Montour County PA Archives Biographies.....HOFFMAN, Theodore unknown - living in 1899
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  THEODORE HOFFMAN, of the firm Hoffman & Divel, the largest meat dealers of
  Montour County, who conduct a shop on the corner of Mill and Mulberry streets,
  Danville, Pa., is one of the wide-awake and energetic business man of the
  borough. He was born in Rheinpfalz, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, January 28,
  1834, and is a son of Frank and Rosanna (Ederitch) Hoffman.
  
    Frank Hoffman was a native of Germany and was a butcher by trade, as were his
  ancestors. He wedded Rosanna Ederitch and they reared a family of children, one
  of whom is the subject of this personal history. Our subject possesses a liberal
  education. During his younger days he worked in the meat-shop owned by his
  father, and has since followed the trade of a butcher. In 1855 he immigrated to
  America and for a short time worked as a butcher in New York, Philadelphia and
  Lewisburg, Pa., and finally located in the town of Danville in 1856, and has
  since been engaged at his occupation. April 1i, 1875, hne bought out John
  Rockfellow, of the firm of Rockfellow & Divel. The present proprietors are both
  popular and highly respected citizens of Danville and by their honest methods of
  dealing have succeeded in establishing a large patronage. They kill on an
  average of twelve head of cattle per week and always keep a fresh supply of meat
  in their shop. They have a slaughter-house 50 by 80 feet and a stockyard 80 by
  200 feet, located on Montgomery street, and ship extensively to the western part
  of the state.
  
    Mr. Hoffman was united in marriage to Elizabeth Gouchu, a daughter of
  Frederick Gouchu. She passed from this life at the age of fifty-two years,
  leaving the following children: Henry, who died at the age of five years;
  Theodore, a butcher; Frank, who is prospecting in the Western States; George, a
  teamster residing in Danville; Simon, a butcher by trade and a resident of
  Danville; John, who is also prospecting in the West; Louise; Lena; Lizzie;
  Caroline; Mary; and Clara. Our subject owns a handsome residence, No. 200
  Mulberry street, which he has acquired by his own industry and economy. He has
  served one year as a policeman, and is now overseer of the poor of Montour
  County. Mr. Hoffman is a self-made man, and has made a bright mark in the
  community of which he is a member. His energy and enterprise have already been
  productive of the best results, and a natural and inherited perseverance insures
  for him unlimited success in the future.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
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