William Ellwood Hoffman

1898 - 1988  (90 years)

• Name	William Ellwood Hoffman  [1]
  Birth	5 Jan 1898	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Feb 1988	Port Charlotte, Charlotte, Florida   [5, 6]
  Burial	Royal Palm Memorial Gardens, Punta Gorda, Charlotte, Florida   [7]
  Person ID	I33350	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	William Hoffman,   b. Jun 1871, Pennsylvania d. 11 May 1937, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Isabella Broadbent,   b. 9 Jan 1871, Pennsylvania d. 18 Sep 1953 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	6 Apr 1896	St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F19676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vera Leola Ray,   b. 26 Mar 1899, Florida d. 8 Nov 1986, Port Charlotte, Charlotte, Florida (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Curtis Ellwood Hoffman,   b. 25 Oct 1922, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia d. 22 Feb 1981 (Age 58 years)   2. Shirley Bell "Lee" Hoffman,   b. 14 Aug 1932, Chicago, Cook, Illinois d. 6 Feb 2007, Port Charlotte, Charlotte, Florida (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F19674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was born in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia. He served in 1917-19 in the US Army in World War I, in France (Oise-Aisne) from 19 May 1918 to 11 Feb 1919, honorably discharged 22 Mar 1919. He came to the Fort Myers (Florida) area in 1966 from Savannah, Georgia. He owned and operated a radio and TV sales and service shop in Savannah.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, on ancestry.com. [S6] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, on ancestry.com., date only. [S5238] "William E. Hoffman." Fort Myers (Florida) News-Press, 18 Feb 1988, p. 31., year and place only. [S2232] 1900 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year and state only. [S5241] Find a Grave page for Vera Ray Hoffman., year only. [S5238] "William E. Hoffman." Fort Myers (Florida) News-Press, 18 Feb 1988, p. 31. [S5241] Find a Grave page for Vera Ray Hoffman. [S5242] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriage Index, 1885-1951, on ancestry.com., year and city only. [S2232] 1900 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year and city only. [S5024] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, on ancestry.com.