Person in this family
Rosa Antreter
22 March 1862 – 26 November 1929
Rosine Antretter arrived from Rotterdam aboard Schiedam on 17 September 1880, a 19-year-old German farmer, and married George Hoffman in Bayonne thirteen months later. Her death is documented at last. It had been carried here on the family's word alone, unsourced. The New Jersey index of deaths for 1925–29 — a volume arranged by municipality, with a page headed Bayonne — lists Hoffman, Rose in November 1929. She had to be looked for under the name she died with, not the one she was born with.
Partly proved
Rosine Antretter arrived from Rotterdam in 1880 as a 19-year-old German farm worker and married George Hoffman in Bayonne thirteen months later.
Born at Germany Died at Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Recorded as: Rosa Andretner, Rosa Antretner, Rosa Antretta, Rose Andredes, Rose Andretner, Rose Hoffman, Rosine Antretner, Rosine Antretter, Rossie Antretner
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s great-great-grandparent
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's great-great-grandparent (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-great-grandparent
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s spouse's great-grandparent (by marriage)
Kevin Leahey’s great-grandparent
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:
Rosa Antreter is your 2× great-grandparent.
Life
Rosa Antreter was recorded as Rosine Antretter in the Germans to America index. It says that she arrived at Manhattan on 17 September 1880 aboard the Schiedam from Rotterdam, age 19, born in Germany, with occupation “Farmer.” She was thus a young farm worker travelling alone or independently into the surviving index, not merely an undated immigrant in a later census.
On 4 October 1881, thirteen months after arrival, the New Jersey marriage index records 20-year-old Rosine Antretner marrying 36-year-old Geo. Hoffman at Bayonne. The image is unavailable and no parents are indexed. Her FamilySearch profile gives the birth name Rosine Antretner, birth on 22 March 1862 in Germany with six sources attached, and death on 26 November 1929 in Bayonne. Because those underlying sources were not supplied here, the exact birth and death days remain tree-level claims; the New Jersey death index independently supports Bayonne and November 1929. The dates also conflict slightly: the passenger index gives age 19 and an implied 1861 birth, while 22 March 1862 would make her 18 on arrival. Both are retained.
Her children’s baptismal records preserve the name variants: George’s 1885 entry says “Rose Andredes,” Rosa’s 1887 entry “Rosa Antreter,” and Mary’s 1889 entry “Rose Andretner.” Other tree forms include Rosa Antretta and Rosa Andretner. The variations show how differently clerks heard or wrote the same surname.
The FamilySearch tree names Bernard Antretner and Margareth Pfeiffer as her parents without sources. They are retained only as leads. Rotterdam was a usual departure port for southern German emigrants travelling down the Rhine; that is an inference consistent with the surname’s previously noted Bavarian/Tyrolean character, not proof of a region.
By 1900 Rosa and George lived at 36 West 23rd Street in Bayonne. The census recorded her as “Mar 1862 … Married … 18 … 9 … 9 … Germany … 1880,” meaning nine children born and all nine living. They owned the house with a mortgage. The 1912 Sanborn map, sheet 50 (external address omitted for offline reading) labels West 23rd Street and lot 36 and shows a two-and-a-half-storey wooden dwelling. The New Jersey death index lists “Hoffman | Rose” in Bayonne in November 1929 but does not supply the exact day.
How we know this: The passenger and marriage indexes document arrival, ship, port, occupation, and marriage. Census, baptisms and the New Jersey death index document her Bayonne life. Exact birth/death days and the named parents remain FamilySearch tree leads. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
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 198256175
Why this memorial is attached
Matched by spouse George Hoffman, named children, cemetery plot, and the photographed joint monument. Find a Grave memorial 198256175 (findagrave.com).
Spouse George Hoffman 1845–1915 | Children Mary Hoffman Dyas 1889–1971; Minnie Hoffman Sheran 1892–1910
[COMPILED] Volunteer-typed memorial fields
These fields are leads, not civil or church records, and do not replace documented dates. Find a Grave memorial 198256175 (findagrave.com).
Name: Rose Antretner Hoffman Birth: 22 Mar 1862 Death: 26 Nov 1929 (aged 67) Cemetery: Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Plot: C 1061 Family links: Spouse: George Hoffman 1845–1915 (m. 1881). Children: Louis Henry Hoffman 1884–1944; Mary Hoffman Dyas 1889–1971; Catherine ‘Katie’ Hoffman McCarthy 1891–1932; Minnie Hoffman Sheran 1892–1910; Florence Margaret Hoffman McCaffrey 1895–1951.
Photograph status: a photographed inscription is available and shown below. Find a Grave memorial 198256175 (findagrave.com).
[RECORD] Photographed inscription, transcribed verbatim
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MINNIE HOFFMAN BELOVED WIFE OF JAMES SHERAN BORN NOV. 8, 1882 DIED NOV. 30, 1910 VIOLA HOFFMAN BORN APRIL 6, 1904 DIED JUNE 15, 1906 GEORGE HOFFMAN BORN NOV. 11, 1845 DIED FEB. 5, 1915 ROSE HOFFMAN DIED NOV.Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 50 words
26, 1929
Citation: Find a Grave memorial 198256175 (findagrave.com); monument photograph credited below.
Family
Spouse
Children
See this family in the family treeWork and occupation
- Farmer — 1880
Occupation: Farmer
Where they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Germany
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Cemetery or burial place
- New Jersey
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
- United States
- Manhattan, New York City, New York
- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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The pins show approximate places. The line only joins them in time order; it does not prove the route travelled. 3 of the places listed above are recorded only as a county or country, so they are not pinned. Cemetery and burial places have red pins.
Timeline
Born (tree lead)
FamilySearch profile date with six attached sources, but no underlying record supplied here. [10]
From our family tree - no record found yet
1900 census birth report
The 1900 census records Rosa as born in March 1862 in Germany. [4]
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
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Arrived from Rotterdam
Rosine Antretter, 19, German farmer, arrived Manhattan aboard Schiedam. The index implies birth in 1861, conflicting slightly with the FamilySearch profile’s 22 March 1862 date. [9]
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1900 census immigration report
The 1900 census records Rosa’s immigration year as 1880. [4]
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Married George Hoffman
The Bayonne index records Geo. Hoffman, 36, and Rosine Antretner, 20; image unavailable and no parents indexed. [11]
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Son's baptism
Rosa is named as the mother of George Hoffman in his baptism entry. [1]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copySt. Mary Star of the Sea baptism register, George Hoffman, 1885
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Daughter's baptism
Rosa is named as the mother of Rosa Hoffman in her baptism entry. [2]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copySt. Mary Star of the Sea baptism register, Rosa Hoffman, 1887
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Daughter's baptism
Rosa is named as the mother of Mary Hoffman in her baptism entry. [3]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copySt. Mary Star of the Sea baptism register, Mary Hoffman, 1889
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1900 census
At 36 West 23rd Street, Rosa was recorded with George and their nine living children in an owned, mortgaged house. [4]
Proved by a record
Bayonne Ward 2, nine children at home
Sheet 9B, household 174. Minnie 18, George 15, Louis 15, Rose 13, Mary 10, Katie 9, Florence 8, John 6 — and Frank, entered as 0 days old. Nine children under one roof, the youngest born the week the census called. This archive had recorded three.
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Died (tree date)
FamilySearch gives the exact day; the New Jersey index independently supports Bayonne and November 1929 only. [10]
From our family tree - no record found yet
New Jersey death index
The New Jersey death index lists Rose Hoffman in Bayonne in November 1929. [8]
The record itself
Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey death index, Rose Hoffman, Bayonne, Nov 1929
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Photographed monument
The photographed family monument gives Rose Hoffman’s death date. [12]
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Died at Bayonne — confirmed by the state index
Her page carried 26 November 1929, Bayonne from the family and nothing behind it. The index confirms the month, the year and the town. Reading it takes care. The volume is arranged by municipality, not alphabetically, and this page is headed Bayonne. The DATE column is written only when it changes and applies downward: Harmer Rowland carries 9 Nov., and Hanlon, Hull, Heaney, Hoffman Rose, Halbert and Helminski all inherit it, until Hancock Kate begins 9 Dec. A row that looks blank is not undated. The day is still unconfirmed — this index has no day column. [15]
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Original records
7 further records are shown in the timeline, beside the event each one documents.
Tap to open a larger copy1900 U.S. census, George Hoffman household, Bayonne, sheet 10A
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Tap to open a larger copy1910 U.S. census, Bayonne ED 11, image 355
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Tap to open a larger copy1910 U.S. census, Bayonne ED 11, image 356
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Tap to open a larger copy1910 U.S. census, Bayonne ED 11, image 357
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Tap to open a larger copy1910 U.S. census, Bayonne ED 11, sheet 7B
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Tap to open a larger copy1910 U.S. census, Bayonne ED 11, sheet 8A
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Tap to open a larger copySt. Mary Star of the Sea baptism register, Rose Weckesser, 1887
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Original source (hudsoncountynjgenealogy.org)
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Automated reading aid only. The human-verified quotations elsewhere in the archive remain authoritative.
No. 100 Name of Date and Date of Father’s Sponsors Priest Marriage,
Person Place of Baptism Name etc.
Baptized Birth Mother’s
Maiden Name
249 Bridget Oct 11 – Oct 16 – Cornelius Michael A. Egan
Gallagher 1887 1887 Rose Bonner Boyle
Helen Ward
250 Hanah Sept 18 – Oct 16 – Thomas William “
Cooney 1887 1887 Mary Foley Corbett
Mary
Crowley
251 Winefrid Sept 25 – Oct 16 – William Patk. “
Healey 1887 1887 Winefrid Connolly
Kennedy Anna
Kennedy
252 John Sept 21 – Oct 16 – Felix John Ossino “
Cordano 1887 1887 Mary Theresa
Cardella Gardella
253 Anna Oct 17 – Oct 17 – Michael Patrick T. Killeen
Reehill 1887 1887 Bridget Somers
McCabe Margaret
McCabe
254 Mary Boyle Oct 16 – Oct 18 – Owen Owen A. Egan
1887 1887 Anna Boyle Boyle
Cath.
Robertson
255 Joseph Oct 19 – Oct 23 – John Joseph “
Foerst 1887 1887 Cunnigunda Foerst
Smith Margaret
Foerst
256 Frederick Oct 19 – Oct 23 – John Frederick “
Foerst 1887 1887 Cunnigunda Foerst
Smith Margaret
Levin (?)
257 Rose Oct 10 – Oct 23 – George George “
Weckesser 1887 1887 Cath. Hoffman
Elnstretter Rose
Hoffman
258 Sabina Oct 18 - Oct 23 - Jacob Francis “
Purcell 1887 1887 Mary Barret Muldoon
Cath.
Flanigan
Tap to open a larger copy1900 Bayonne census, Hoffman household continuation, sheet 10A
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
1900 Bayonne census, Hoffman household continuation, sheet 10A
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
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Tap to open a larger copy1912 Sanborn map: 36 West 23rd Street, Bayonne
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What the records say
15 records transcribed.
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Book 1, p. XXXIV
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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 … Sponsors George Weckensen [as printed] Cartina Weckensen [as printed] | **Rosa Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth May 11 – 1887 … Date of Baptism June 19 – 1887 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rosa Antreter … Sponsors Adam EngelShow the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 150 words
Rosina Engel | Mary Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth Apr 13 – 1889 … Date of Baptism May 5 – 1889 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rose Andretner … Sponsors Theo. Horoster Mary Horoster | Andredes | Antreter | Andretner** | George | Rose Andredes, | Mary T | Catherine. | 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. | Rosa Antreter, | Rose Andretner | Rosine. | Married … 18 … 9 … 9 | Rose Andretner.
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Book 1, p. LXXXIX
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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 … Sponsors George Weckensen [as printed] Cartina Weckensen [as printed] | **Rosa Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth May 11 – 1887 … Date of Baptism June 19 – 1887 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rosa Antreter … Sponsors Adam EngelShow the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 150 words
Rosina Engel | Mary Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth Apr 13 – 1889 … Date of Baptism May 5 – 1889 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rose Andretner … Sponsors Theo. Horoster Mary Horoster | Andredes | Antreter | Andretner** | Rose Andredes, | Rosa Antreter, | Rose Andretner | Rosine. | Rosa Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth May 11 – 1887 … Date of Baptism June 19 – 1887 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rosa Antreter … Sponsors Adam Engel Rosina Engel. | Married … 18 … 9 … 9 | George | Rose Andretner.
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Book 2, p. 49
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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 … Sponsors George Weckensen [as printed] Cartina Weckensen [as printed] | **Rosa Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth May 11 – 1887 … Date of Baptism June 19 – 1887 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rosa Antreter … Sponsors Adam EngelShow the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 150 words
Rosina Engel | Mary Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth Apr 13 – 1889 … Date of Baptism May 5 – 1889 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rose Andretner … Sponsors Theo. Horoster Mary Horoster | Apr 13 – 1889, | Apr 1890 | Andredes | Antreter | Andretner** | Rose Andredes, | Rosa Antreter, | Rose Andretner | Rosine. | Mary Hoffman … Date and Place of Birth Apr 13 – 1889 … Date of Baptism May 5 – 1889 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Rose Andretner. | Married … 18 … 9 … 9 | George | Rose Andretner.
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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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sheet 10A, lines 1–3
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George Hoffman | Florence … Dec 1893 | Rosa … Wife … Mar 1862 … 38 … Married … 18 … 9 … 9 … Germany … Germany … Germany … 1880 … 20,
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Book 1, p. C
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Rose Weckesser … Date and Place of Birth Oct 10 – 1887 … Father’s Name George … Mother’s Maiden Name Cath. Elnstretter … Sponsors George Hoffman Rose Hoffman | Weckensen | Mother’s Maiden Name Cath. Elnstretter … Sponsors George Hoffman Rose Hoffman | Cathrine / Antretta / Codik | Michael Aufredner/Germany | Cath. Elnstretter | Sponsors George Hoffman Rose Hoffman | Cath. Elnstretter.
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collection page
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Baptisms 1884-1894 | 23 March 1884 | 14 January 1894 | Florence … Dec 1893 | Baptisms 1884-1894,
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image n673
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INDEX OF DEATHS IN NEW JERSEY / 1925-29 / Bayonne. | Harmer | Rowland | 9 | Nov. | Hoffman | Rose | Hancock | Kate | 9 | Dec. | Hoffman | Rose | Hoffman | Rose | 1880 | Pa | Naturalization Records, 1834-1920 / Control #: CHDCP003 | 07/23/1920 | 347 Ave. 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 | INDEX OF DEATHS IN NEW JERSEY / 1925-29 / Bayonne, | Hoffman | Rose | Mar 1862 … Germany … 1880 | Hoffman | Rose
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Rosine Antretter arrival, 17 September 1880
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United States, Germans to America Index, 1850-1897: Rosine Antretter, 19, born 1861 Germany, occupation Farmer, arrived Manhattan 17 September 1880 aboard Schiedam from Rotterdam.
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FamilySearch tree lead for Rosine Antretner
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Unsourced FamilySearch tree relationships name Bernard Antretner and Margareth Pfeiffer as Rosine Antretner’s parents. Profile dates: birth 22 March 1862 Germany; death 26 November 1929 Bayonne. These are leads, not relationship proof.
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George Hoffman and Rosine Antretner marriage index
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New Jersey marriage index: Geo. Hoffman, 36, married Rosine Antretner, 20, on 4 October 1881 at Bayonne, Hudson County. Image unavailable; no parents indexed.
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Find a Grave memorial 198256175 and photographed Hoffman monument
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Rose Antretner Hoffman | 22 Mar 1862 | 26 Nov 1929 (aged 67) | Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA | C 1061 | Spouse George Hoffman 1845–1915 | Children Mary Hoffman Dyas 1889–1971; Minnie Hoffman Sheran 1892–1910 | Family links: Spouse: George Hoffman 1845–1915 (m. 1881). Children: Louis Henry Hoffman 1884–1944; Mary Hoffman Dyas 1889–1971;Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 words
Catherine ‘Katie’ Hoffman McCarthy 1891–1932; Minnie Hoffman Sheran 1892–1910; Florence Margaret Hoffman McCaffrey 1895–1951. | Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / MINNIE HOFFMAN / BELOVED WIFE OF / JAMES SHERAN / BORN NOV. 8, 1882 / DIED NOV. 30, 1910 / VIOLA HOFFMAN / BORN APRIL 6, 1904 / DIED JUNE 15, 1906 / GEORGE HOFFMAN / BORN NOV. 11, 1845 / DIED FEB. 5, 1915 / ROSE HOFFMAN / DIED NOV. 26, 1929
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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.
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George Hoffman and Rosine Antretner marriage, Bayonne, 4 October 1881
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New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985: Geo. Hoffman, born 1845, married Rosine Antretner, 4 October 1881, Bayonne, Hudson County.
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New Jersey Index of Deaths 1925–29, Bayonne — Hoffman, Rose, November 1929
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Read from the page image. This volume is arranged by municipality, not by letter, and the page is headed Bayonne. The DATE column is written only when it changes and carries down: Harmer Rowland is 9 Nov. (November 1929) and the six entries beneath him inherit it, until Hancock Kate at 9 Dec. Hoffman Rose therefore falls in November 1929.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
Bayonne and the Industrial Waterfront, 1870–1920
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What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…
Reading Irish Civil Registration
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Farmers and Labourers in North Cork
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Islandeady and Derrycriff, County Mayo
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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…
A Train Operator in Bayonne, 1914
James D. Leahey’s funeral entry records a compact working life: married, American-born, age twenty-eight, living at 83 West 12th Street in Bayonne, occupation “train operator.” He died on 1 June 1914, twelve da…
What we still don't know
- Find a German or New Jersey record naming Bernard Antretner and Margareth Pfeiffer before accepting them as parents.
- Identify her exact German birthplace; Rotterdam and surname character do not prove a region.
- Obtain the unavailable marriage image and underlying sources for the exact birth and death dates.
- [HER PARENTS — AND A CERTIFICATE THAT WOULD NAME THEM] She is Andrew Leahey's 2x-great-grandmother and has no parents recorded, one of the sixteen places his direct line stops. She arrived from Rotterdam on the Schiedam in September 1880, aged nineteen, a German farm worker — so her parents are German and are named on no American record this archive holds. A New Jersey death certificate of November 1929, Bayonne, names the deceased's father and mother, including the mother's maiden name. The state index entry found on 12 August 2026 is enough to order it: name, municipality, month and year. That is the cheapest route into a German family this archive cannot otherwise reach. See BLOCKED_AND_PAID.md.
- Unsourced FamilySearch parents Bernard Antretner and Margareth Pfeiffer are leads only.
- Inference: Rotterdam was usual for southern German emigrants travelling down the Rhine, consistent with the surname’s Bavarian/Tyrolean character, but it proves no region.
- She bore at least nine children between about 1882 and June 1900 — eighteen years of it — and the 1900 census caught the last of them at nought days old.
References
- [1] Book 1, p. XXXIVBack to citation 1a Back to citation 1b
- [2] Book 1, p. LXXXIXBack to citation 2a Back to citation 2b
- [3] Book 2, p. 49Back to citation 3a Back to citation 3b
- [4] sheet 9B, lines 93–100Back to citation 4a Back to citation 4b Back to citation 4c Back to citation 4d
- [5] sheet 10A, lines 1–3Back to citation 5
- [6] Book 1, p. CBack to citation 6
- [7] collection pageBack to citation 7
- [8] image n673Back to citation 8a Back to citation 8b
- [9] Rosine Antretter arrival, 17 September 1880Back to citation 9a Back to citation 9b Back to citation 9c
- [10] FamilySearch tree lead for Rosine AntretnerBack to citation 10a Back to citation 10b Back to citation 10c
- [11] George Hoffman and Rosine Antretner marriage indexBack to citation 11a Back to citation 11b
- [12] Find a Grave memorial 198256175 and photographed Hoffman monumentBack to citation 12a Back to citation 12b
- [13] George Hoffman household, 1900 United States census, Bayonne Ward 2Back to citation 13
- [14] George Hoffman and Rosine Antretner marriage, Bayonne, 4 October 1881Back to citation 14
- [15] New Jersey Index of Deaths 1925–29, Bayonne — Hoffman, Rose, November 1929Back to citation 15a Back to citation 15b