John Hoff (b. January 15, 1845, d. September 15, 1905)
John Hoff (son of Urs Peter Hof and Theresia Sprecher) was born January 15, 1845 in canton Berne Switzerland, and died September 15, 1905 in De Pere , Brown Co, WI. He married Margaret Eiler on June 20, 1872 in De Pere , Brown Co., WI, daughter of William Eiler and Elizabeth.
Notes for John Hoff: John Hoff was one of Wausaukee WI's earliest settlers. Previously he had worked at the charcoal kilns at Marquette Mi and later in the mines at Hancock. In 1872 he went to De Pere where he was employed for a number of years at the National Furnace Co. He had a saloon business at Wrightstown for a short time.
He came to Wausaukee in 1884 and assisted in the present office section of the Monroe log house. He located on the site of the large farm south of the village which he sold about 1901 to Bernard De Groot.
He built a rough log camp and erected several charcoal kilns which he operated for seven years, later engaging in logging and lumbering. He saw Wausaukee grow from a wilderness to a thriving and prosperous village and did much to develop the agriculture of the region. He is regarded as one of the fathers of the town.
He built a shingle and lumber mill aat Phillipsburg and operated that for a year.
He had many trials with forest fires in the area and lost property 3 times to this.
HISTORY OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN
CALUMET COUNTY
JOHN HOFF, with the Depere Furnace Company, Forest Junction, born in canton Berne, Switzerland, January 15, 1847. He came to America in 1867, working in Forestville on Lake Superior for a furnace company and in 1871 went to work for the Depere Furnace Company. He came to Forest Junction and built charcoal kilns, having nine now and a capacity of burning 6,000 cords per annum. In 1872 he married Miss Maggie Eiler of Waukesha, Wis. They have had four children-Caroline and Maggie, living, and Mamie and Peter, deceased.
Taken from the History of Northern Wisconsin-Calumet County, published by Chicago Western Historical Company 1881, Pg. 186
Date of transcription 11 June 2004
Discrepancy in date of birth - 1845
I have the family tree from Switzerland going back to 1630. From what I can find, John was named Ignaz and some of the brothers went by more common names when they emigrated to the U.S. I got the tree from Bob Crabb who is my father's first cousin, residing in Appleton WI. He had been to Switzerland and met some of the relatives and visited the home where John Hoff resided as a young man before he came to the United States.
More About John Hoff: Burial: Unknown, Mt. Olivet Cemetery De Pere WI. Emigration: June 11, 1867 Occupation: Sawmill Owner-Wausaukee-WI.
More About John Hoff and Margaret Eiler: Single: June 20, 1872, De Pere , Brown Co., WI.
John Hoff (b. January 15, 1845, d. September 15, 1905)
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