GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





DOROTHEA JOSEPHA WOLF

(1879-1950)

Variant names Josepha Wolf
Josephine Wolfe
Josephine Hock
8 July 1879 Dorothea Josepha is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Gabriel Wolf (1853-1909)
Mother: Elisabeth Körbel (1857-1925)

Godmother: Josefa Wolf, a younger sister of her father
EMIGRATION

1881
Josepha and her family emigrate to the United States.

Ship: S.S. Salier
Port: Bremen
Arrival: New York
Date: 29 March 1881

Family members:

Wolf Gabriel, head, 27, laborer
Wolf Elisabeth, wife, 24
Wolf Eda, daughter, 3 (= Maria Eva)
Wolf Josephine, daughter, 10 months (= Dorothea Josepha)

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
1883-1897Josepha's siblings Margaret, Joseph, Mary Anna, John, William Martin, Anna Clementina and Gertrud are born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
CENSUS

1900
Josephine and her family live in:
Ward 36, Precincts 1 & 4, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania


Family members:

Wolf Gabriel, head, 46, labourer
Wolf Elisabeth Luise, female, 43, house wife
Wolf Josephina (= Dorothea Josepha), daughter, 20, laundry
Wolf Joseph, son, 12, bag boy in clothes store
Wolf Anna M, daughter, 11, at school
Wolf John, son, 9, at school
Wolf Martin, son, 7, at school
Wolf Anna, daughter, 4
Wolf Gertruth, daughter, 2

Source: United States Census 1900
1910Josephine marries Raimund Johann Hock from Germany.

Marriage date taken from census note.
CENSUS

1910
Residence:
Ward 3, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Family members:

Hock Raymond, head, 38, bottler
Hock Josephine, wife, 31

Source: United States Census 1910
CENSUS

1920
Residence:
Ward 3, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Family members:

Hock Raymond, head, 48, laborer in tin mill
Hock Josephine, wife, 40
Hock Elizabeth, daughter, 9
Hock Margaret, daughter, 7
Hock Raymond Jr, son, 5
Hock William, son, 3

Source: United States Census 1920
CENSUS

1930
Residence:
Ward 2, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Family members:

Hock Raymond, head, 58 (wrong age noted in census!)
Hock Josephine, wife, 50
Hock Elizabeth, daughter, 19
Hock Margaret, daughter, 17
Hock Raymond Jr, son, 15
Hock William, son, 13
Hock Regis, son, 9

Source: United States Census 1930
2 May 1950 Josephine dies in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

She is buried in New Saint Josephs Cemetery, North Versailles, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Source: Findagrave

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