The Hoffmann Family of Iowa County, Iowa

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Mathias M. Hoffmann

Mathias M. Hoffmann ⚭ Mary Voelker

childrenLeo A. Hoffmann · Mathias Hoffmann Jr. · Alfred A. Hoffmann · Herbert J. Hoffmann · Aloysius Hoffmann · Martin Hoffmann · Martha Hoffmann · Mary Hoffmann · Josephine Hoffmann

Source: History of Iowa County, Iowa

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Text situates family in Dubuque).
According to History of Iowa County, Iowa, Undertaker and licensed embalmer, one of the first in the section.
Organizer and 12-year president of the Dubuque Casket Company.
Democratic coroner of Dubuque county 12 years.
Member St. Mary's Roman Catholic church.
Learned cabinet-maker's trade after his father was injured when he was 12.
Married Mary Voelker (daughter of Leopold Voelker) May 28, 1880.
Six sons and three daughters.
Daughter Martha married Dr. Henry Thill.
Daughter Mary married M. J. Graves.
Daughter Josephine became Sister Mary Jeanette of St. Frances Convent.
His father moved to the area permanently in 1855, was a cooper and carpenter, died 1905 in his 73rd year (b. ~1832), wife d. 1883, both buried at Mount Calvary.

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