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]
The records themselves
Tap to open a larger copy1900 U.S. census, George Hoffman household, Bayonne, sheet 9B
Tap to open a larger copy1900 Bayonne census, Hoffman household, sheet 9B
1900 Bayonne census, Hoffman household beginning, sheet 9B
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]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey bride index, Minnie Hoffman entries, 1901–1903
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]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey bride index, Minnie Hoffman entries, 1910–1914
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]
Proved by a record
Original records
5 further records are shown in the timeline, beside the event each one documents.
What the records say
3 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
sheet 9B, lines 93–100
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
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
Record exhibit
Bride-index image
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Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
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
Record exhibit
Bride-index image
An index is a list that points to where the full record can be found.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
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.