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The family of Louise Sustrath
It is quite likely that Louise Sustrath already knew her future husband Johannes Hof, before moving to Amsterdam. Her elder half-brother Theodor Richard Oberhoff (Theo) was married to Geertruida Hof (Trui), a sister of Johannes Hof. Theodor Oberhoff was born in Elberfeld, Germany, on 15 February 1878. He worked in Amsterdam in a "cooperative kitchen". Theo had married Trui in Amsterdam on 25 October 1911, with whom he had two daughters: Helena Geertruida Oberhoff, born on 24 July 1912, and Christina Theodora Oberhoff, born on 23 March 1918. Theodor Richard was the son of Carl Wilhelm Oberhoff, born on 6 February 1854 in Solingen, Germany, and Helena Orthmann, born in Elberfeld in about 1851 as daughter of Carl Orthmann and Helena Lemmens. In Elberfeld two elder brothers of Theodor had been born as well: Carl Johann Oberhoff in about 1872, and Carl Eugen Oberhoff in 1874 or 1875. Elberfeld is part of Wuppertal nowadays, and is close to Solingen. The two elder brothers seem to have been quite united. The eldest married in The Hague on 25 September 1895, while the younger married two months later on 20 November. The eldest died in The Hague on 22 October 1946, and his younger brother died in the same city on 28 August 1947. Theodor Richard died in Amsterdam on 11 September 1938. Mother Helena Orthmann had died in The Hague on 1 February 1924, 72 years old. Click here for a more extensive Oberhoff genealogy.
Photo of Theo Oberhoff.
The fact that Louise Sustrath and Theo Oberhoff shared the same mother, was also confirmed in recent years by Louise, the eldest daughter of Louise. This daughter also told that Carl Wilhelm Oberhoff and Helena Orthmann had a booth in The Hague, selling Berliner bollen (Berlin balls), a kind of muffins. They already did so in Germany, it is said. At some moment Carl Wilhelm died, and Helena then married the servant. Indeed, Carl Wilhelm died on 17 April 1887, and Helena remarried in The Hague on 21 March 1888 Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm Sustrath, son of Ludwig Sustrath and Louise Keese. By coincidence Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm shows up in the Amsterdam archives as well. He registered in 1881 as a retired soldier, coming from Harderwijk. His date of birth was 25 May 1843, the place of birth being Völksen, a village near Hannover, Germany. He was taken into hospital after a month and left for Bloemendaal afterwards. Eleven years later he became father of Louise Marie at the age of 49. This age will be correct as Louise's eldest daughter remembers her mother always saying that she had an old father.
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