This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hoffman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iIB.2ACI/918.1 Message Board Post: 1870 Blue Earth, Faribault County census: George Hoffman, age 56, born Cour Hesser Mathew Hoffman, age 29, born Cour Hesser Catherine Hoffman, age 35, born Hesse-Darmstadt Charles Hoffman, age 6, born Wisconsin Charles Hoffman, age 25, born Cour Hesser Peter Hoffman, age 20, born Cour Hesser 1900 Blue Earth census: Mathew Hoffman, born May 1841, age 59, born Germany wife Catherine, born April 1840, age 60, born Germany (it states 0 of 0 children living, but this is written in lightly; other mothers on the same page have the # of children listed in a thicker ink!..) In both of the above census pages, the name is spelled, "Mathew." 1900 Fairmont, Martin County census: Charles Hoffman, born July 1863 in WI, parents born Germany wife Carolina, born March 1864 in IA, parents born Germany daughter Laura V., born July 1888 in So. Dakota son Clarence F., born May 1898 in MN Good Luck!