Sophie Hoppe

1834-1911

Record of births as recorded by Sophie (Meier) Hoppe who served as a midwife in the Plymouth and Jansen communities from 1876 until 1910. The original record was written in German, (bluing was used as ink in the early recording) translated to English.

Sophie was the wife of Frederick Hoppe who homesteaded four miles north of Jansen, Cub Creek Precinct, Jefferson County, Nebraska, September 4, 1869, with his wife and three children, Fred, Louise and August, having migrated from Bantorf, Germany. She was a familiar figure on the country roads as she traveled in an open buggy drawn by her white horse, "Fanny," to give aid to the sick and needy.

Mrs. Hoppe died October 1, 1911 at the age of 77 years, 21 days.

Father	Gender	Birthdate	Given name, parents*
Kaufmann	Boy	October, 1876
Mohling	Girl/Boy	March, 1877
Datzen	Girl	September 18, 1877
Roehler	Girl	November, 1877
Kuneke	Boy	December, 1877
Garten	Boy	December, 1877
Siemann	Boy	March, 1878
Busing	Boy	April, 1878
Gibson	Boy	May, 1878	Jesse, son of John McT. & Olive Gibson
Braasch	Girl	October 18, 1878
Paul	Girl	October 25, 1878
Ackman, F.	Boy	December 25, 1879
Braasch	Girl	April 14, 1880
Garten	Girl	June 10, 1880
Heidelk, L.	Girl	August 22, 1880
Gibson, J.	Girl	October 17, 1880	Laura, dau. of John & Ida Gibson
Hills	Girl	January 12, 1881
Mohling	Girl	April 19, 1881
Hepler	Girl	May 8, 1881
Stegeman	Girl	September 10, 1881
Hughes	Boy	September 19, 1881
Datson	Boy	December 1, 1881
Ackman, F.	Boy	May 30, 1882
Breuher	Boy	July 23, 1882
Stustmann	Boy	August 11, 1882
Doehring	Girl	October 14, 1882
Hoppe, F.	Boy	November 3, 1882	John, son of F.C. & Agnes Hoppe
Stegeman	Girl	February 5, 1883
Braasch	Boy	April 2, 1883
Kohlmorgen	Girl	May 17, 1883
Bobein	Boy	May 30, 1883
Hepler	Boy	July 26, 1883
Ackman, F.	Girl	December 22, 1883
Popenhagen	Girl	January 30, 1884
Datzen	Girl	February 19, 1884
Rosener	Girl	April 4, 1884
Pruies, R.	Girl	May 16, 1884
Damkroger	Girl	July 26, 1884
Metten	Girl	August 26, 1884
Gerkins	Boy	September 22, 1884
Krausenick, C.	Boy	December 5, 1884
Rischer	Girl	January 10, 1885
Tihnappel	Boy	January 21, 1885
Heidelk, F.	Girl	February 3, 1885	Sophia, step-dau. of August C. F. Hoppe
Pottin	Boy	March 4, 1885
Stutzen, Mina	Girl	April 2, 1885
Humberger	Girl	April 5, 1885
Breitschel	Boy	April 25, 1885
McKie	Boy	May 8, 1885
Dorman	Girl	May 14, 1885
Pries, J.	Boy	June 21, 1885
Kunecke	Girl	July 4, 1885
Grummert, F.	Boy	July 7, 1885
Fredericks	Girl	July 11, 1885
Gantner	Boy	August 19, 1885
Hepler	Boy	October 31, 1885
Rosener	Boy	November 10, 1885
Bruer	Girl	November 25, 1885
Ackman, F.	Boy	November 28, 1885
Datzen	Girl	December 8, 1885
Braasch	Girl	December 12, 1885
Cox	Girl	December 26, 1885
Eickmeier	Boy	December 30, 1885
Babcock, Walter	Boy	January 5, 1886
Setten, M.	Boy	February 12, 1886
Bobien	Boy	February 12, 1886
Friesen, Peter	Girl	February 24, 1886
Friesen, Claus	Girl	March 4, 1886
Eggerling, F.	Boy	March 28, 1886
Klaasen	Boy	June 28, 1886
Breitschiel	Girl	January 4, 1887
Conerus	Girl	January 18, 1887	Sophie, dau. of Herman & Louise Conerus
Setten, M.	Boy	April 12, 1887
Friesen, Peter	Boy	May 15, 1887
Barnes	Boy	May 26, 1887
Ratschlaf	Girl	June 14, 1887
Klaassen, A.	Girl	August 27, 1887
Setten, J.	Girl	September 21, 1887
Ackman, F.	Boy	October 11, 1887
Rosener	Girl	November 5, 1887
Siebe	Boy	April 7, 1888
Stoenrehter	Boy	April 12, 1888
Gerhardt	Girl	July 9, 1888
Schroeder	Boy	August 22, 1888
Kuenecke	Girl	August 30, 1888
Kraes	Girl	September 6, 1888
Breuer	Boy	September 9, 1888
Datzen	Boy	September 19, 1888
Vorderstrasse, H.	Girl	October 27, 1888
Setten, J.	Girl	November 4, 1888
Kohness	Girl	November 19, 1888
Klaassen	Boy	February 9, 1889
Vorderstrasse, W.	Boy	March 1, 1889
Humberger	Boy	March 8, 1889
Haecker	Boy	March 25, 1889
Setten, M.	Boy	March 26, 1889
Eggerling	Girl	August 1, 1889
Breitchal	Girl	August 14, 1889
Rosener	Girl	August 23, 1889
Stebto	Girl	September 28, 1889
Ackman, F.	Boy	November 6, 1889
Palmer	Girl	November 19, 1889
McKie, S.	Girl	July 11, 1890	Florence, dau. of Samuel & Olive McKie
Wendlandt	Boy	September 21, 1890
Allsgud	Girl	October 31, 1890
Babbens	Girl	November 14, 1890
Hoppe, F.	Boy	December 24, 1890	F. H. (Frank), son of F.C. & Agnes Hoppe
Schroeder	Girl	January 3, 1891
Gibson	Boy	February 23, 1891
Sazke	Boy	March 2, 1891
Rosener	Boy	March 17, 1891
Ackman, F.	Boy	May 9, 1891
Humberger, L.	Girl	May 10, 1891
Eggerling	Girl	May 25, 1891
Palmer	Girl	June 10, 1891
Neufeld	Girl	July 13, 1891
Hueschen	Girl	July 22, 1891
Raehn	Girl	July 27, 1891
Setten, M.	Girl	August 12, 1891
Hoppe, A.	Girl	October 8, 1891	Anna, dau. of August & Henrietta Hoppe
Kuenecke, W.	Boy	October 24, 1891
Hiebert	Girl	November 23, 1891
Gorden	Girl	February 3, 1892
Scheel	Boy	February 19, 1892
Conerus	Girl	March 18, 1892	Emma, dau. of Herman & Louise Conerus
Ratschlag	Girl	April 2, 1892
Ruhnke	Girl	August 1, 1892
Ewing, Rechter	Boy	September 24, 1892
Babcock, W.	Girl	October 18, 1892
Sutten, J.	Girl	October 29, 1892
Babcock, J.	Girl	December 11, 1892
Braase	Boy	January 10, 1893
Sazke, F.	Boy	February 13, 1893
Nider	Boy	February 14, 1893
Ackman, F.	Boy	April 24, 1893
Hoppe, A.	Boy	May 28, 1893	August, son of August & Henrietta Hoppe
Haman	Boy	September 13, 1893
Rosener	Boy	October 13, 1893
Hiebert	Boy	January 1, 1894
Guint, J.	Boy	February 28, 1894
Lulza, Joe	Girl	April 7, 1894
Conerus	Girl	May 12, 1894	Nettie, dau. of Herman & Louise Conerus
Hoppe, A.	Boy	June 5, 1894	Henry, son of August & Henrietta Hoppe
Baebens	Girl	July 21, 1894
Stebts	Girl	August 28, 1894
Ratschlag	Girl	August 30, 1894
Kohnint, Ezra	Girl	September 30, 1894
Nider	Boy	October 24, 1894
Palmer	Girl	October 30, 1894
Hoppe, F.	Boy	January 19, 1895	Fred I., son of F.C. & Agnes Hoppe
Ratzlaff	Boy	May 27, 1895
Rosener	Girl	June 12, 1895
Ackman, F.	Boy	July 4, 1895
Ratzlaff	Boy	October 22, 1895
Kunecke	Girl	January 29, 1896
Hiebert	Girl	February 11, 1896
Schel	Girl	March 16, 1896
Korte	Boy	November 28, 1896
Mohling, H.	Boy	February 19, 1897
Nider, J.	Boy	March 4, 1897
Hoppe, A.	Girl	April 27, 1897	Nora, dau. of August & Henrietta Hoppe
Eickmeier	Girl	May 2, 1897
Ratschlag, H.	Girl	August 23, 1897
Renig, L.	Boy	August 27, 1897
Ackman, F.	Boy	September 7, 1897
Elsasser, J.	Boy	September 9, 1897
Babcock, W.	Girl	September 9, 1897
Seng, F.	Girl	October 11, 1897
Haecker, F.	Girl	November 7, 1897
Sutten, M.	Boy	April 8, 1898
Rosener	Girl	August 4, 1898
Schel	Boy	August 16, 1898
Jakabus	Boy	September 18, 1898
Mohling	Boy	October 21, 1898
Braasch	Girl	October 31, 1898
Ratzlaff, H.	Boy	December 28, 1898
Meyer, H.	Girl	January 13, 1899
Sazke	Girl	February 26, 1899
McKie	Girl	March 8, 1899
Tegtmeier	Girl	March 16, 1899
Sellenrick, H.	Boy	March 26, 1899
Enz, F.	Girl	May 13, 1899
Rohlfing	Girl	August 25, 1899
Eickmeier	Boy	September 24, 1899
Sellenrick, G.	Boy	November 5, 1899	Arthur, son of George & Sophie Sellenrick
Ackman, F.	Boy	November 9, 1899
Gibson, C.	Boy	November 28, 1899	John, son of Charles & Agnes Gibson
Babcock	Girl	December 9, 1899
Elsasser	Girl	January 26, 1900
Ratschlag	Boy	February 13, 1900
Hoppe, A.	Girl	April 29, 1900	Millie, dau. of August & Henrietta Hoppe
Meyer, H.	Boy	December 2, 1900
Braasch, H.	Girl	December 7, 1900
McKie, J.	Boy	January 30, 1901
Unger, J.	Boy	August 21, 1901
Sellenrick, G.	Girl	September 25, 1901	Alma, dau. of George & Sophie Sellenrick
Rohlfing	Boy	January 9, 1902
Scheel	Girl	February 21, 1902
Klein	Girl	March 12, 1902
Elsasser	Boy	April 12, 1902
Lote	Girl	May 10, 1902
Fischer, Rev.	Girl	May 12, 1902
Haecker	Girl	August 31, 1902
Krause	Boy	September 17, 1902
Babcock	Boy	October 27, 1902
Meyer	Girl	December 2, 1902
McKie, J.	Girl	December 28, 1902
Ruhnke, Gus	Girl	February 24, 1903
Korte	Boy	September 3, 1903
Sellenrick, H.	Boy	September 16, 1903
Weidergreen, W.	Boy	October 1, 1903
Hoppe, A.	Boy	November 6, 1903	Louis, son of August & Henrietta Hoppe
Fischer, Rev.	Boy	December 13, 1903
Lote, Ezra	Girl	January 23, 1904
Sellenrick, G.	Boy	March 25, 1904	Herbert, son of George & Sophie Sellenrick
Krause	Girl	April 1, 1904
Klein, O.	Girl	June 11, 1904
Gable	Boy	August 12, 1904
Hueske, H.	Boy	October 9, 1904
Creach	Boy	November 24, 1904
Elsasser, J.	Boy	December 1, 1904
Lens, B.	Boy	January 20, 1905
Schroeder, A.	Boy	June 4, 1905
Lote	Boy	August 8, 1905
Gerberding, H.	Girl	September 15, 1905
McKie, J.	Boy	October 9, 1905
Krause, H.	Boy	November 3, 1905
Whittler	Boy	January 24, 1906
Hueske	Boy	March 10, 1906
Sellenrick, H.	Girl	March 19, 1906
Fischer, Rev.	Girl	June 10, 1906
Sellenrick, G.	Boy	September 4, 1906	Clarence, son of George & Sophie Sellenrick
Hueske, C.	Girl	October 15, 1906
Lote, Ezra	Girl	November 27, 1906
Unknown
Unknown
Gerberding, H.	Boy	March 20, 1907
Friesen, G.	Boy	March 26, 1907
Krause, H.	Girl	December 13, 1907
Hueske, H.	Boy	January 14, 1908
Whittler, W.	Boy	January 21, 1908
Friesen, J.	Boy	August 19, 1908
Lote, Ezra	Girl	October 2, 1908
Hueske, C.	Boy	February 9, 1909
Sellenrick, G.	Boy	April 24, 1909	Raymond, son of George & Sophie Sellenrick
Wiebe, G.	Boy	May 3, 1909
Krause, H.	Girl	October 17, 1909
Braasch, H.	Girl	October 30, 1909
Huken, F.	Girl	February 11, 1910
Huken, C. A.	Girl	July 24, 1910
Sellenrick, G.	Girl	August 4, 1910	Evelyn, dau. of George & Sophie Sellenrick
Lote, Ezra	Girl	October 17, 1910

*Several of the attended births were those of her own grandchildren or in-laws of her children. These identifications were not in the original record book, but have been added to this web document by the web author.

Sophie Hoppe's midwifery was featured in the Jan. 16, 1967 Fairbury Tribune, in an article titled "German Immigrant Wife Heroine To Pioneers of Jansen, Plymouth".