Frank HOFFMAN

(b. 27 February 1859 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 September 1901 , Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA )

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Frank HOFFMAN was born 27 February 1859 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Frank HOFFMAN was the child of Henry HOFFMAN and Agnes FABRICIUS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Georg David? HOFFMAN and Christina Alberrtine? STEINBRENNER?

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Frank married Ellen A "Nellie" BROGAN abt. 1882 . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Ellen A "Nellie" BROGAN was born November 1861 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville). Ellen A "Nellie" died 28 January 1943 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

Frank HOFFMAN died 18 September 1901 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
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Frank HOFFMAN married

Ellen A "Nellie" BROGAN-- Date: abt. 1882 Place:

Children of Frank HOFFMAN and Ellen A "Nellie" BROGAN:

Florence E HOFFMAN (b.September 1883, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA d. , )

Frank HOFFMAN (b.January 1889, , Connecticut, USA d. , )

Julie G HOFFMAN (b.February 1892, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA d. 16 October 1961, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA )

Frederick Joseph HOFFMAN (b.20 March 1893, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA d. , )

Verna L HOFFMAN (b.1 April 1905, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA d. 6 July 1975, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA)

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1859 Birth
Name: Frank Hoffman
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 27 Feb 1859
Birthplace: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Mass
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Father's Name: Henry
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Mother's Name: N. Hoffman
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C51044-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
Source Film Number: 234543
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Collection: Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915

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1860 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name: Frank Hoffman
Residence: , Berkshire, Massachusetts
Ward: Pittzfield
Age: 1 year
Estimated Birth Year: 1859
Birthplace: Mass.
Gender: Male
Page: 236
Family Number: 1847
Film Number: 803488
DGS Number: 4231348
Image Number: 00241
NARA Number: M653
Collection: United States Census, 1860

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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Hoffman, Henry, 38, m, Carpenter, b. Nassau Germany
Frank, 11, m, at school, b. MA
Agnes, 9, f, at school, b. MA
Louis, 7, m, at school, b. NY
Henry, 3, m, at home, b. MA
Augustus, 1, m, at home, b. MA
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
Henry HOFFMAN Self M Male W 45 GER Carpenter GER GER
Louisa HOFFMAN Wife M Female W 45 GER Keeping House GER GER
Frank HOFFMAN Son S Male W 21 GER Carpenter GER GER
Agnes HOFFMAN Dau S Female W 18 MA Works In Shop GER GER
Louis HOFFMAN Son S Male W 16 MA Drives/ Wagon GER GER
Henry HOFFMAN Son S Male W 14 MA At School GER GER
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.