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Early Hoffmans

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Mary Elizabeth (Hoffman) Teagle of Footscray Australia was born on June 3, 1830 in Clerkenwell, Greater London County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 83 years old on July 20, 1913 at Victoria St, in Hawthorn, VIC Australia.
Harry Stewart Hoffman was born on November 26, 1845 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania United States to Polly Hoffman and John Hoffman. He was in a relationship with Katherine A. Hoffman, and had a child Anna Hahn. Harry Hoffman died at age 61 years old on July 26, 1907 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harry S. Hoffman .
Maria Augusta (Gregory) Hoffmann of Malvern Australia was born on December 26, 1845 in Jamaica to Robert Lindsay Milligan Gregory and Mary Biddulph Euphimia (Grose) Gregory. She had siblings John Grose Gregory, Nicholas Gordon Gregory, Euphemia Lydia (Gregory) Oakes, Blanche Madeline (Gregory) Crowe, Laura Lindsay Milligan Gregory, Theophilus Augustus Gregory, Eliza Sarah Gregory, Robert Scott Gregory, and Mary Grose (Gregory) Trevan. She married Rudolph Frederick Hoffmann, and had children Laura Gregory Hoffmann, Frederick Hoffmann, and Margaret Milligan Hoffman. Maria Hoffmann died at age 86 years old on January 7, 1932 at Camberwell Victoria, Australia in Camberwell, City of Boroondara County, VIC Australia.
Rachael Augusta (Makinster) Hoffman was born on April 20, 1847 in Cuba, New York United States, and died at age 89 years old on September 4, 1936 in Stove Creek, NE.
Katherine Amelia (Kulp) Hoffman was born on January 1, 1849 in Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 83 years old on December 10, 1932 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County.
Laura Hoffman
Laura Hoffman was born on January 15, 1852. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Laura Hoffman.
Sarah Clarinda (Hoffman) Makinster was born on July 30, 1853 in Illinois United States, and died at age 33 years old on February 12, 1887 in Eagle, IA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Clarinda (Hoffman) Makinster.
William Hoffman
William Hoffman was born on January 11, 1857. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Hoffman.
Michael Hoffman was born on June 25, 1863, and died at age 115 years old in October 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Michael Hoffman.
Jesse Hoffman of North Carolina was born on February 23, 1864, and died at age 101 years old in February 1965.
Anna Hoffman of Laguna Beach, Orange County, California was born on February 2, 1865, and died at age 102 years old in February 1967.

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Rosemary F. (Hoffman) Van Wie
She was not BORN into the Van Wie family as Ancient Faces has falsely stated. Her maiden name was Hoffman and she married Warren Hoffman who left her weeks after the marriage like a coward. She was never able to marry her one true (Mike Sekanic) love because she could not find Warren to divorce him. Later in life, she found out he was REMARRIED illegally and living in California.

AGAIN, Ancient Faces has their information WRONG. She was born into the Hoffman family!
Tonya C Hoffman of TX was born circa 1973. Tonya Hoffman was married to Brandon R. Hoffman on August 5, 2001 in 72 County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tonya C. (Sechrist) Hoffman.
Paul Emil Hoffman MD of San Antonio, Bexar County, TX was born on December 20, 1926 in Lawtons, Erie County, New York United States, and died at age 67 years old on March 3, 1994 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX.
Arvid U Hoffman of Federal Way, King County, WA was born on December 19, 1933, and died at age 58 years old on November 18, 1992.
Henry Francis Hoffman was born on February 5, 1879 at Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA. He was married to Agatha May Ewald, and had a child Gertrude Hofmann. Henry Hoffman died at age 84 years old on October 17, 1963 at Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, and was buried at Section St Patricks II. Dade Memorial Park Opa-locka, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry Francis Hoffman.
Kathleen Hoffman was born to Patrick T Cordaro and Agnes Cordaro, and has siblings Patricia Fairfield, Thomas Cordaro, Christine Gasbarro, Frank Cordaro, James Cordaro, Mary Najem, Agnes Cordaro, and Hedwig Cordaro. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kathleen Hoffman .
Jeannie Eve Hoffman of San Francisco, San Francisco County, California was born on September 22, 1930, and died at age 78 years old on November 24, 2008.
Amandes Hoffman of Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA was born on April 5, 1885, and died at age 88 years old in March 1974.
Rachael Augusta (Makinster) Hoffman was born on April 20, 1847 in Cuba, New York United States, and died at age 89 years old on September 4, 1936 in Stove Creek, NE.
Sarah Clarinda (Hoffman) Makinster was born on July 30, 1853 in Illinois United States, and died at age 33 years old on February 12, 1887 in Eagle, IA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Clarinda (Hoffman) Makinster.
Rosalie R Hoffman of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA was born on February 11, 1902, and died at age 96 years old on December 3, 1998.
Lisa Hoffman died at Jefferson WI. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lisa Hoffman.
Matilda (Hoffman) of Kane County, Illinois United States died in 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Matilda Wickenkamp (Hoffman).
John Robert Hoffman was born on August 8, 1920 in Grafton, West Virginia United States, and died at age 78 years old on June 6, 1999 in Oakland, CA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Robert Hoffman.
Mansfield S Hoffman of Atwater, Merced County, CA was born on July 24, 1919, and died at age 85 years old on November 16, 2004. Mansfield Hoffman was buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Section C-6 Site 811 32053 West Mccabe Road, in Santa Nella.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Hoffman.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Polly Hoffman.
Katherine Amelia (Kulp) Hoffman was born on January 1, 1849 in Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 83 years old on December 10, 1932 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County.
Harry Stewart Hoffman was born on November 26, 1845 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania United States to Polly Hoffman and John Hoffman. He was in a relationship with Katherine A. Hoffman, and had a child Anna Hahn. Harry Hoffman died at age 61 years old on July 26, 1907 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harry S. Hoffman .
Anna P. (Hoffman) Hahn was born on October 3, 1880 in Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 46 years old on February 6, 1927 in Lancaster, Lancaster County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anna Hahn.

Popular Hoffman Biographies

Viola Hoffman (McNutt) Waller
Viola (Hoffman) Waller of St Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri United States was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in St Joseph. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Viola Hoffman (McNutt) Waller.
Richard Owen Hoffman
Richard Owen Hoffman of Odessa, Ector County, California was born on May 14, 1929, and had a brother Brian Hoffman. Richard Hoffman died at age 80 years old on September 5, 2009.
Rosemary F. (Hoffman) Van Wie
She was not BORN into the Van Wie family as Ancient Faces has falsely stated. Her maiden name was Hoffman and she married Warren Hoffman who left her weeks after the marriage like a coward. She was never able to marry her one true (Mike Sekanic) love because she could not find Warren to divorce him. Later in life, she found out he was REMARRIED illegally and living in California.

AGAIN, Ancient Faces has their information WRONG. She was born into the Hoffman family!
Robert J. Hoffman, Sr.
Robert J. Hoffman Sr. was born in 1931. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert J. Hoffman, Sr..
Jason Douglas Hoffman of OH was born on June 7, 1977, and died at age 30 years old on March 26, 2008. Jason Hoffman was buried at Dayton National Cemetery Section 38 Site 893 Va Medical Center - 4100 West Third Street, in Dayton.
Catharine M (James) Hoffman was born in 1957 in Ohio United States, and died in VA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catharine M (James) Hoffman.
Jimmy Hoffman
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jimmy Hoffman.
Isaac J Hoffman
Isaac Junior Hoffman of Barbour County, West Virginia United States was born on July 31, 1918 in Moatsville, and died at age 70 years old on April 9, 1989 in Philippi. Isaac Hoffman was buried in Preston County.
Dustin Lee Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dustin Lee Hoffman.
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dustin Hoffman.
Ed Hoffman
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ed Hoffman.
Sharon M (Hoffman) Malcolm
Sharon M (Hoffman) Malcolm was born on December 8, 1947, and died at age 60 years old on August 5, 2008. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sharon M (Hoffman) Malcolm.
Michael A Hoffman of Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania United States was born in December 1983 in Huntingdon. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Michael Hoffman.
Robin (Hoffman) Lohse was born in 1954. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robin (Hoffman) Lohse.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bobby Hoffman.
Howard Hoffman was married to Helen Regina Anderson, and they were together until Howard's death. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Howard Hoffman.
Arlin James Hoffman was born on March 3, 1913 to James Lemual Hoffman and mary e (Cox), and had a brother Isaac J Hoffman. Arlin Hoffman died at age 80 years old on June 15, 1993. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Arlin James Hoffman.
John E Hoffman of Hagerstown, Washington County, MD was born on September 2, 1918, and died at age 89 years old on July 13, 2008.
Marna Hoffman of Revere, Massachusetts United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marna HOFFMAN.
Jill Louise (Hoffman) DelVecchio was born on April 14, 1960 in Fairport, Monroe County, New York United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jill Louise DelVecchio.

Hoffman Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Hoffman family member is 75.0 years old according to our database of 56,530 people with the last name Hoffman that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

75.0 years

Oldest Hoffmans

These are the longest-lived members of the Hoffman family on AncientFaces.

Lucille Hoffman of Carmichael, Sacramento County, California was born on August 25, 1870, and died at age 115 years old in March 1986.
115 years
Michael Hoffman was born on June 25, 1863, and died at age 115 years old in October 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Michael Hoffman.
115 years
Liza Hoffman of West Hartford, Hartford County, CT was born on December 29, 1888, and died at age 107 years old on February 5, 1996.
107 years
Hannah Hoffman of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI was born on September 20, 1888, and died at age 107 years old on January 29, 1996.
107 years
Esther M Hoffman of Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY was born on September 22, 1888, and died at age 107 years old in February 1996.
107 years
Annie S Hoffman of Ballinger, Runnels County, TX was born on April 17, 1894, and died at age 107 years old on July 22, 2001.
107 years
Jeanne T Hoffman of West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California was born on January 6, 1904, and died at age 107 years old on June 2, 2011.
107 years
Nora E Hoffman of Naperville, Du Page County, IL was born on November 15, 1885, and died at age 106 years old in August 1992.
106 years
Ethel M Hoffman of Pontiac, Livingston County, IL was born on June 23, 1905, and died at age 106 years old on July 20, 2011.
106 years
Nellie T Hoffman of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MI was born on February 27, 1890, and died at age 106 years old on August 13, 1996.
106 years
Margaret J Hoffman of Chillicothe, Ross County, OH was born on November 2, 1892, and died at age 105 years old on March 31, 1998.
105 years
Irene C Hoffman of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH was born on February 26, 1893, and died at age 106 years old on April 27, 1999.
106 years
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THE DEATH OF A FLYINGFORTRESS


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There were two reasons we managed to survive those bombing trips over Germany in an “aluminum coffin”.

The first was the plane; the B 17 Flying fortress. She became alive once the engines were started and with the crew settled into their positions the plane became a veritable part of us. We knew full well the Fortress, if it had only a final gasp of breath and although being totally battered and bent with hardly anything left, would somehow get us home.

You don't fly a Fortress for months for years without becoming intimate with that gallant lady in the most respectful sense. You know her sturdy construction, the manner in which she flies and every detail about her, as she sustains not only my life but also each life in my crew. You know that this lady would never give up without a valiant struggle. With her engines shot out or burning, or with a wing cut to pieces and the vertical fin and rudder in shattered pieces, or with the oxygen system blazing she is somehow still going to fly. With their aircraft in such a state, the pilots, all too often smeared in blood with enemy steel in their bodies and with the control cables shot to ribbons struggled hand in hand with the gallant lady to survive. Many times these bombers could well have been abandoned but still flew home with badly wounded crewmen who were not able to depart the plane. Which brings up the other reason we survived.

The second reason we managed to survive was the crew. Ten men flew along with you who not only gave everything they had, but also dug deeper when the circumstances turned crucial. Once in the air there existed a total devotion to each other. Often, we could have abandoned a plane due to severe damage, but would still attempt to fly home if a badly injured crewman could not eject. We pitied knowing a dysfunctional crew for often they would be able to survive only three or at the best four combat missions.

Whether due to flak or fighter fire when crewmembers were wounded some might well die, as there was no medical assistance until the plane landed back at base hours later. If the plane weren't under current attack, crew members would immediately rip off their oxygen masks, and in the sub zero bitter cold rush to the aid of the injured crewman with the hope they could somehow keep him alive until we landed and thence to a hospital. Helping a wounded crewmember in the cold and thin air in a tossing plane was not easy neither physically or mentally. To be able to give them morphine you had to put the morphine ampoule under your armpit in order to thaw it out, and then once inserted to keep your finger over the point of insertion for it would squirt back out because of the high altitude. How do you keep from being sick looking at all the blood and gore from someone who is very close to you. But you do the best you can.

There are also friends to far away in the formation to help using oxygen masks or morphine. These are the events, which I guess, tried our souls the most.

We would watch helplessly as another Fortress in the same formation started to slip and slide out of the combat formation. Flames pour from an engine on fire with the fuel streaming and burning as it engulfs the plane. Soon she is falling off on her side as the Fortress picking up more speed, begins her death throes. Then she begins to shudder as her nose pointed skyward. The plane hangs on the edge of a stall and buffets in warning of final disaster. The plane hangs almost on her nose, when the lift is almost gone and then as the last of the aerodynamics is gone. The nose drops and slews to the side wallowing in a helpless skid. The nose comes back up again, but the wings are almost vertical and she seems to groan and then quits. You can almost hear the groan as she falls back into a vertical spin to her death. The Fortress dies hard, as do the 10 men of the crew inside her. This was their Fortress they made come alive, trying to hold on to that last thin thread keeping her in the air.

With tears in our eyes we watch and count the parachutes all the while loudly shouting, "Get Out—Get Out". Those men were our friends, our buddies we drank and played poker with, sitting around in a BS session talking about the world of tomorrow. We all knew all too well there was very little chance of tomorrow for any of us. Some survived, and came home. But the question always remains: “Why Us”? Why not them?


Wally Hoffman
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Olympia, WA 98503
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