Antony Hoffman
Douglas
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913

Antony Hoffman is one of the pioneer businessmen of Douglas, 
where he has owned and operated a bakery for fourteen years.  
He was born in Germany in 1866 and is the youngest child in a 
family of eight, all of whom are living, and with the exception 
of himself, reside in the fatherland, where the parents passed 
away.

Upon the completion of his education which was acquired in the 
common schools of his native land, Antony Hoffman apprenticed 
himself to the baker's trade, which he later followed in 
England.  In 1889 he emigrated to the United States, 
believing that he would find better opportunities for 
business advancement in this country.  For a time he 
followed his trade in New York City but later went to 
Chicago, where he obtained a position as pastry cook 
with the Santa Fe Railroad at Deming New Mexico.  He 
continued in their employ for two years when he established 
a bakery of his own at Deming which he operated for seven 
years.  In 1901 he removed to Douglas Arizona and opened the 
bakery he is still conducting.  He owns the property where 
his business is located and has a third interest in three 
hundred and eighty acres of land located nine miles from 
Douglas.

At Deming New Mexico in 1898 Mr. Hoffman was married to Miss 
Theresa Schafer, a native of San Francisco and a daughter of 
George and Ermine Schafer who still reside in that city.  Of 
this marriage they have been born two children: Walter, who 
was born in 1899 and is now attending high school and Mary, 
born on the 4th of April, 1905.

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