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Alfred Wiedhofft was born about 1832 and again he only appears in the 1851 census. Listed as a 19 year old cabinet maker. We now know that he was baptised at the Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn as had all his elder brothers. The transcription of the parish records show only WIEDHOFFT Alfred Henry 1 Jan 1832. The book HISTORY OF EARLY CHICAGO, MODERN CHICAGO AND ITS SETTLEMENT, EARLY CHICAGO, AND THE NORTHWEST BY ALBERT D. HAGER gives some detail of the life of A H Wiedhofft born London, 10th October 1834 which almost certainly relates to "our Alfred" despite the discrepancy in dates.
The following from the database:
Irish to America, 1846-1865 proves that he went with brother William
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The following information has been extracted from:- HISTORY OF EARLY CHICAGO, MODERN CHICAGO AND ITS SETTLEMENT, EARLY CHICAGO, AND THE NORTHWEST BY ALBERT D. HAGER page 742 A. H. WIEDHOFFT, carpenter and builder, was born in London, England, October 10, 1834. He learned his trade and served an apprenticeship in London and Paris. Coming to America in 1852. he settled in New York City for two years, and engaged as a ship-joiner and in cabinet-making business. He then went to Baf-falo and worked as a cabinet-joiner on the steamboat "Queen of West," and came with it to Cleveland, where he apprenticed himself for one year with Cubin & Collott, contractors and builders. He then went to Chillicothe in the interest of that firm, and then to Cincinnati and Memphis. In the fall of 1856 he came to Chicago, and in 1857 started in business for himself, which he continued up to 1871, when he settled in Lake View Township, carrying on his shop in Chicago up to 1880. Closing this out he built his present shop in Lake View Township. He married Miss Isabella Turner, of Preston, England. She died in 1875, leaving three children--Mary, Alfred and William. He again married Miss Bertha Nelson, of Sweden. They have one child, George.
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| From the above I assume that he married Isabella Turner at some point in his travels through the USA and their children Mary, Alfred and William Wiedhofft were still alive in 1875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We next find a marriage in Cook Co. Illinois on the 16th February 1876 between Alfred H Wiedhofft.and Bengtta Oerson (this was obviously anglicised to Bertha). She was born in Sweden in December 1849 and had immigrated two years previously. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Their son George W Wiedhofft was born in the December of the same year (1876) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1900 Census of Lake View Town, Cook Co. Illinois. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wiedhoff A.H. | Head | W | M | Oct | 1835 | 64 | M | 25 | England | At Sea | England | 1852 | 48 | na | Building Contractor | 0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | O | H | ||
| ---- Bertha | Wife | W | F | Dec | 1849 | 50 | M | 25 | 1 | 1 | Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | 1874 | 26 | ||||||||
| ---- Geo. W | Son | W | M | Dec | 1876 | 23 | S | Illinois | England | Sweden | dentist | 0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| KEY 1=Name: 2=Relation: 3=Colour of face: 4=Sex: 5&6= Month & year of birth: 7= Age: 8= Married,single, widowed or divorced: 9= Years married: 10=Mother of how many children: 11How many of those children still living: 12= Place of birth: 13= Place of birth of father: 14= Place f birth of mother: 15= Year of immigration to United States: 16= Number of years in United States: 17= Naturalisation: 18= Occupation: 19= Months not employed: 20= Can read: 21= Can write: 22= Can speak English: 23= Home owned or rented: 24= House or Farm | |||||||||||||||||||||||