Individual Details
Harry Hamlin Hoffman
(Sep 1868 - 20 Jan 1948)
Hoffman, Harry H.
Date: Jan. 21, 1948
Source: Cleveland News; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #038.
Notes: Hoffman-Harry H. Hoffman, former advertising manager of the Plain Dealer, who started his career on the old Leader, a predecessor of the Cleveland News will be buried in Markalee Cemetery, Hudson, O., after services in Worcester, Mass., at a time to be announced later. Mr. Hoffman, 79, died yesterday in Evans Memorial Hospital, Worcester. He was assistant to the publisher of the Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette. Mr. Hoffman at one ? owned ? Lorain Times-Herald and later was advertising manager of the Toledo Blade, the Columbus Dispatch and the Cincinnati Enquirer. Later he returned to Cleveland to be advertising manager of the Press. The Scripps-Howard chain shortly after this transferred him to New York as foreign advertising manager. He remained there 14 years, later going to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Returning here, he became business manager of the old Cleveland Times and when that liquidated, he went to Worcester. He was one of the original members of the American Publishers Association. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Hartzell Hoffman, whom he married here 56 years ago; a son, Harold O., assistant treasurer of the White Motor Car Co.; two daughters, Mrs. Wayland W. Brown of Northampton, Mass., and Mrs. Donald W. Ellinwood of Cleveland and two grandchildren.
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THANKS TO Jane Stacy Eubanks for the following information:
Mother was Susan M Orwig Hoffman. Father was Elisha Albright Hoffman
Date: Jan. 21, 1948
Source: Cleveland News; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #038.
Notes: Hoffman-Harry H. Hoffman, former advertising manager of the Plain Dealer, who started his career on the old Leader, a predecessor of the Cleveland News will be buried in Markalee Cemetery, Hudson, O., after services in Worcester, Mass., at a time to be announced later. Mr. Hoffman, 79, died yesterday in Evans Memorial Hospital, Worcester. He was assistant to the publisher of the Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette. Mr. Hoffman at one ? owned ? Lorain Times-Herald and later was advertising manager of the Toledo Blade, the Columbus Dispatch and the Cincinnati Enquirer. Later he returned to Cleveland to be advertising manager of the Press. The Scripps-Howard chain shortly after this transferred him to New York as foreign advertising manager. He remained there 14 years, later going to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Returning here, he became business manager of the old Cleveland Times and when that liquidated, he went to Worcester. He was one of the original members of the American Publishers Association. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Hartzell Hoffman, whom he married here 56 years ago; a son, Harold O., assistant treasurer of the White Motor Car Co.; two daughters, Mrs. Wayland W. Brown of Northampton, Mass., and Mrs. Donald W. Ellinwood of Cleveland and two grandchildren.
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THANKS TO Jane Stacy Eubanks for the following information:
Mother was Susan M Orwig Hoffman. Father was Elisha Albright Hoffman
Events
| Birth | Sep 1868 | Fairview, Pennsylvania | |||
| Marriage | 29 Jun 1891 | Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Gertrude Mary Hartzell |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 2 Jun 1900 | Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado - Gertrude Mary Hartzell | | | |
| Census (family) | 19 Apr 1910 | Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio - Gertrude Mary Hartzell | | | |
| Census (family) | 7 Jan 1920 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Gertrude Mary Hartzell | | | |
| Census (family) | 11 Apr 1930 | Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts - Gertrude Mary Hartzell | | | |
| Death | 20 Jan 1948 | Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts | | ||
| Burial | Markillie Cemetery, Hudson, Summit County, Ohio | | |
Families
| Spouse | Gertrude Mary Hartzell (1873 - 1959) |
| Child | Lois T. Hoffman (1893 - 1986) |
| Child | Harold Orwig Hoffman (1894 - 1985) |
| Child | Gertrude H. Hoffman (1897 - 1969) |
| Child | Alan Leslie Hoffman (1906 - 1938) |
Notes
Marriage
Harry H. HoffmanEvent Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Jun 1891
Event Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Gertrude M. Hartzell
Spouse's Gender: Female
Census (family)
Harry Hoffman Head Male 31 Pennsylvania - Advertising agentGertrude M Hoffman Wife Female 27 Ohio
Lois Hoffman Daughter Female 7 Ohio
Harold Hoffman Son Male 6 Ohio
Gertrude L Hoffman Daughter Female 3 Ohio
Amy Hartzell Mother-in-law Female 61 New York
Census (family)
Harry H Hoffman Head Male 41 Pennsylvania - General manager, daily paperGertrude M Hoffman Wife Female 36 Ohio
Lois T Hoffman Daughter Female 16 Ohio
Harold O Hoffman Son Male 15 Ohio
Gertrude Hoffman Daughter Female 13 Ohio
Alan L Hoffman Son Male 3 Ohio
Albert Hartzell Father-in-law Male 75 Pennsylvania - Retired, own income
Ida B Conrad Boarder Female 30 Pennsylvania - Housekeeper, private family
Census (family)
Harry H Hoffman Head Male 50 Pennsylvania - Advertising manager, newspaperGertrude Hoffman Wife Female 45 Ohio
Waymon Brown Son-in-law Male 26 Ohio - Accountant, ship building firm
Lois Brown Daughter Female 26 Ohio
Harriet Brown Granddaughter Female 2/12 Ohio
Harold Hoffman Son Male 25 Ohio - Credit man, motor company
Gertrude Hoffman Daughter Female 22 Ohio
Allan Hoffman Son Male 13 Ohio
Census (family)
Harry H Hoffman Head Male 60 Pennsylvania - Advertising director, newspaper Co.Gertrude Hoffman Wife Female 55 Ohio
Death
Obituary Jan. 21, 1948: "Mr. Hoffman, 79, died yesterday in Evans Memorial Hospital, Worcester."Burial
PLOT Hoffman plotEndnotes
1. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8XM-N4D.
2. United States Census, 1900 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMM-QLZ.
3. United States Census, 1910 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFC-BNF.
4. United States Census, 1920 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD1F-JWG.
5. United States Census, 1930 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQTJ-953.
6. Find a Grave Memorial 7056399.