John Michael Beihoffer

Brief Life History of John Michael

When John Michael Beihoffer was born on 15 August 1849, in Racine, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Theodore Carl Charles Beihoffer, was 37 and his mother, Catherine Bowman, was 28. He married Mary Jane Downs on 1 March 1876, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota, United States in 1910 and Sumter Township, McLeod, Minnesota, United States in 1920. He died on 12 December 1927, in McLeod, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in New Auburn, Sibley, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Michael Beihoffer
1849–1927
Mary Jane Downs
1847–1941
Marriage: 1 March 1876
Eva Ellen Beihofer
1877–1968
Harvey Beihoffer
1878–1949
Mary Jane Beihoffer
1880–1940
Sarah A Beihoffer
1882–1966
Mable Bell Beihoffer
1883–1974
John Theodore Beihoffer
1885–1960
Violet Catherine Biehoffer
1887–1980
William Clarence Beihoffer
1889–1952

Sources (22)

  • John Bihoffer, "Minnesota State Census, 1875"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Beihoffer - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Beihoffer
  • John Michael Bishop, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"

World Events (8)

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Sibley, Minnesota Territory, United States: 1855: Carver, Minnesota Territory, United States 1856: McLeod, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: McLeod, Minnesota, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Variant spelling of Janice . It was quite popular in the United States in the 1960s and 70s by association with the rock singer Janis Joplin ( 1943–70 ).

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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