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Franz Rudolph Brofft

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Franz Rudolph Brofft

Birth
Frankfurt am Main, Stadtkreis Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Death
2 Aug 1882 (aged 51)
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 99 - Lot 73 - Space 3
Memorial ID
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reinterred here January 1906
cod: tuberculosis
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Was listed as a Steinmetzmeister in 1852 Germany before departure for US. In less than two years he married in Chillicothe, OH where he had met up with his cousin Franz Brofft who was also a practicing Master Stone Cutter. His marriage to Johanna Louise Melusine Jahns resulted in 11 children with 2 dying after childbirth. Note Jahns is a correction from the recorded name Jones at emigration where they could neither read nor write their names.
reinterred here January 1906
cod: tuberculosis
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Was listed as a Steinmetzmeister in 1852 Germany before departure for US. In less than two years he married in Chillicothe, OH where he had met up with his cousin Franz Brofft who was also a practicing Master Stone Cutter. His marriage to Johanna Louise Melusine Jahns resulted in 11 children with 2 dying after childbirth. Note Jahns is a correction from the recorded name Jones at emigration where they could neither read nor write their names.


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