William Ellwood Hoffman

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.

Family/Spouse: Vera Leola Ray. Vera (daughter of Hugh Charles Ray and Nancy Caroline Jones) was born on 26 Mar 1899 in Florida; died on 8 Nov 1986 in Port Charlotte, Charlotte, Florida; was buried in Royal Palm Memorial Gardens, Punta Gorda, Charlotte, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Curtis Ellwood Hoffman was born on 25 Oct 1922 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; died on 22 Feb 1981; was buried on 25 Feb 1981 in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia.
2. Shirley Bell "Lee" Hoffman was born on 14 Aug 1932 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 6 Feb 2007 in Port Charlotte, Charlotte, Florida.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

According to the 1900 census, both his parents were born in Germany.

He appears to have died by drowning via an accidental fall into a canal.

William married Isabella Broadbent on 6 Apr 1896 in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Isabella (daughter of Alonzo Potter Broadbent and Isabella Hayes) was born on 9 Jan 1871 in Pennsylvania; was christened on 23 Apr 1871 in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Sep 1953; was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1900 census, her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1848, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Civil War Union soldier. Enrolled in Co. G of the 9th Infantry Militia of 1862 at Frankford, Pa., as a Private on September 12, 1862; discharged September 27, 1862. Enrolled in Co. A of the 4th Infantry Militia of 1863, mustering in as a Private on July 15, 1863 and discharged August 16, 1863.

The 1880 US census describes him as a machinist, and says that both his parents were born in England.

Alonzo married Isabella Hayes on 17 Nov 1869 in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Isabella was born about 1848 in England; died on 21 Jan 1889 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 24 Jan 1889 in Knights of Pythias Greenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1850, Pennsylvania

Notes:

The 1880 census says both her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1816, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Alternate birth: 1817

John married Elizabeth Griffith. Elizabeth was born in 1817 in England; died on 28 Mar 1893 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]