Gregoria Frederikke Zoffmann

Female16 October 1840–

Brief Life History of Gregoria Frederikke

When Gregoria Frederikke Zoffmann was born on 16 October 1840, in Lysmose, Nordborg, Slesvig, Denmark, her father, Alexander Nicolai Zoffmann, was 51 and her mother, Anna Marie Frederiksen, was 39. She married Jorgen Hellesoe on 23 October 1858, in Nordborg, Slesvig, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Sønder Bjert, Nørre Tyrstrup, Vejle, Denmark in 1870 and San Antonio Judicial Township, Monterey, California, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

Falle Christensen Juhl
1829–1893
Gregoria Frederikke Zoffmann
1840–
Marriage: about 1863
Johan Nicolai Hellesoe
1859–1952
Alexander Nikolai Hellesø
1861–1952
Jorgen Hellesoe Juhl
1867–1944
Christian Jensen Juhl
1869–1949
Anna Catherine Juhl
1874–1878
Anna Catharina Juhl
1876–
Gregorius Frederik Juhl
1879–1952
Catherine Juhl
1882–

Sources (37)

  • Gregorie Zoffmann in household of Jørgen Hellesø, "Denmark Census, 1860"
  • Gregoria Fredericka Juhl in entry for Gregorms Frederick Juhl and Gernice Edna Dunsford, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Gregorius Friederikke Juhl F Joffensen in household of Falle Christensen Juhl, "Denmark Census, 1870"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1863Denmark
  • Children (8)

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    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 6

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1848 · The California Gold Rush

    Age 8

    On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars. 

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 32

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Gerhard, Hans, Heinz, Otto, Dieter, Klaus, Wolfgang, Armin, Manfred, Ernst, Erwin.

    German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name for a steward on a farm or estate, from German Hof(f) ‘farm, manor farm, courtyard’ + Mann ‘man’. Originally, this was a status name for a farmer who owned his own land as opposed to holding it by rent or feudal obligation, but the name soon came to denote the manager or steward of a manor farm, in which sense it is frequent also among Jews, since many Jews held managerial positions on non-Jewish estates. This form of the surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Denmark, Hungary, Czechia, and the Netherlands. Compare Hofman , Hofmann , Homann , and Huffman .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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