My name is Karl Eichhorn Hoff, Jr. and I am doing research on my families. My father was Karl Eichhorn Hoff, Sr. who was brought up in Athens, NY. His father was Benjamin Hoff, Jr. and Laura Alice Eichhorn who lived on 115 Franklin Street. During my childhood we would vacation for a week or two there. Benjamin's father and mother were Benjamin Hoff, Sr. and Anna Elizabeth Shays. Laura's mother and father were Charles H Eichhorn and Leonora Dernehl (Their other children were Wilhelmina L [who married Harold Every] and Fred). Both Benjamin Sr. and Jr. were captains on the Hudson River Day Line.