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husb STÜFT
(Abt 1851– )
Eva UNK
(Abt 1856 – Abt 1915)
Otto STOFT
(1880 –1952)

 

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1. Augusta GANSTER

Otto STOFT 2 3
  • Born: 30 June 1880, on the boat coming over from Germany 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Augusta GANSTER on 10 August 1904 1 2
  • Died: 12 January 1952, Los Angeles County, California, USA at age 71 6
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bullet  General Notes

Otto Stoft (30 June 1880--12 Jan 1952) was born on the boat coming over from  Germany, and his family name then was Stüft (the -u- had an umlaut and was pronounced "u" with the mouth trying to say "e" also).  Otto Stoft, after receiving his degree in pharmacy from Columbia University, became a pharmacist.  His father either died in Germany or shortly after arriving in New York.  His mother's first name may have been Eva, and she died about 1915 probably in Brooklyn, New York.  Otto took his son Josef only once or twice to see his mother Eva (?)   Otto divorced his wife Augusta (b. Ganster) Stoft some time after they came to California.  Otto Stoft died (72 years old) in 1952 in Los Angeles County.  His address at that time was 8917 Beach Street, Graham, Los Angeles, California.  On the death certificate his wife was listed as Marian Stoft.  He was cremated at Sunnyside Memorial.  Otto had a brother called Fred Stoft, who went West and was lost sight of.  It was Josef Otto Stoft, who had been baptized "Josef Stüft,"  who changed his name to Stoft about 1927.  At that time his father Otto also changed his name to the same spelling.

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • Moved: from Strasbourg, Germany to New York, USA to California, USA. 4
  • He has conflicting birth information of 1 January 1882 and prob Germany. 6
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Otto married Augusta GANSTER, daughter of Peter John GANSTER and Augusta MAURER, on 10 August 1904.1 2 The marriage ended in divorce. (Augusta GANSTER was born on 22 January 1878 in Saarbrucken, Germany 1 4 and died on 25 July 1964 in Sylmar, Los Angeles County, California, USA 1 4.). The cause of her death was heart failure.

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. John B. Craven, “The Hainings and the Cravens: A Twentieth Century Family History” (mss. privately published in 1995, but it was a work in progress. John continued to update, add content, and re-write his manuscript up until his death in 2014.), Chapter 13:  The Stofts and the Gansters, pp 3-4.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. John B. Craven, Christmas Letter, 2003 (Annual extended-family newsletter. Glendale, California : 27 November 2003), p 16.
  4. John B. Craven, Christmas Letter, 2004 (Annual extended-family newsletter. Glendale, California : 25 November 2004).
  5. John B. Craven, “The Hainings and the Cravens: A Twentieth Century Family History” (mss. privately published in 1995, but it was a work in progress. John continued to update, add content, and re-write his manuscript up until his death in 2014.), Chapter 13:  The Stofts and the Gansters, p 3.
  6. Rootsweb.com, California Death Index.


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