Brief Life History of Charles Phillip
When Charles Phillip Hoffman was born on 27 May 1889, in Rahway, Union, New Jersey, United States, his father, Phillip Hoffman, was 24 and his mother, Celestina M Ramsey, was 21. He married Lucy Dunkley Adams on 6 November 1910, in Fresno, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died on 28 April 1952, in Artesia, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Charles P Hoffman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Charles Phillip Hoffman, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Charles P. Hoffman, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Hoffmann or Hofmann and a variant of the Jewish name. Compare Hofman 2.
Dutch: variant of Hofman 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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