H and H Coffee

Dedicated to the history of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. founded 1899 in San Antonio, Texas.

William R. Hoffmann Jr.

Infant son of William R. Hoffmann (H&H co-founder) and Wilhelmina “Minnie” Menger Hoffmann. Born December 1910; died January 1911 — surviving only weeks. His brief life is the documented context for Minnie’s grief in the year leading up to William Sr.’s own death in January 1912.

The Hoffmanns had no surviving children; Minnie’s later children (if any) would have been with her second husband, Dr. William J. Schlosser.

Open questions

  • Exact birth and death dates from Bexar County records
  • Cause of death
  • Burial location (likely with the Hoffmann/Menger family plot)
  • Surviving birth or death notices in San Antonio papers (project hasn’t surfaced one yet)

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