINE CHRIST JOHANNES 543 16160 H MANN LI N HARLE 2 2935 HOFFMANN MARGARETHA LANDWEHR FREDRIC 551 8207 HOFFMANN MARY FRIEDHOFF WILLIA 559 18638 HOFFMANN MARY ZIESSLER ROBERT 532 147 HOFFMANN MINNIE LOHRMANN JOHN 543 16005 HOFFMANN OLGA ENGELS BERTUS 520 1458 HOFFMANN ROSE TREET HENRY 532 627 HOFFMANN THERESIA MOLNAR EMERY 550 6098 HOFFMEYER HENRIETTA MCWILLIAMS ROBER 556 14892 HOFFNER VIRGINIA GODFREY HOSEA 556 14723 Mee se te HOFFSTEIN NETTA ROZENBAUM ABE 530 15668 e HOFHERR ANNA SMITH GEORGE 54m adore HOFLIGER MARY BRENNAN PATRICK 534 4229 1902 HOFMAN ANNA KLEIN ALEXIS 546 91 HOFMAN MARY WASHER FRANK 543 16989 HOFMANN HELENE DOHERR HENRY 558 17398 HOFMANN JULIA HIGH GEORGE 546 OLED HOFMEISTER ANNA FLACH THEODORE 558 17351 HOFME | ANNA KLAHRE AR 559 18684 HOFMEITSTER KATHERINE GOELZ JOHN 550 6792 HOFORD LULA DEVERS FRANK 536 7226 HOFSCHILD ROSA HUME CHARLES 522 5307 HOFSTEDTER LOUISE HALSE HENRY 548 3122
Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey bride index, Minnie Hoffman entries, 1910–1914
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MARRIAGES NAME DATE OF “hea MARMIAGE a | OF HUSBAND FILE NO. MARRIAGE MARRIAGE (Last) WILSON GEORGE C 38604 ooooe HOFFMAN MARIE WOLFERT FREDERIC 36581 HOFFMAN MARIE FRETT FREDERICK 12452 00000 HOFFMAN MARIE VANMAYDEN CORNEL 23730 00000 HOFFMAN MARIE P GIBSON WILLIAM 1e71i1 00000 HOFFMAN MARTHA CURTIS ALBAM H FMAN MAR GEROLD JOHN B 12631 00000 HOFFMAN MARY JARUSZEWSKI PETE 17447 00000 10 HOFFMAN MARY KELEMANICS FRANC 18470 00000 10 HOFFMAN MARY JACOBSEN CHRISTI 18067 00000 13 HOFFMAN MARY NOAH HARRY 26633 00000 13 OMAN MARY £ STOUT JosepH H 34327 90999 44 RRIN PETER M Wy Reh Be} 00000 14 HOFFMAN MATILDA KRUFT JOSEPH 19708 00000 10 e | CAMPBELL JOHN W 0:55 0:7 00000 HOFFMAN MAY L LEESE JOHN J 20448 HOFFMAN META HALEY HERMAN F 15178 HOFFMAN MILORIED WILLIAMS SETH 36302 Q0000 Lh WITHERS SYLVESTE 39565 00000 HOFFMAN MINNIE HELL NORMAN 15529 00000 _ OFFMAN MINNTE ULMER LEWIS W 37238 00000 H HOFFMAN MOLLIE E TRACY JAMES W 36675 00000 HOFFMAN MYRTLE FORESTAL JOSEPH 11108 00000 HOFFMAN NELLIE SCHECKLER EOWARD 31124 00000 14 OLIVER WILLIAM 26498 00000 HOFFMAN NORENE BENNETT DAYTON 03124 00000 HOFFMAN OLGA ; BANGS WILLIAM 0O 02294 00000 HOFFMAN RUELLA OOWNS ALLISON 09639 HOFFMAN SADIE LEVENSON MORRIS 21235 00000 HOFFMAN SARA CASS THOMAS LE AMON CHARLES 21011 00000 HOFF MAN SARAH _E RINEHART CHARLES 30081 LMA HOFFMAN JULIUS 16221 00000 HOFFMAN SELMA NOE CHARLES 26204 00000 STELLA COSTNER MORRIS 07346 00000 HOFFMAN TILLIE WEINSTOCK OU WILLIAMS LEO H 38516 00000 HOFFMAN VIOLA K RiOnC AGE Rb i Rib iS 7. 30274 N VIOLE WHITEHEAD CHARLE 36086 00000 HON ZILLAH K KERN JOHN 18427 0 4 NN AGNES HEIMBECK JOSEPH 15210 00000 14 HOFFMANN ANNA MCGINNIS WIL 23443 e NN ANNA STEIN CHARLES a 34483 00000 HOFFMANN CARRIE HILLARD JAMES S$ 16197 00000 HOFFMANN CATHARINE EUBEL CASPER 11267 eanes HOFFMANN CATHERINE py apa Se VALMIR B35 59) 0000 H HENRY 11543 So000 HOFFMANN CATHERINE W000 bete 39122 ‘00000 e ORG 08064 00000 HOFFMANN CHARLOTTE CAVANAUGH CHARLE 06385 00000 UTH HENRY 14432 00000 e R HOFFMANN ELIZABETH DEBREE MARINUS 08552 00000 e WARTH WILLIAM 16635 00000 HOFFMANN EMILY MULFORD HENRY 25357 00000
1900 Bayonne census, Hoffman household beginning, sheet 9B
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What the records say
3 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
sheet 9B, lines 93–100
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**George Hoffman** | **O M H** | 9 born/9 living | 18 | **Germany/Germany/Germany** | **1880** | **Apr 13 – 1889**, | **Apr 1890** | **Nov 1846** | **Aged 69y,2m**, | **Hoffman | Rose** | **Pa** | **Naturalization Records, 1834-1920 / Control #: CHDCP003** | **07/23/1920 | 347 Ave.Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 200 words
E … Michael Aufredner/Germany** | **Certification of Birth** | **Weckesser Geo clnr h 347 Av E** | **Otto lab h 349 Av E** | **36 West 23rd Street** | **Engel | Adam** | **Gass | Rose** | **Adam/Germany | Rosa Gass/Germany** | **resident of state 40y** | **Hoffman | Rose** | **07/23/1920 | 347 Ave. E … Michael Aufredner/Germany** | **Engel | Adam** | **Gass | Rose** | **Adam/Germany | Rosa Gass/Germany** | 12th census of population, 1900 [microform] : New Jersey | George … Son … Jun 1885 … 14 … Single … New Jersey … Germany … Germany … Print Pressman, | Rosa … Wife … Mar 1862 … 38 … Married … 18 … 9 … 9 … Germany … Germany … Germany … 1880 … 20, | Mar 1862 … Germany … 1880 | Married … 18 … 9 … 9 | 9 … 9 … 1880 … 20 | O M H | Minnie … Daughter … Nov 1882 … 17. | Minnie … Daughter … Nov 1882 … 17 … Single … New Jersey … Germany … Germany … Roller Printer, | Nov 1882 … New Jersey | John Scheren | HANN CHARLES, | LEEMANN ADOLPH, | WITHERS SYLVESTE, | HEIL NORMAN, | ULMER LEWIS W. | Rosa | Stillman Oil Refinery. | George Hoffman … Head … Nov 1846 … 53 … Married … 18 … Germany … Germany … Germany … 1880 … 20 … Pa … Stillman Oil Refinery, | Nov 1846 … Germany … 1880 | in a small number of entries the dates may be of the date of burial and not the date of death, | stillman
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HOFFMAN MINNIE | HANN CHARLES … 1902 | HOFFMAN MINNIE | LEEMANN ADOLPH … 1902 | John Scheren | HANN CHARLES, | LEEMANN ADOLPH, | WITHERS SYLVESTE, | HEIL NORMAN, | ULMER LEWIS W. | HOFFMAN MINNIE | HANN CHARLES … 1902 | HOFFMAN MINNIE | LEEMANN ADOLPH … 1902
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HOFFMAN MINNIE | WITHERS SYLVESTE … 10, | HOFFMAN MINNIE | HEIL NORMAN … 12, | HOFFMAN MINNIE | ULMER LEWIS W … 13. | John Scheren | HANN CHARLES, | LEEMANN ADOLPH, | WITHERS SYLVESTE, | HEIL NORMAN, | ULMER LEWIS W. | HOFFMAN MINNIE | WITHERS SYLVESTE … 10, | HOFFMAN MINNIE | HEIL NORMAN … 12, | HOFFMAN MINNIE | ULMER LEWIS W … 13.
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
- Her exact birth date and place
- Whether she married John Scheren or another indexed husband
- Her later occupation and residences
- Her death date and burial place
- The John Scheren marriage lead remains unproved and may have occurred outside New Jersey, under a spelling such as Schering/Scheeren, or belong to a different Minnie. Compare each candidate marriage certificate’s parents and search 1910/1920 census and Bayonne directories.