May Josiphine Hoff

Female7 November 1878–18 January 1892

Brief Life History of May Josiphine

When May Josiphine Hoff was born on 7 November 1878, in Keyport, Hazlet Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, her father, Walter Tomkins Hoff, was 26 and her mother, Mrs. Mary M. Hoff, was 30. She died on 18 January 1892, in Raritan Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 13, and was buried in Keyport, Hazlet Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Tomkins Hoff
1852–1908
Mrs. Mary M. Hoff
1848–1909
Meribah M. Hoff
1876–1877
May Josiphine Hoff
1878–1892

Sources (3)

  • May J Hoff New Jersey, State Census, 1885
  • May J. Hoff New Jersey Deaths and Burials
  • May J Hoff United States Census, 1880

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Siblings (2)

World Events (6)

1879

Age 1

Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 3

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1886

Age 8

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

North German, Dutch, and Danish: topographic name or status name for the owner of a farm, or an occupational name for someone who worked on the main farm in a community, from Middle High and Low German hof ‘farmstead, manor farm’, or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word. Compare Hof , Hofer , and Hoffmann , and also Huff .

Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Hov, from Old Norse hof ‘sacrificial temple’. Compare Huff .

English: variant of Hough .

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

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