Hoff Family-

This family line will contain the other marriages of both parents with the main focus being on Weldon & Jeraldine (Turner) Hoff. Parents of my father-in-law David Hoff.

~~1930~~

Weldon Dean Hoff

BIRTH 30 DEC 1933 • Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho

DEATH 14 JAN 1992 • Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho

Father: William Evan Hoff – Mother: Nona Bruce

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Jeraldine “Jerry” Turner

BIRTH 3 NOV 1938 • Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah

DEATH 8 JANUARY 2013 • Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona

Father: Floyd E. Turner – Mother: Ardella Lana Nelson

~~1940~~

Name RelationSexColorAgeMarital
Status
BirthplaceOccupation
Hoff, Evan WHeadMW38MarriedIdahoFarm Laboror
NonaWifeFW36MarriedIdahoNone
OraDaughterFW11SingleIdahoStudent
VernalSonMW9SingleIdahoStudent
WeldonSonMW6SingleIdahoNone

On this 1940 Census, The Hoff family lived in Georgetown Villiage, Idaho. Weldon’s father is working as a farmer. Nona is a housewife. Not sure why Weldon is not listed at school, but here’s a picture of Weldon in 1st grade and Vernal in 2nd grade in Georgetown, Idaho.

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NameRelationSexRaceAgeMarital
Status
Birth
Place
Occupation
Turner, Floyd EHeadMW30MarriedKentuckyFarm Laborer
Ardella LWifeFW22MarriedUtah
JeraldineDaughterFW1
Floyd RSonMW2/12
Supplemental
Information
Fathers
Birth
Place
Mother’s
Birth
Place
Language
Spoken at
Earliest Home
Turner, ArdellaSwedenUtahEnglish

This is Jeraldine’s first family census. Her parents have been married for two years. In 1940 Jeraldine’s father was working his farm, and her mother had given birth to her brother Floyd who was 2 months old. They were living in Box Elder, Bringham Co, Utah. In the supplemental information we see that Jeraldine’s maternal grandfather was born in Sweden and her grandmother in Utah.

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School Photos of Weldon and his brother Vernal 1940-1947

1940-1941
1941-1942
1945-1946
1946-1947

~~1950~~

Weldon and his family are on a hay run. Weldon’s father was a Farmer. They would travel from Georgetown to Rockford, Idaho.

Weldon and his parents were Thanksgiving guests at his sister Ora and

brother-in-law Hughie Weighall’s house in Soda Springs, Idaho.

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NameRelationRaceGenderAgeMarital
Status
Occupation
Hoff, EvanHeadWMale48MarriedFarmer
NonaWifeWFemale46MarriedNone
Vernal T.SonWMale19SingleFarmer
Weldon D.SonWMale16SingleFarmer

On this 1950 Census, Weldon and his brother Vernal are farming with their father.

They are living in Georgetown, Bear Lake Co., Idaho.

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NameRelationRaceGenderAgeMarital
Status
Birth
Place
OccupationIndustry
Turner, Floyd EHeadWM40MarriedKentuckyHeavy Equipment OperatorUT General Depot
Ardella LWifeWF32MarriedUtahPower Machine
Operator
Retail & Wholesale
Leather
JeraldineDaughterWF11Utah
F. RogerSonWM10Utah
RayolaDaughterWF8Utah
Lana VonDaughterWF7Utah
Elmo LSon WM5Utah
Edward NSonWM3Utah
Howard OSonWM1Utah

On Jeraldine’s census, they were living in Mantua, Box Elder Co., Utah. Jeraldine’s father, Floyd, was working as a Heavy Machine Operator for the Utah General Depot. Her mother, Ardella, worked as a Power Machine Operator for a Retail & Wholesale Leather Company. Jeraldine and her siblings are all living together, and most are attending school.

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Weldon Dean Hoff married Miss Carmena Stewart on October 11, 1951, in Coleville, Utah.

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Weldon and Carmena’s first child was a girl named Kitty. She passed away at 3 months old. She was born prematurely with Spina Bifida and passed away from complications of Bronchial Pneumonia.

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Jeraldine Turner attended Box Elder High School in 1952.
Jeraldine Turner, 16 years old. Box Elder High School 1953

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Just terrible!

Name:Joan Belmont
Gender:Female
Marriage Date:1 Mar 1957
Marriage Place:Carson City, Nevada, USA
Spouse:Weldon Dean Hoff
Marriage Description:Carson
Marriage Record Number:39669282

Sometime between 1951 and 1957, Weldon and Carmena divorced. On March 1, 1957, Weldon Dean married Joan Belmont in Carson City, Nevada. I cannot find any more information on them as a couple, and they may have had the marriage annulled.

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On June 11, 1958, Weldon Dean Hoff married Jeraldine “Jerry” Turner in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I’m still looking for a marriage certificate and newspaper clippings.

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Together they had

  1. Weldon “Randy” Randle Hoff on March 20, 1959
  2. Douglas C Hoff November 18, 1960
  3. Jeannie Hoff October 19, 1961
  4. Christine Nona Hoff May 26, 1963
  5. David Dean Hoff March 11, 1966

~~1960~~

~~1970~~

Sometime before October 1976, Weldon and Jeraldine divorced.

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Name:Weldon Dean Hoff
Gender:Male
Residence State:Idaho
Spouse:Anita S Jackson
Spouse Residence State:Idaho
Marriage Date:16 Oct 1976
Marriage City:Elko
Officiant type:Civil celebrant
Recorded Date:19 Oct 1976
Recorded city:Elko
Book:47-
Page:286

On October 16, 1976, Weldon married Anita S Jackson. I cannot find any more info on this.

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Jeraldine (Turner) Hoff married Larry Duncan on May 30, 1977. This was the annoucement in the local paper.

~~1980~~

On April 16, 1982, Weldon Dean married Mable Adelia (King) Olsen Johnson Esterholdt

~~1990~~

Sadly on January 14, 1992, Weldon Dean Hoff passed away at the age of 58

Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Georgetown Cemetery, Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA

 PLOTB-9, L-35, P-b

FAG# 46650983 

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Jeraldine T. Duncan, 74, of San Tan Valley, AZ, formally of Blackfoot Idaho, Passed away on January 8, 2013, in Gilbert, AZ. Born in Brigham City, Utah, to Floyd and Ardella (Nelson) Turner, Jerry arrived on November 3, 1938. She was the oldest of seven children. Her siblings were Rodger, Rayola, Alina, Edward, Howard, and Lana Turner. 

She worked as a Pharmacy Technician at Arnell Drug and Walmart in Blackfoot Idaho until she retired in 1994. Jerry will be remembered as a great fisherman, an avid gardener, and her craft creations. She did what she wanted when she wanted. 

Jerry married Weldon D. Hoff in 1958. They were later divorced. Jerry married Larry J. Duncan on May 30, 1978, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In addition to Larry, Jerry is survived by her children, Randy (Sandy) Hoff of Blackfoot, ID, Douglas C. Hoff of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Jeannie Mathis of Gilbert, AZ, Chris (Rick) Conklin of Ardmore, OK, and David (Lyda) Hoff of Orting, WA; Stepson Robert J. (Lynette) Duncan of Springfield, ID: 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a stepdaughter, Louann Duncan.

Jeraldine is burried at the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, USA 

F.A.G.# 111071681

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Refrences for all my information include;

Ancestry.com

Newspapers.com

F.A.G. = Findagrave.com. Each person is given a memorial ID number through Find A Grave when they pass away. When you save a relatives F.A.G number in your Virtual Cemetery.

Google

Personal family stories or memories.

As always, to be continued…

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