August Carl Friedrich Hoppe
August Hoppe Family
L to R: August, Sophie, Louie, August, Nora, Millie, Tillie and Henrietta
August Hoppe was born January 7, 1868 in Bantorf, Germany and was nineteen months old when his parents left Germany for America. On January 10, 1890 he married Henrietta (Braase) Heidelk. Henrietta was born November 5, 1863 in Red Budd, Illinois. Her first husband had died, leaving two daughters in her care: Sophie Dorothea Louise, February 3, 1885 and Mathilda (Tillie), September 23, 1887.
After their marriage, they lived on Henrietta’s farm for about three years. They then moved onto the north quarter of the Hoppe farm where they remained until 1927. They were unable to overcome the hard financial troubles of that period and had to relinquish the farm. They moved to a nearby farm where they lived until Henrietta’s death on March 2, 1936 and August’s death on July 17, 1942. They are buried in Cub Creek Cemetery of St. Paul’s Church.
Six children were born to this marriage: Anna Sophie Marie, October 8, 1890; Conrad August Henry, May 28, 1893; Henry Herman Christian, June 5, 1894; Eleanora Sophie Charlotte (Nora), April 27, 1897; Emilie (Millie), April 20, 1900; Ludwig Christoph George (Louis), November 6, 1903.
August, Jr. lived on the Hoppe homestead after his marriage in 1920 until 1927. He then moved his family onto his parent’s place and, while he was never able to purchase it back, he remained on the place until his death in 1979.
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