THE HOFFBAUER FAMILY
From
Kathy (Johnson) Price a collection
of family history and pictures by a joint effort with cousins,
Mary
Slyter, James Cornell, Madison
Overmoen, Carole Hoschstetter, Mel Meyer & Tom Hoffbauer.
Family Photos can be found at
Hoffbauer Family
Photo Collection
Descendants of Friederick
G.H. Hoffbauer
and
Mathilda Theresa Schneidewind
Friederick G. H. Hoffbauer Born: November 10, 1816 Place:
Kopenhavn, Denmark
Died: February 9, 1879 Age: 63 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo.
At the age of 3 moved to Nordhausen, Prussia (1819) with his parents and two
brothers.
Son of Johan Christopher & Caroline "Scheel" Hoffbauer.
Father: Johan Christopher Hoffbauer Born: Germany, Abt. 1780 Occupation:
Danish Military Surgeon and Doctor in Germany.
Mother: Caroline "Scheel" Hoffbauer Born: Denmark, Abt. 1784.
Brothers of Friederick G. H. Hoffbauer were:
1.Carl August Hoffbauer Born: May 3, 1810, Place: Jager,
Horshaln, Denmark
Occupation: Doctor. A scholar, patriot and professional man. Fled Germany
in 1832-34, in his lifetime involved in political movements in Germany and due
strife from this fled back to Kopenhaven to seek refuge where he was a doctor
until he died January 6, 1877 in Vigle.
2. William Hoffbauer Born: September 19, 1812, Place: Kopenhavn,
Denmark
A scholar, patriot and professional man. He was a doctor. In 1848 elected a
member of the German Parliament. Die to the Royal Opposition fled to
Zurich, Switzerland. From there he left for America in 1851 landing in New
Orleans. Resident of Dubuque and Clayton County Iowa for 40 years where he
practiced medicine.
He died July 28, 1892 and is buried at Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
Friederick "Fritz" G.H. Hoffbauer
married Mathilda Theresa Schneidewind who was born in Preussen in
1817. They were married in 1835 in Leedershausen, Germany.
Mathilda Theresa "Schneidewind" Hoffbauer
Born: 1817 Place: Preussen, Germany
Died: December 16, 1865 Age: 49 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
Friederick & Mathilda along with the first 5
children born to them immigrated to America in 1848 on the Immigration Ship
"Flavia" departing from Bremen, Germany. They arrived to America on
August 2, 1848 and port of entry was New York.
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"Flavia" or "Flavio"
The
Flavio left Bremen, Bremerhaven Region of Germany on July 20, 1848. Aboard
were 233 passengers. Flavio port of entry, New York on August 28,
1848. Passengers disembarked on August 30, 1848. |
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Upon arriving at New York, August 2, 1848
from there they traveled to Watertown, Wisconsin. At this time their
daughter 6th child, M. Bertha Hoffbauer was born about 1852. From
Watertown, Wisconsin they moved to Janesville, Wis. then on to Rock Island
Illinois where they lived on a houseboat and were washed to an Iowa shore during
a bad storm where they decided to settle. In writings it is said that while they
lived in Wisconsin they farmed and also started on brewery.
The first several years in Iowa they lived in Walcott
where they procured a tract of land and farmed.
By 1864 they had moved to Buffalo, Iowa and built
Hoffbauer's Brewery. On November 10, 1878 this brewery burned down but was
quickly rebuilt. Hoffbauer's Brewery succumbed to Prohibition in 1884.
Friederick G. H. Hoffbauer, widowed married a second
time to Catarina Jackle on May 30, 1868 in Buffalo, Iowa.
Headstone picture
very old photograph but family who have visited Rose Hill Cemetery report that
the headstone is very old of course and inscriptions for Frederick are worn and
the
family has had a bronze plaque made to be attached to the
headstone
to preserve their identification.
Children of Freiderick and Mathilda:
1. Hugo Hans Hoffbauer
Born: March 3, 1836
Place: Hartz Mountain Region, Aueleben, Germany
Hugo Hans
Hoffbauer was 12 years old in 1848 when he immigrated from Germany to America
with his parents.
Hugo
passed away
on March 21, 1921 in Buffalo, Iowa at the age of 85
years and he is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. My cousin who lives in
Davenport is currently having a headstone placed for Hugo, her GGGrandfather.
She contacted the military and Hugo was entitled to a civil war headstone but
for some reason one was never ordered or placed.
From a book written about those who lived in Scott County.
Page 696
Hugo Hoffbauer
One of the prominent business men of the town of Buffalo, who despite the fact
that his many years would entitle him to a well deserved rest has not but to
give his best efforts to the mercantile business which he is engaged Hugo
Hoffbauer.
He was born in Aueleben, Germany, March 3, 1836, and is the son of Frederic and
Mathilda T. (Schneidewind) Hoffbauer. The former was native of Copenhaven,
Denmark, where his birth occurred November 10, 1816, while the later (Mathilda)
was born in Prussia, Germany, in the year of 1817. The couple were married
in the old country which remained their home until 1848 when Mr. Hoffbauer, Sr.,
decided to try the opportunities said to abound in America.
Accordingly they crossed the Atlantic, landed in New York, August 1848, and then
made their way west to Watertown, Wisconsin. There for two years the
father followed farming, at the end of that period going to Janesville,
Wisconsin, where he built a house-boat, on which the family floated down the
Rock River to Rock Island, which they reached November 4, 1852. For the
next "unreadable" years, while living in this waterhouse, Hugo
Hoffbauer found employment on the steamboat Lamertine. About that time,
however, an incident occurred which changed the mode of life of the
family, for a storm arising in the river, the house-boat was carried across to
the Iowa shore. As the country appeared inviting they determined to remain
here, forthwith procuring a tract of land in Scott County which they cultivated
profitably for a number of years.
Hugo Hoffbauer was 12 years of age when his parents came to America and had
consequently received his education in the land of his birth. He
accompanied them to Watertown to Janesvile, Wisconsin, and then assisted in the
construction of the house-boat. Finally, when they took up their residence
in Scott County, he did his full share in cultivation of the farm. His
life was interrupted by the inauguration of the Civil War, for like the many
young men of ambition, Mr. Hoffbauer was very anxious to offer his services in
the support of the Union and at the same time win distinction on the field of
battle. Therefore he enlisted in the fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry,
August 17, 1862, (some of this sentence is unreadable) I believe is written that
he served as Lieutenant and then as Captain in a little more then two years of
service.
Page 697
These days are perhaps the most vivid of any in Mr. Hoffbauer's life; surely
they are a distinction which can never be shard by others. The solemnity
of the occasion, the dignity of the man who virtually sacrificed himself for
what he believed to be the right and then the soldier's associations, the
reminiscences of the field of struggle, all these things combined to leave an
impression indelible and unequaled by any other.
When the war was brought to close and Mr. Hoffbauer received his honorable
discharge from the army, he returned to Scott County to continue in the
occupation which had been so rudely interrupted. In 1885 he relinquished
active farming and removed to Buffalo, where he engaged in the brewing business.
In a few years, however, he decided to make another change so bought the
mercantile establishment which he now conducts.
It was in 1859 that Mr. Hoffbauer wedded Miss Virginia Meyers, a daughter of
Jacob Meyers, of Buffalo Township. Ten children were born to this union,
but only three are now living: Max, who married Miss Bessie Moorehead and is now
residing in Buffalo; Lewis, who wedded Miss Ella Mayhaus and is carrying on the
bottling works and ice business in Buffalo; and Louisa "Lulu," the
wife of Lewis Reinbrecht of Scott County.
In his early manhood Mr. Hoffbauer gave his political support to the Republican
party but in 1872 decided the principles of the democracy were in more accord
with his own views. Since that time he has steadfastly supported his
candidates. While he was a resident of the country, he held all of the
township offices within the gift of the people. Since he has lived in
Buffalo he has been equally conspicuous in public affairs, for during a period
of twenty years was mayor of the village, is at present Justice of the Peace,
while Grover Cleveland was president he served as Post Master. His
discharge of the trusts imposed upon him has always been marked with devotion to
duty, carefulness and efficiency, so that there has been little occasion for
dissatisfaction with his administration, while association is the general
feeling. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith but at present is not
affiliated with any church but is associated with several fraternal and social
organizations, being a member of Banner Lodge, No. 16, K.P. of the local G.A.R.
Post, of the Turners and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. The friends
he has made among his brothers in these societies are unanimous in according him
the respect and good will which he deserves.
Hugo Hoffbauer Visits Old Home in Wisconsin.
Steamboat Days by Hugo Hoffbauer
Married: Virginia Susannah Myers on July 9, 1859 in Scott County, Iowa
She was born: August 15, 1841 Place: Wheeling, West Virginia
She died: February 8, 1884 Age: 43 and is buried in
Rose Hill
Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa.
#1.
Edward
Charles Hoffbauer
Born: August 17,
1860 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Married: Katharina
"Katie" Agatha Beh Date: November 8, 1884
Place of marriage:
Buffalo, Iowa
Katharina "Katie" Beh
Born: August 8, 1865
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Her Father: Frances Xavier Beh
Her Mother: Caroline Agatha Heckle
After
marrying, the exact time unknown, Edward Charles and Katie moved to Bismarck, N.
Dakota for some time but then returned to live in Buffalo, before September of
1887.
Edward Charles Hoffbauer died in Buffalo, Iowa on September 8, 1887
Age: 27 Years Old of Typhoid Fever.
Children born to Edward Charles &
Katharina "Katie" were:
1.
Susannah Caroline
Hoffbauer
Born: August 31,
1885 Place: Bismarck, County, N. Dakota
Marriage of
Susannah Caroline Hoffbauer & Henry Schroder
Date: October
14, 1908
Place: St.
Peters Catholic Church, Buffalo, Iowa
Died: August
10, 1922 Age: 37
Buried: St.
Peters Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
Children of Susannah C. & Henry Schroder
Katharine Marie Schroder
Born: January 11, 1911
Florence Agatha Schroder
Born: January 6, 1915
2. Edward Joseph Hoffbauer
Born: December 18, 1886
Place: Bismarck, Burleigh County, N. Dakota
Married: Christina Alvena Schroeder Date: August 18, 1915
He died: July 8, 1967 Age: 81 Buried: Blue Grass Cemetery, Blue Grass, Iowa.
Katharina "Katie" remarried to Adolph Strohbehn in Scott County, Iowa 10 years after the death of her first husband Edward Charles Hoffbauer. Marriage Date: January 20, 1897
Katharina died on July 2, 1920. Age: 55
Buried: St. Peters Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa#2- child born to Hugo and Virginia S. Hoffbauer was:
Carl Hoffbauer
Born: October 20, 1862
Died: Infancy Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery
#3- Child born to Hugo and Virginia S. Hoffbauer was:
Hugo Waldo Hoffbauer
Born: March 16, 1864
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Died: April 15, 1893
Place: Moscow, Idaho
Age: 29
Cause of death: Typhoid Fever
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
#4-Freddie Hoffbauer
Born: July 30, 1866
Place: Buffalo
Death Date Unknown
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
#5- Emilie Hoffbauer
Born: December 5, 1868
Died Unknown
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
#6- William "Willy" Hoffbauer
Born: September 12, 1871
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Died: June 22, 1905
Place: Billings, Montana
Member of the Woodsmen of the World
Cause of death: Intestinal Obstruction
Age: 34
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
Married: September 28, 1894
Place: Muscatine, Iowa
Nellie Moss Holt
Born: February 17, 1874
Died: August 6, 1968
Age: 94
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, next to William
#7 Louisa "Lulu" Hoffbauer born to Hugo and Virginia Hoffbauer
Louisa "Lulu"
Born: August 8, 1873
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Married: Lewis Reinbrecht
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
One child born to Lulu and Louis: Virginia F. Reinbrecht Born: February 21, 1903 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Louisa Died: January 28, 1945
Place: St. Paul, MN
Buried: St. Paul, MN
Age: 72 yearsDaughter of Louisa "Lulu" (Hoffbauer) & Lewis Reinbrecht
Virginia F. Reinbrecht
Born: February 21, 1903
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Married: George Herbert Fisher
Virginia F. Reinbrecht Fisher Died: October 4, 2002
Place: St. Paul, MN.
Age: 99 Years
Buried: Acacia Park Cemetery
Place: St. Paul, MN
#8
Maximillian
Hoffbauer (or Max)
Born: January 21,
1875
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Max Died: 1968
Place: Dallas, Texas
Age: 93
Buried: Rose Hill
Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
In his life time he raced
and raised horses in Dallas, Texas.
Married: Bessie
Moorehead
she born: May 1,
1887
Place: Dunlap,
Harrison County, Iowa
Died: 1949
Age: 62
Place: Dallas,
Texas
Buried: Rose Hill
Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
Two children were born to Maximillian & Bessie Hoffbauer
#1. Son- Billie Hoffbauer
Born: 1904
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Died: 1913
Age: 9 years from Brights Disease
#2. Daughter-Marian Hoffbauer
Born: November 25, 1911
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Living
Them Was The Good Old Days In
Davenport Scott County, Iowa
By W.L. Purcell (An Old Timer) Purcell Print
At the Grumblers Camp
Don't s'pose you reporters ever heard of Grumblers camp down
the river on Smith's island, near Linwood, in the old days. The
roundup spot was opened by Boney Strathman and his brother Lew and was goin'
full blast all the yuear'round. They had a swell big shack, there
was always plenty of fishin and shootin. In them days a guy could
take his shootin iron and pot somethin beside an English sparrow and he could
throw a line in the Mississippi and ketch somethin' better than German carp or
the flu.
Our greatest fresh air sportsmen put in their spare time at
Grumblers camp, payin' stud, rummy, checkers, mumbledypeg, and other wild and
excitin' games. Frank Brady was the french chef, and Buck Kniphals
the dishwasher, with sadust Billy and Duckfoot Malone doin' chambermaid
service. Nick Boy and George Halligan, in charge of the commissary,
kept the old fishbox loaded with bass, croppies, and channel cat, and the ice
box filled with top-sirloin, yallerlegs, and bacon. Prowlin'
henroosts and orchards was the popular moonlight sport at the camp.
Gooshie Lagie was pilot on the Potato Bug, the skiff that carried chow and pale
export over from
Max
Hoffbauer's Log Cabin in Buffalo.
Henry Jaeger, George Mengel, John Hentzleman, Soapy Matthes,
George Havens, Pete Otten, the board of directors, had Jack Smith's steamboat,
the Island Queen for pleasure cruisin up and down the river when entertainin
their friends and enemies and candidates for election, or when trimmim tinhorns
that thought they knew how to play that little game called poker. (Page 121).
#9
of Hugo and Virginia Hoffbauer
Louis
Hoffbauer
Born: July
30, 1878
Place:
Buffalo, Iowa
Died: October
8, 1967
Age: 89
Buried: Blue
Grass Cemetery, Blue Grass, Iowa
Married: Ella
Mayhaus
She born:
February 1, 1878
died: November 11, 1959
age: 81
buried: St. Peters Cemetery-Rose Hill-Buffalo, Iowa
#10-Susanne
V. Hoffbauer, last child born to Hugo & Virginia Hoffbauer
Susanne V.
Hoffbauer
Born:
February 6, 1884
Place:
Buffalo, Iowa
Died:
February 8, 1884
Place:
Buffalo, Iowa
Age: 2 days
Infant-cause
of death Infant Crib Fever
Buried: Rose
Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa
Both infant child, Susanne V. and her Mother Virginia Susannah Hoffbauer died on
February 8th, the same day. Mother, Virginia Susannah Hoffbauer was age 43
years and both are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Iowa.
Second Marriage of
Hugo Hans Hoffbauer:
Emily "Emmy" Krebs-Mossler
Emmy was born: August 28, 1845 Place: Waltenwyl, Canton Bern,
Switzerland
Both had previously been married.
Marriage date: March 22, 1888
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Emmy died: March 16, 1913
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo,
Iowa Obituary
#1 and
#2
At the time of her death she and Hugo had been married for 25 years, no children
were born to Hugo and Emmy.
2. Aline Hoffbauer
Born: 1838
Place: Zueribid, Germany
Immigrated to America with her parents and siblings when she
was 10 years old.
Married: Albert Loeper 1856 Place: Scott County, Iowa
Albert Loeper, reported residence as being Dubuque, Iowa
Enlisted to join the Civil War on October 4, 1862
Union Allegiance
Rank: Sergeant
Nine children were born to Aline & Albert Loeper and to date 3 have not been
found.
#1. Mathilda Born: 1865
#2. Bertha Born: 1871
#3. Otto Born: 1873
#4. Emma Born: 1876
#5. Julie Born: 1878
#6. Albert C. Born: 1883
3. Julia S. Hoffbauer
Born: November 21, 1841
Place: Eisleben, Germany
Immigrated to America with parents at the age of 7
Died: November 6, 1908
Place: East Dubuque, Jo Davies County, Illinois
Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa
Married: September 29, 1858 in Blue Grass, Iowa to Karl
Friederick "Otto" Junkermann
Born:
August 12, 1825
Place:
Germany
Died:
November 5, 1883
Place:
Dubuque, Iowa
Buried:
Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa
"Otto" Junkermann was leading druggist in Dubuque,
Iowa for many years.
8 children were born to Otto & Julia Junkermann
The farmland in
which Otto & Julia (Hoffbauer) Junkermann lived on in Dubuque today is known
as "The Mines Of Spain."
Edwin B. Lyons, a Dubuque business man and conservationist, left provisions in
his will to develop an interpretive center and nature preserve for the city of
Dubuque. Two years after his death, the Lyons Trust Fund purchased the
farmland originally known as the Otto Junkermann farm.
The Mines of Spain State Recreation Area was dedicated in 1981. It was
acquired with the assistance of the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. The
acquisition helped assure the protection of an important piece of Iowa's
historical and natural heritage. In 1993, the area was designated as a
National Historical Landmark.
Eight children were born to Julia S. (Hoffbauer) &
"Otto" Junkermann they were:
#1. Thekla (Theckla) Wilhelmina Mathilda Junkermann
Born: April 10, 1860
Place: Dubuque, IA.
Married: John H. Kleine
#2. Emily Caroline Friederike Junkermann
Born: January 4, 1862
Place: Dubuque, IA.
Died: Age 8
#3. Franklin Junkermann
Born: January 17, 1864
Place: Dubuque, IA
Married: Wilhemina Geiger
#4. Matilda (Tillie) Junkermann
Born: December 6, 1866
Place: Dubuque, IA
Married: Charles Willard Liek
#5. Martha Junkermann
Born: March 19, 1869
Place: Dubuque, IA
Married: Arthur Herron
#6. Minna Junkermann
Born: September 5, 1871
Place: Dubuque, IA
Married: Albert Kinney
#7. Julius Junkermann
Born: February 7, 1874
Place: Dubuque, IA
Married: Julia Breuning
#8. Melanie Junkermann
Born: March 23, 1876
Place: Dubuque, IA
Married: William Kretschmer
4. Carl (Charles) Hoffbauer
Born: January 18, 1842
Place: Hartz Mountain Region, Germany
Charles
died January 17, 1911
Charles Hoffbauer was born January 18, 1842
Place: Hartz Mountain Region, Leedershausen, Germany
He immigrated to America with his parents when he was 6 years old
The manifest from their Immigration Ship, Flavia lists his name as Karl but once
he came to America he used the name Charles which is what Karl stands for in
German.
On September 13, 1861 Charles Hoffbauer enlisted to join as a Union Soldier in
the Civil War. His place of residence at that time was Walcott,
Iowa. Charles was assigned to join the 12th Missouri Infantry, Company
I. He served faithfully for 3 years and was honorably discharged on
September 23, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri.
The 12th Missouri Infantry was organized at St. Louis, Mo. in August 1861.
Perhaps two of the many battles which are most remembered today are the battles
at Pea Ridge, Arkansas and the siege of Vicksburg.
On April 10, 1867 Charles Hoffbauer married Anna Vogelbaugh. Anna was born
in 1852 and reports that I have found say that she was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio. County Judge L. Linderman performed the ceremony in Scott County,
Iowa.
Charles for some time was a Saloon Keeper in Buffalo, Iowa after
Hoffbauer's Brewery was built in 1864.
In 1870-71 he lived in Andalusia where he was a Saloon Keeper and Laborer, 1871
he served as Buffalo Town Marshall, In 1872-73 he lived in Davenport, Iowa where
he worked as a Laborer, 1887-90 he kept a Saloon in Buffalo, Iowa.
Nine children were born to Charles & Anna Hoffbauer
#1.
Gertrude B. "Girtie" Hoffbauer was born November 4,
1868 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Died: October 2, 1944 Place: St. Paul,
MN. Buried: Calvary Catholic Cemetery,
St. Paul, MN. Girtie married Thomas
James Healy on May 19, 1891
Place: Bozeman, Montana.
Eight children were born to Thomas &
Gertrude (Hoffbauer) Healy
Gertrude
B. Hoffbauer was the first child born to Charles (Karl) & Anna (Vogelbaugh)
Hoffbauer.
Gertrude "Gertie" was born November 4, 1868 in Buffalo, Scott County,
Iowa.
She died: October 2, 1944 in St. Paul, MN. at the age of 75. She is buried
in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, St. Paul, MN.
Married: Thomas James Healy son of Irish Immigrants Thomas & Hanora (Joy)
Healy.
Date of Marriage: May 19, 1891
Gertrude Hoffbauer was 22 years of age at time of marriage.
Thomas J. Healy was 23 years of age at time of marriage.
Thomas J. Healy was born December 22, 1867 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New
York.
He died: February 23, 1933 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois at the age of 65.
Thomas is buried next to Gertrude in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, St. Paul, MN.
Eight Children were born to Thomas J. & Gertrude (Hoffbauer) Healy
1. Mary
Healy
Born: Oct. 17, 1891 Place: Bozeman, Montana
2. Theresa Healy (Died in infancy)
3. Mabel Healy (Died in infancy)
4. Catherine Marie Healy Born: Sept. 22, 1898 Place: Chestnut,
Montana
5. Gertrude
Healy
Born: Abt. 1893 Place: Montana
6. Bernard James Healy Born: 1895 Place:
Montana
7. Virginia
Healy
Born: Nov. 21, 1905 Place: Montana
8. Roslyn Mercedes Healy Born: August 20, 1907
Place: Montana
Bozeman,
Gallatin County, Montana
BOZEMAN AVANT COURIER, 27
FEB 1890, VOL. 19. NO. 14 P3
Miss Gertie (Gertrude) Hoffbauer,
who has been visiting relatives in Bozeman during the winter, left for her home
in
Iowa,
on Sunday's eastbound express. She was accompanied by her cousin,
Miss
Bengie Mounts
(Bengie is Marie Viola Mounts) Miss Bengie will visit with relatives and friends
in
Dubuque
and
Davenport,
Iowa,
and will return to her home in about two months, during which time she will be
greatly missed by her many friends here, who, with the COURIER, wish her a
pleasant visit and safe return.
BOZEMAN AVANT COURIER 16 MAY
1891, VOL. 20. NO 25 PAGE 1.
The marriage of Thomas Healy to
Miss
Gertie Hoffbauer
will take place Wednesday, the 19th at the Catholic Church in this city. All
friends of the parties are invited to be present.
BOZEMAN AVANT COURIER 23 MAY 1891, VOL. 20.
NO 26. PAGE 3.
Married
Wednesday Evening:
On Wednesday evening the 19th,Thomas
J. Healy
and
Miss
Gertie Hoffbauer,
were united in the bonds of holy matrimony at the Catholic Church.
Although the night was stormy the house was filled with spectators to witness
the happy nuptials.
As the bride and groom entered the church, attended by
Miss
Tessie Healy
as brides maid and
Joe
Walsh
as groomsman, the isle was strewn with flowers by
Miss
Della Mounts and Edith Black.
After the ceremony was performed, through which the contracting parties answered
all questions with flattering voice, they were accompanied by a few invited
friends and relatives to the Laclede Hotel, where
Mrs.
Emma Mounts
had spread a menu of refreshments, such as only a few persons are capable of
preparing.
Numerous presents, both from home and abroad were received. They
have commenced housekeeping in the Billy Black residence, on Church Street.
#2 Francis
"Fanny" Hoffbauer
Born: 1870 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Married: Henry Frank of Scott County, Iowa on January 8, 1891
Below is the
announcement and writing of the wedding of Fanny & Henry in which was
written in the Evening Star Journal which was published in Scott County, Iowa.
I have no other information about Fannie and Henry Frank at this time.
Hoffbauer-Frank Marriage (click for larger image)
Child #3 born to
Charles and Anna Hoffbauer was Charles J. Hoffbauer and in his adult life
he was called "Doc."
Charles J. Hoffbauer was born 1873 in Buffalo, Iowa
He married Catherine Rose Hammond on July 24, 1895 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Charles J. "Doc" moved to Billings, Montana as did several Hoffbauer
family members
and there he purchased the Headquarters Saloon along with Geo. Kautz of Buffalo
who also had moved to Billings, Montana.
Charles J. or
"Doc" Hoffbauer also owned a pharmacy in Billings, Montana as he did
the Headquarters Saloon with Geo. W. Kautz. This is how he became
nicknamed "Doc."
Child #4
Kate
M. "Katie" born to Charles & Anna Hoffbauer
Kate "Katie" was born 1875 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Died: December 22, 1892 Cause Unknown at this time.
Age: 17 Years
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, St. Peters Catholic Cemetery Section, Buffalo,
Iowa
Child #5 Virginia R. "Jennie" born to Charles & Anna
Hoffbauer
Virginia R. "Jennie" Hoffbauer Born: 1877
Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Married: August Koepke in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I am still searching more information on Jennie and August but it was at their
home in which her father Charles Hoffbauer passed away on January 18, 1911 one
day before his 69th birthday.
Child #6 Frederick W.
Hoffbauer born to Charles & Anna Hoffbauer
Frederick W. Hoffbauer was born: October 15, 1880 Place:
Buffalo, Iowa
Died: October 31, 1955 Age: 75 Place: East Troy,
Wisconsin Buried: East Troy, Wisconsin
Obits for William "Willy" Hoffbauer.
(click to enlarge)
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Obituary-Death Announcement of William "Willy"
Hoffbauer |
Billings Gazette |
Frederick W.
Hoffbauer moved with his parents from Buffalo to Wisconsin, then he moved to
Montana and his final move was back to Wisconsin with his family.
Married: Adeline Keller in Billings, Montana area in 1910 and at that time
he was 30 years old and she was 18 years of age.
Adeline Keller Hoffbauer was born: Sept. 24, 1892 Died: June
24, 1982 Age: 89
Buried: East Troy, Wisconsin.
Four children were born to Frederick W. & Adeline Hoffbauer
Mona Leown, Infant boy who died at 3 days old, Dorothy Verona and Frederica
Winona Hoffbauer.
Child #7 Minnie (Helen) Hoffbauer born to Charles & Anna Hoffbauer
Minnie Hoffbauer was born in 1844 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
In her later years of life Minnie legally changed her name to Helen
Helen married 3 times, 1st marriage unknown, 2nd marriage to John Becker, Sr.
3rd marriage to unknown Sears.
One adopted child, John Becker, Jr.
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Child #8
Bennie
Hoffbauer born to Charles & Anna Hoffbauer
Bennie Hoffbauer was born in 1889 Place: Buffalo, Iowa
Bennie left Buffalo as some Hoffbauer family members had and moved to Montana.
He lived in Billings, Montana where he worked for the railroad company.
Bennie died in February 1910 when he was accidentally crushed to death by
couplings from railroad cars. He was only 21 years of age.
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Child #9
Lydvena
"Vena" Hoffbauer born to Charles & Anna Hoffbauer
Lydvena "Vena" Hoffbauer was born in Buffalo, Iowa but to date I have
not confirmed the year.
She married John Paarman of Scott County, Iowa and in a memoir written by one of
her nieces I know that this marriage ended in divorce and Lydvena
"Vena" eventually visited relatives in Montana and then she moved to
live in Hawaii.
5. Frederick W. Hoffbauer
Born: 1848
Place: Germany
Frederick W. Hoffbauer born 1848
Enlisted to join the Civil War on October 18, 1861
He was assigned to serve the state of Ohio, Union Allegiance
He reported at the time of enlistment that he was 15 years old however he was in
fact 13 years old. He reported his place of residence at time of
enlistment as Dubuque, IA.
Married: Mary Ries Date of Marriage: September 4, 1872
Place: Scott County, IA.
Two children were born to Frederick W. & Mary Hoffbauer
#1. Lillie
#2. Karl
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M. Bertha Hoffbauer
M. Bertha "Bertha" Hoffbauer was born 1852 Place: Watertown,
Wisconsin
Date of death: October 24, 1872
Married: Bernhard Huelshoff Place: Dubuque, Iowa
Both Buried: Catholic Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa
Seven Children were born to "Bertha" & Bernhard Huelshoff in
Dubuque, Iowa.
#1. Elizabeth "Ella" Born: 1873
#2. Julia "Tudy" Born: 1874
#3. Carl Born: 1876
#4. Frank Born: 1883
#5. Theckla Born: 1887
#6. Leo Born: 1890
#7. Alphons Born: 1892
7.
Emma Mathilda Hoffbauer
Emma Mathilda Hoffbauer Born: April 1. 1855 Place: Janesville,
Wisconsin
Died: January 1, 1899 Age: 44 Years Place: Montana
Buried: Montana
Emma married Mathias "Cy" Mounts also of Buffalo, Iowa on July 23,
1869 in Buffalo.
Mathias & Emma Mounts lived for about a year in Buffalo, Iowa and then
removed with oldest child Marie Viola to Bozeman, Montana.
Bozeman,
Montana
BOZEMAN AVANT COURIER, 26 NOV 1875 VOL5, NO1.
MONTANA SPIRITUALISM
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Mrs. Emma Mounts, the Mountain Medium.
In its issue of November 5th, the Religion-Philosophical Journal, spiritualistic
organ published in Chicago, prints a portrait of the above
lady, together with an article giving in some detail a recital of
her reported powers as a spiritual and psychological medium. Mrs.
Mounts is a resident of Bozeman, where she has lived for a number of years, and
where her “manifestations” have created no little sensation on
more occasions than one. – The Journal says:
“One of the latest manifestations by or through Mrs. Mounts was the
reproduction of herself to the clairvoyant view of Mrs. Weeks, of this
city. This was done in the fulfillment of a promise made to a
friend, and to confirm a psychological view of her own, which was controverted
by the friend in question. She insisted that the embodied spirit, under
favorable conditions, could present a perfectly clear and accurate
representation of it material body to the spiritual sight of another at any
distance. “When you go East,” she said, “I will demonstrate to your
satisfaction that this is among the psychological possibilities.” The
investigator soon after wards was in this city, and had a sitting with Mrs.
Weeks. Mrs. Mounts was then over a thousand miles away, (in Bozeman,
Montana Territory,) and Mrs. Weeks had never seen her or heard of her personal
appearance; and Mrs. Mounts then did, assisted by her control, present so
perfect a psychological impression of herself to Mrs. Weeks, that Mrs. W. gave a
minute and exactly correct description of her personal appearance to the
investigator, concluding her description by saying, “It is the
spirit of an acquaintance of yours still in earth life, and she says she
reproduces herself here as a special test for you.” …………………
………………….…….. This is not the only well attested instance of
Mrs. Mounts’s extraordinary power in throwing the psychological influence to
an indefinite distance. From her home, away up in Montana, she gave
a test to a doubting skeptic in Western Illinois, which resulted in
his conversion from orthodox error to sublime spiritual truth. While
he was traveling she visited him in spirit and inspected his valise, reporting
to him in detail every article it contained, even repeating the words on a small
bottle of medicine!” “She has convinced others hundreds of miles
distant by curing them of stubborn deep-seated diseases. This, however, has not
required, as in the preceding instances, the transfer of her own spirit
individuality to the scenes of such manifestations of healing power, as her
spirit friends, in such cases, diagnose and prescribe for her. “So far, Mrs.
Mounts has never made a charge for her services as a healing clairvoyant; but
now, finding that suffering humanity are determined to keep her in constant
employment as a healer, she has resolved to give special attention to that phase
of her mediumship. But she will receive no money from patients until
what she promises to do for them shall have been accomplished. Her
plan of business will be to enter into special contracts with those able to pay,
the patient depositing the fee agreed upon in responsible hands, not to be paid
over until the terms of the agreement shall have been fulfilled on her
part. The general inauguration of this system—the suggestion of
which comes from ‘Dr. Kellogg,’ Mrs. Mounts chief medical control-will be a
death-blow to humbuggery and charlatanry in the practice of healing
clairvoyance. The rapidly increasing number applying to her for
medical treatment makes it necessary for her to leave the frontier and settle
where she will be more accessible to patients, and with object in view, she will
probably be in this city in a few weeks to give an inspirational lecture, and
decide where shill make her future home.—Wonder if the Orthodox people of
Chicago will feel the same interest in her on her arrival, that they
have in the visit to Chicago of ‘Brown, the mind-reader, who is not a
Spiritualist, and does not claim to be a Spiritual medium.’ If an
honest investigation of the occult laws is desired by them, they certainly could
not find a better subject through whom to arrive at the truth than Mrs. Mounts.
The difference between her and Brown is obvious: She is a plain,
artless woman, raised on the frontiers away from the contaminating influences of
fraud and deception,
(Emma
Mathilda "Hoffbauer" Mounts was raised in Wolcott-Walcott and Buffalo,
Iowa)
which are invariably encountered in our great cities, and in the course of
extensive travel; Brown, on the other hand, has had eve become an adept in
chicanery, if so disposed. Is there an M. E. Church in Chicago ready
to be thrown open to her? The ‘wonderful mind reader’s exploits
cease to surprise in comparison with her manifestations of power.
But she is honest—acknowledges that she is a spiritual medium, and
says: ‘Of myself, I can do nothing.”
BOZEMAN MT. AVANT COURIER, 28 JULY 1876. VOL5, NO33.
Mrs. Emma (Hoffbauer) Mounts left yesterday for Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa,
where she will remain with her father for a year or two, or until Major Mounts
returns from the war, as he will leave in a few days for Gen. Terry’s command,
where he will remain during the campaign. Mrs. Mounts has been ill
for several years, but is now greatly improved in health. She is a
lady of superior abilities, and her departure will be a great loss to the
pleasant and sociable of Bozeman. The children, two of the finest
that e’re the sun shone on, Bingie and Charlie, will accompany her to her
home. Mrs. Mounts said she loved Bozeman and would return after she
had made her visit.
Emma
Mathilda (Hoffbauer) Mounts and children returned to Scott County to live with
her father Friederick G. H. Hoffbauer, Mathias "Cy" Mounts would have
been fighting under Gen. Terry's command during the Indian Wars during this
time.
Published by: Warner,
Beers & Company, 1885.
Chicago, Illinois. Gallatin County, Page 1147. the Book is located
in the Montana Society of Helena, Montana.
Mathias
Mounts,
P.O. Bozeman. This gentleman, who is better known as
Cy
Mounts,
was
born
December 2, 1846
in
Scott County, Iowa.
He helped his father on the farm, going to school winters, till he was 17
years of age. He then launched out in the world for himself, and
going to Leavenworth, Kans., hired out to drive a mule team to Fort Scott, Kans.
While back from this trip, he went home; and hearing of gold
discoveries in Montana,
he
with his brother in law, F.F. Findley,
husband
of Mathias' sister "America,"
started for that territory, entering it on Bozeman's trail, just behind his
first train. (Franklin
Findley,
established the town of Findley Montana which later became Emigrant, Montana).
When they came to Yellowstone, they turned up the stream to
Emigrant Gulch, where Cy took a claim, but soon left and came to Gallatin
Valley. He with his brother built one of the first houses in
Bozeman. For three years, Mr. Mounts, with Michael Boyer and the
Keshaws, traded with the Crow Indians, and had some very narrow escapes from
hostile Indians.
During the winter of 1866-67, these traders took two wagon
loads of vegetables and provisions to Fort C.F. Smith (Big Horn).
Its garrison, had been beleaguered by snow and Indians, and was nearly starved,
so hailed the arrival of the vegetables (though frozen) with
delight. On the return trip, the stock gave out, and leaving them
and the wagons, the party walked to Bozeman, one of the number freezing to death
on the road.
Mr. Mounts went again to Fort Smith in the Spring-was there
during the heavy fighting of the next summer, and when returning to Bozeman, in
the fall, had a sharp fight with the Sioux, but escaped. Soon
afterward he went down the Yellowstone with a large party, by boat, to the
States. When near the mouth of the Big Horn, he, by his knowledge of
Indians, saved the party from being massacred, running it through several
hundred Cheyenne's and Arapahos, with the loss of but one man. He
engaged in mining coal in Iowa until 1870, when he married, and soon afterward
came back to Bozeman. In 1871 he contracted to carry the mail from
the latter place to the Crow Agency, and continued at this till the fall of
1872, when the Sioux became so troublesome on the Yellowstone that he gave up
the business and moved his family back to Bozeman. Then, until 1875,
he spent his summers prospecting, and found and owns some good mines in the
Clark's Fork district. He was engaged in 1876-77, in running
provisions down the Yellowstone, by boat to Gens. Terry's and Miles'
troops, and had the field sutlership of Gen. Brisbin's command. In
the latter part of 1877 he leased a building in Bozeman, and kept a liquor
saloon until 1879, when he sold out and went to the Judith basin, prospecting;
he was unsuccessful in his quest, and the next spring returned to Bozeman, and
tended bar for Pourford & Sanford till fall, when he bought an
interest. He was successful, and now owns the whole
business. Mr. Mounts has a pleasant residence in Bozeman, and lives
in comfort with his wife and four children.
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Frank
F. Fridley and America Mounts,
Sister of Cy Mounts,
were
married on January 15, 1852 in Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa.
The family resided in Scott County until 1864 when Frank F. Fridley in charge of
44 wagons headed from Scott County, Iowa for Montana.
BOZEMAN MT AVANT COURIER, 10 SEP 1892, Vol. 21. NO 42.P1
At
Fridley,
Montana Thursday, Sept. 8th, 1892,
Frank
F. Fridley
No eulogy which we might write would do more than justice to the kindhearted
father and neighbor whose life has been brought by accident and
misfortune to its close. He was well known and beloved by all the
old-time residents of Gallatin and Park counties. The Montana
History gives the following particulars of his life. F. F. Fridley, proprietor
of Fridley's ranch on the upper Yellowstone, son of Nancy and Jacob Fridley, is
a native of Augusta County, Va., and was born on October 22nd, 1824.
In
1828 his parents emigrated to Ohio and in the fall to Scott County, Iowa where
they both died, leaving Fridley alone in the world, dependent upon his own
resources.
In 1849 he emigrated across the plains to California, during the gold
excitement. There were then but three forts on the route and no
houses. He arrived in Sacramento on August 22nd, 1849, there being
at that time but one wooden building in the place. From Sacramento
he went to the mines on Jackson Forks; remaining during one winter, and meeting
with very good success. On December 15th, 1850, he left the mines to return to
his home in Iowa, boarding an old sailing vessel named
"Hercules," at San Francisco, and going by way of Central
America. He was fifty-two days on the Pacific, and did not reach
Muscatine, Iowa, until the 15th of April following. After reaching Muscatine he
bought a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits, continuing until 1864, when
he started for Montana, arriving in Emigrant gulch on August 28th, in charge of
a train of forty-four wagons. Leaving most of the party at Emigrant,
he left for the Gallatin Valley, and pitched the first tent where Bozeman now
stands, about the 15th of September in the same year. There were
then but two houses there. The next month Mr. Fridley built a house,
putting in a floor, the first one ever put in a house in Gallatin
Valley. Here he lived until 1876, when he made a trip back to the
states, staying one winter, and after returning moved to the ranch which he now
occupies, and which is located opposite Emigrant peak and gulch, 23 miles above
Livingston, on the National Park branch of the Northern Pacific
Road. The farm contains 200 acres, is in good state of cultivation,
surrounded by fine mountain scenery, and is principally used for raising stock,
though it will grow excellent vegetables, etc., and can generally be
irrigated. Potatoes will average about 200 bushels to the acre here,
wheat 40, and oats from 60 to 70. Besides the farm, Mr. Fridley is interested in
mining stock in Emigrant, and other property in Bozeman.
In
1852,
he was married to
America
Mounts,
a native of Illinois, and is the father of three children, two of whom are
living--one son and one daughter, the latter, Rosa, being the wife of M. M.
Black. The son Ed. F., resides in Bozeman, being a well-known
business man at that point, Mr. Fridley has been one of the
hardiest, bravest and best of Montana's pioneers, and has greatly aided by his
own personal efforts in assisting the onward progress and development of the
portion of the state in which he has resided. Funeral services were held at the
M. E. Church yesterday afternoon and the body followed to the grave by a large
concourse of sympathizing friends of the departed and his family, D.
E. Rouse, Gen. L.S. Wilson, W. J. Beall, C.P. Blakeley,
W. S. Mckenzie and Herman Kahle acting as pall bearers.
BOZEMAN AVANT COURIER, 24
SEP 1892, VOL. 21. NO. 44. P3
DEATH
OF MRS. AMERICA FRIDLEY
Too
late for a suitable notice of the sad event in this week's COURIER, we are
informed of the death of Mrs. America Fridley, widow of
F.F.
Fridley, whose
death was chronicled in these columns on the 10th inst. Mrs. Fridley came
to Bozeman with her husband and children in 1864, being one of less that half a
dozen white women who settled that year in the embryo city. From that time
she has been prominently identified with the growth and advancement of both the
town and surrounding country, taking an active, tho unpretentious, part in the
social moral and religious work and influences which have so importantly
contributed to the good order, peace and welfare of this frontier
community. For many months Mrs. Fridley has been confirmed invalid, during
which time she has been tenderly cared for by her married daughter, Mrs. M. M.
Black, and her family. Ed L. Fridley and Mrs. Black are the only children
who survive her. Their sorrow over their sever affliction is shared by the
entire community. She died on Thursday night and the funeral will take
place this afternoon from the M.E. Church.
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Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Montana
BOZEMAN AVANT COURIER, 25 NOV 1899, VOL29. NO2. P3
News came from Fridley on Tuesday, announcing the death of
Matthias
Mounts.
"Cy"
as he was better known in Bozeman and throughout the state in general, had an
extensive and wide acquaintance. He was one of the pioneers of this
county, having come to Gallatin County across the plains from
Iowa,
with his brother-in-law, the late
F.F.
Fridley,
in 1864. His death was not unexpected, as he had been ailing for several months,
and had been kindly cared for by loving hands of relatives, who saw that his
every want was supplied. Mr. Mounts had many friends in
Montana. Had he lived to see the 2d of December, that would have
closed the 53d year of his age.
LIVINGSTON ENTERPRISE, 25 NOV 1899, VOL17. NO25. P5
Cy
Mounts,
one of the old timers of eastern Montana, died at Fridley Tuesday of
consumption. The deceased was formerly engaged in business in
Bozeman, but for the past few years had made his home with a brother at
Fridley. The funeral occurred Wednesday, internment being in the
Fridley cemetery. The deceased had many good traits of character and
in his palmy days was noted for his generosity.
BUTTE MT MINER, NOV 1899
Cy
Mounts,
an old-timer of Montana, who was engaged at one time in the hotel business at
Bozeman, died Tuesday at Fridley, Park County. The deceased is well
remembered in Butte as a man of excellent personal qualities. Years ago and at
one time was considered the greatest sporting man in the state. He
had been in failing health for the past five years. He leaves a
daughter, Mrs. George J. Cunningham, who lives in Butte. Interment will take
place tomorrow at Fridley.
Children born to Emma &
Mathias are:
#1. Marie Viola "Bengie" Born: 1869
#2. Charles Lewis Born: 1874 Bozeman, Mt.
#3. Della Born: 1877 Bozeman, Mt.
#4. Frederick Hugo Born: 1883 Bozeman, Mt.
#5. Madison Mathias Born: 1886 Bozeman, Mt.
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Madison Overmoen, decendent of
Mathias
"Cy" & Emma (Hoffbauer) Mounts
writes
that,
Della
Mounts,
daughter of
Mathias
"Cy"
&
Emma (Hoffbauer) Mounts,
became a well known actress, doing many plays in New York City and around the
country.
Della
Mounts
was
in fact selected by
Mark
Twain,
as
the type of actress best adapted to play the lead in "The Prince and
Pauper".
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Maximillian Hoffbauer
Born: 1856 Walcott or Buffalo, Iowa
Max died: 1934 Age: 78 years Place: Stutsmen, North
Dakota
Buried: Jamestown Cemetery, Stutsmen, N. Dakota
Married: Mary L. Stickleberger of Buffalo, Iowa Year: Abt.
1886
Two Children born to "Max" & Mary Hoffbauer and both were
born in Pinegree,
N. Dakota.
#1. Mytrle Nellie Born: 1887
#2. Walter L. Born: 1888