The Althoff Family
HISTORY OF THE ALTHOFF FAMILY, 1934
Generation 1 – Caspar ALTHOFF
Casper Henry ALTHOFF born Gross Aschen, Westfalen, Hanover, Prussia
b. 02 Feb 1810 d. 04 May 1884
They lived on a farm in Oakland on the Xenia Pike a few years, then bought a farm near the village of Willowdell, Darke Co, Ohio.
Emigrated: He and his wife and six children came to Dayton, Ohio 04 Oct 1858
Religion: Lutheran (three of his sons, three sons-in-law, one grandson and 2 grand-sons-in-law were ministers; three grand-daughters married ministers;
14 ministers and 8 teachers in the family known as "The Minister Family".) for more history of this family, see: History of the Althoff Family, Rev. C. H. Althoff, 1934, in files.
EUROPEAN RECORDS
Marriage: 1. Anna Mary Elizabeth STOEPPELMANN on 20 Dec 1833 in Spenge, Regierung Bezirk, Minden Stadt, Westfalen, Prussia
by Rev. Weihe; b. Sep 1813 Doehren, Hanover, Germany and died 28 Dec 1860 Dayton, Ohio in a runaway horse accident;
both are buried in Dayton, Ohio. (Woodland Cemetery)
AMERICAN RECORDS
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Caspar went to Germany to dispose of his property there. Some time after his return, he took a second wife.
Marriage: 2. Mrs. Wilhelmina BOEDEKER on 30 Dec 1862 , Dayton, Montgomery; she was born ca. 1830
IGI Records: children's birth and christening records
Census:
1860 Census, Mad River Twp., Montgomery Co, Ohio: Casper and Mary ALTHOFF
1870 Census, Mad River Twp., Montgomery Co, Ohio: Casper and Mene ALTHOFF
1880 Census Patterson Twp., Darke Co, Ohio: Casper and Lottie ALTHOFF
Children:
1. Anna Catherine ALTHOFF chr. 30 Nov 1834 Gross Aschen, Hanover, Germany d. 10 May 1835 infant
2. Daughter stillborn
3. Anna Catherine "Kate" ALTHOFF b. ca. 1836 Gross Aschen, Hanover, Germany; d. 30 Oct 1915; m. Andrew/Anthony BUNDENTHAL
(Anna M. Bundenthal; Fred K. Bundenthal, Mamie/Marie C.; Lizzie, Harman, Edward); he was a stone cutter
4. Anna Catharine Ilsebein (Anna C. E./Anna Kathryn E.) b. 23/24 Mar 1838 Gross Aschen chr. 06 Apr 1838; d. 18 Apr 1924; married Carl/Charles F. SEITZ (Rev.)
on 07 Jul 1859 Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio
5. Frederick William ALTHOFF (Rev.), chr. 26 Jan1840 Gross Aschen, Germany; married Emily/Emma ***** ca, 1866 ;
(Anna Mary Althoff, Lydia Althoff, Freddy, Albert, Willie, Emma, Laura)
6. Carolina ALTHOFF, (Catharine Marie) b. 09 Jan 1842 chr. 16 Jan 1842 Gross Aschen, Germany; m. Rev. Gottfried Lowenstein
7. Anna Mary Elizabeth (Ilsebein) ALTHOFF or Anna Maria Catharine Althoff b. 09 Dec 1842 or 27 Sep 1842 chr. 17 Dec 1842 or 02 Oct 1842 Gross Aschen,
Hanover, Germany; d. 22 Sep 1929; married Henry Martin KREUTER in 24 Jun 1869 Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio (Elizabeth Kreuter)
8. Charles Herman ALTHOFF (Rev. C. H.; Carl Hermann), b. 05 May 1846 chr. 10 May 1846 Gross Aschen, Hanover; d. 01 Dec 1903 ; married on 05 Sep 1869 Pomeroy,
Meigs Co, Ohio Magdalena WINK ; (Carrie M., Carl F., Katie, Edward, Mary E., Clara, Bertha, Herman and Daniel ALTHOFF)
9. Anna Mary Florentine ALTHOFF, b. 02 July 1848 Gross Aschen, Hanover; d. 1920 ; married Absalom F. SOUDER (A. F.), a farmer; (George Edmon; Simon Peter)
10. Charles Henry (Carl Heinrich) (Rev.) ALTHOFF, b. 02 Feb 1850 Gross Aschen, Hanover, Germany chr. 10 Feb 1850; d. 24 Jan 1944; married Mary E. *****;
(Ida M., Lydia A., Emil F., Louis H., Bertha M., Carl G., Gussie F., Martha A., Marie A., Luther W., Lauretta E.)
11. Carl Herman ALTHOFF; married Mary BERGMAN (Rev. C. F. ALTHOFF)
12. Frank Henry ALTHOFF (Franz Heinrich), b. 11 Jun 1854 chr. 23 Jul 1854 Gross Aschen, Hanover, Germany; d. 30 May 1932; married Elizabeth C. SCHILLING
on 11 Dec 1879 or 18 Dec 1879 (Helen, Carl Henry, William Louis, Anna Marie Lydia, Anna Marie, Marie Elizabeth, Ernest Justus, Matilda Y.,
Leonard Edwin Frederick, and Luther ALTHOFF)
children by 2nd wife:
13. Anna Wilhelmina Emilie ALTHOFF; b. 20 Dec 1862; d. 27 May 1956 married William SCHILLING on 11 Aug 1885 (See separate notes)
12. Emma ALTHOFF b. ca. 1864; married John DELANY on 02 Feb 1886 Darke Co, Ohio (Bessie L., Ida M., Roy W., Emma Delany)
NOTE: The children of Caspar Althoff and his first wife, Anna Stoeppelman were difficult to document and may not be in the correct order.
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