Notes:

William is one of seven children of Henry and Elizabeth Hoffman, immigrants from Hesse, Germany who arrived in America about 1853.

He married Martha Dorothea Neiland on November 2, 1873 in Luzerne, Benton County Iowa.

From this union three daughters were born, Ida, Mary and Carrie. In his obituary it states that they had four daughters, which includes Wilma, who is actually a granddaughter.

William was a farmer and a carpenter.

The family moved to Pipestone, Minnesota in 1892 before moving to Wenatchee, Washington in 1911 or 1912. They followed their daughters who had moved to Wenatchee in 1904 and 1907.

William died at the age of 74 at his home in Wenatchee. He had been retired for 10 years.

After William's death, Martha moved to Hood River, Oregon to live with her granddaughter, Mrs. (Wilma) C.C. Lindley.

William married Nieland, Martha Dorothea on 2 Nov 1873 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. Martha (daughter of Nieland, Heinrich Christoph and Lemmermann, Maria Dorothea Elisabeth) was born on 20 Apr 1856 in Clayton, Iowa, USA; died on 1 Sep 1938 in Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, USA; was buried after 1 Sep 1938 in Wenatchee City Cemetery, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]