George William Hoff

1887 - 1963  (75 years)

• Name	George William Hoff
  Born	4 Jun 1887	Erin Township, Hancock County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Apr 1963	Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18350	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	William Abraham Hoff,   b. 31 Mar 1857, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 11 Aug 1927, Britt, Hancock County, Iowa, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Louisa Lau,   b. 22 Aug 1859, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1887, Erin Township, Hancock County, Iowa, USA  (Age 27 years)
  Married	10 Oct 1886	Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA
  Family ID	F9184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  This information is from the 1900 Census of Hancock, Co., Iowa. Presumably,after his mother died he went to lived with his grandparents. His fatherWilliam remarries to a Mary Elizabeth Gorthhoefner by whom he has twochildren. George (William ?) married to Mabel Slattum per ................. 1910 censushas him living on N. Main Street (rear). His spouse is named Minnie,possibly a diminuitive of Mabel. He is working as a Laborer on the SectionR.R. They have one child at this time, Viola G. who is 6/12. The censuswas taken on April 16, 1910.Birth register indicates that his name is George William and that hewas born on 5 Jun 1887 in Erin Township, Hancock County, Iowa. His motheris registered as a Louisa Lau. The birth was registered 10 October 1887.His mother died on 30 Jun 1887.Numerous other Lau's are in the Hancock County area at the time.Obituary from the Mason City newspaper indicates that he had lived inMason City for 40 years at the time of his death in 1963 - would indicatethat he went there to work. He married April 11, 1925 a Mabel Slattumby whom he had 4 children - Violet L. (b. 1929), Bernard, Marion and Merlyn.By 1923 the child born and named Viola G. would have been 15 years oldbut there is no indication of where she is, nor is there an indicator ofher in the obituary.Member of the First Methodist Church.Hancock, Britt Township, Britt City, Iowa CensusGeorge W. HoffAge 18Place of birth, Self IowaPlace of birth, MOther IowaPlace of birth, Father IllinoisMonths in school in 1904 Public 9Occupation In School1930 Census Cerro Gordo, Mason County, IowaFourth Ward of Mason CityTyler South and Fourth S.W.Enumerated on April 2, 1930Sheet 58E.D. 17-28S.D. 3Hoff, George W. , head, Owns, 3,000 $, 42, Married, age at first marriage 21, born Iowa, father born Pennsylvania, mother born IowaHoff, Mabel A., wife of head, 36, age at first marriage 32, born Iowa, father born Iowa, mother born NorwayHoff, Bernard G., son, ag 1 9/12, born IowaHoff, Violet L., daughter, 2/12, born IowaObituaryGEORGE HOFF FUNERAL SET FOR THURSDAYGeorge W. Hoff, 75, retired custodian in the Mason City PUblic Schools, died Tuesday at a Mason City hospital. He had lived in Mason City 40 years and made his home at 622 Delaware SE.Mr. Hoff was born June 4, 1887, in Britt, son of William and Louisa (Lau) Hoff. He was married to Mabel Slattum April 11, 1925 in Mason City.Mr. Hoff retired in 1952. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.Surviving are his wife, three sons, Bernard, Spencer; Marion, at home, and Merlyn, Joice; a daughter, Mrs. Chancey Rasmusson, Mason City, nine grandchildren and a brother Ear, Decorah. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and grandson.The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in the McAuley-Scanlan-McKasson Chapel. Dr. George Truman Carl, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).