Hoflander, Johann Georg

Male 1841 - 1915  (73 years)


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  • Name Hoflander, Johann Georg 
    Born 17 Jul 1841  Sachsen-Coburg Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • He was the son of John Ernst & Kunigunda (Stegner) Hoflander.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1853  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 6 Mar 1915  Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5

    • The following biographical sketch was published in the History of Cooper County Missouri in 1919.

           John George Hoflander, late well and favorably known resident of the Billingsville neighborhood, Cooper County, and veteran of the Civil War, was a native of Saxony Coburg, Germany. Mr. Hoflander was born July 17, 1841 and died at his country home near Billingsville, March 6, 1915.
           He was a son of John Ernst and Kunigunda (Stegner) Hoflander, natives of Germany, who immigrated to the United States and settled in Cooper County in 1853.
           John George Hoflander was reared to young manhood on the Hoflander home place and was enrolled as a member of the Missouri State Guards during the Civil War. He was detailed for guard duty to protect traffic along the Missouri River.
           Mr. Hoflander was married at Pleasant Green, Mo., Jan. 15, 1880, to Elizabeth L. Back, born at Pleasant Green, Cooper County, Jan. 30, 1856. She was a daughter of Philip and Doreathe Fredericka Back. Mrs. Elizabeth Hoflander is one of two children, as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth Hoflander; Mrs. Ernest Vogelpohl, Pilot Grove.
           When George and Elizabeth Hoflander were married they settled on the old Hoflander home place, near Billingsville which Mr. Hoflander farmed successfully during his entire life. This is a fine farm of 128 acres which is well improved and the soil of which is very productive.
           The Hoflander children are: Henry, born Oct. 28, 1880, and died Nov. 1, 1880; Marie Christine, born Sept. 11, 1881, at home; Caroline Henrietta was born March 2, 1885, at home; Marie Pauline, born March 2, 1885, was wife of the late Frank Wallje, is now at Sedalia, Mo.; Dorothea Elizabeth, born July 5, 1887, is wife of George Geiger, vicinity of Billingsville, Mo.; George Thomas, born Oct. 1 1889, at home; Laura Amelia, born Jan. 11, 1892, is wife of Oliver Koenig, near Prairie Lick, Cooper County, Mo.; Marie Magdaline, born Jan. 25, 1897, at home ; and Carl John, born Oct. 25, 1901, at home.
           The late George Hoflander was one of the sterling and energetic citizens of Cooper County and was highly regarded in the community where he was born and reared. He was one of the builders of the Billingsville St. John's Evangelical Church and was a devout Christian, a kind husband and father. He was a republican but took little part in political affairs. It is such as he that assisted materially in upbuilding the Cooper County of today.
    Buried Billingsville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • He was buried in the cemetery of the former Billingsville Evangelical Church, founded in 1855; known since 1957 as St. John's United Church of Christ.
    Person ID I7099  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2014 

    Family Back, Elizabeth L.,   b. 30 Jan 1856, Pleasant Green, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1929  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 15 Jan 1880  Pleasant Green, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6, 7
    Children 
     1. Hoflander, Henry,   b. 28 Oct 1880, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1880, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Hoflander, Marie Christine,   b. 11 Sep 1881, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Hoflander, Caroline Henrietta,   b. 2 Mar 1885, Billingsville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1983  (Age 98 years)
     4. Hoflander, Marie Pauline,   b. 2 Mar 1885, Billingsville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1984, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years)
     5. Hoflander, Dorothea Elizabeth,   b. 5 Jul 1887, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1977  (Age 90 years)
     6. Hoflander, George Thomas,   b. 1 Oct 1889, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1931  (Age 41 years)
     7. Hoflander, Laura Emilie,   b. 11 Jan 1892, Billingsville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1987, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +8. Hoflander, Marie Magdaline,   b. 25 Jan 1897, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1985, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     9. Hoflander, Carl John,   b. 25 Oct 1901, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Cooper County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-12. Accessed in September 2010.
      Volume 7. Cemetery records for St. John's United Church of Christ, at Billingsville, Missouri; formerly Billingsville Evangelical Church, founded in 1855.
           John George Hoflander; born 17 July 1841; died 6 March 1915; son of John Ernst & Kunigunda (Stegner) Hoflander; husband of Elizabeth C. (Back) Hoflander; married 15 January 1880, at Pleasant Green, Missouri.

    2. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Cooper County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-12. Accessed in September 2010.
      Volume 7. Cemetery records for St. John's United Church of Christ, at Billingsville, Missouri; formerly Billingsville Evangelical Church, founded in 1855.
           Marie Magdalin Bierbaum, nee Hoflander; born 25 January 1897; daugher of John George & Elizabeth L. (Bach) Hoflander.
           Volume 7A, Addendum, pages 4-14. Cemetery records for St. John's United Church of Christ, at Billingsville, Missouri; formerly Billingsville Evangelical Church, founded in 1855. "New" Cemetery.
           Bierbaum: Marie Magdaline, nee Hofflander [sic]; born 25 January 1897 at Boonville, Missouri; died 6 November 1985 at Higginsville, Missouri; daughter of George J. and Elizabeth (Bach) Hofflander [sic]; married Rev. Jonathan Bierbaum on April 30, 1919 (deceased 1977).

    3. [S252] William Foreman Johnson, History of Cooper County, Missouri (Topeka, Kansas: Historical Publishing Company, 1919), pages 975-976; biographical sketch of John George Hoflander.
           John George Hoflander, son of John Ernst and Kunigunda (Stegner) Hoflander, was born on 17 July 1841 in Saxony Coburg, Germany [sic].

    4. [S252] William Foreman Johnson, History of Cooper County, Missouri (Topeka, Kansas: Historical Publishing Company, 1919), pages 975-976; biographical sketch of John George Hoflander.
           John George Hoflander "was a native of Saxony Coburg, Germany. Mr. Hoflander was born July 17, 1841...." "He was a son of John Ernst and Kunigunda (Stegner) Hoflander, natives of Germany, who immigrated to the United States and settled in Cooper County in 1853."

    5. [S252] William Foreman Johnson, History of Cooper County, Missouri (Topeka, Kansas: Historical Publishing Company, 1919), pages 975-976; biographical sketch of John George Hoflander.
           John George Hoflander "died at his country home near Billingsville, March 6, 1915."

    6. [S251] J. E. Ford, A History of Moniteau County, Missouri (California, Missouri: M. H. Crawford at the press of The California Democrat, 1936), page 362.
      A biographical sketch of Rev. J. C. Bierbaum.
           "Mr. Bierbaum was married April 30, 1919, to Miss Marie Hoflander, daughter of John George and Elizabeth Hoflander of Billingsville, Cooper County."

    7. [S252] William Foreman Johnson, History of Cooper County, Missouri (Topeka, Kansas: Historical Publishing Company, 1919), pages 975-976; biographical sketch of John George Hoflander.
           John George Hoflander "was married at Pleasant Green, Mo., Jan. 15, 1880, to Elizabeth L. Back, born at Pleasant Green, Cooper County, Jan. 30, 1856. She was a daughter of Philip and Doreathe Fredericka Back."
           "The Hoflander children are: Henry, born Oct. 28, 1880, and died Nov. 1, 1880; Marie Christine, born Sept. 11, 1881, at home; Caroline Henrietta was born March 2, 1885, at home; Marie Pauline, born March 2, 1885, was wife of the late Frank Wallje, is now at Sedalia, Mo.; Dorothea Elizabeth, born July 5, 1887, is wife of George Geiger, vicinity of Billingsville, Mo.; George Thomas, born Oct. 1 1889, at home; Laura Amelia, born Jan. 11, 1892, is wife of Oliver Koenig, near Prairie Lick, Cooper County, Mo.; Marie Magdaline, born Jan. 25, 1897, at home ; and Carl John, born Oct. 25, 1901, at home."