The Hoeft family line extended? Part 1

After many years of genealogy research I had not extended my Hoeft family beyond what I basically knew when I first started in the last century.  Maybe I didn't try hard enough or ask enough questions. I recently entered the name Karl Friedrich Hoeft and a result was returned from the database Pomerania, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1544-1883.

Now Karl Friedrich was not an uncommon name nor did I know of a connection with Sandow.  In a previous post I talked about a connection to Berlinchen. So what can I make of this record?  According to the tombstone in Rock Lily Cemetery in Winslow, Illinois Karl (or Charles) date of birth was listed as June 17, 1833. I will want to compare it to the death record from Green County, Wisconsin. I am not deterred by the date since June 17th could easily be July 17th.  What did the informants know and how did they know.  I am not aware of a Hoeft family bible though it could exist somewhere.

The next record I found was this:

In my records Karl married Ernestine Marie Gransee about 1864.  This record places it squarely in 1864 in Falkenberg. This village is the birthplace of their first known child Wilhemine Hoeft born in 1865. Note Karl's birth date is placed about 1834.  In the actual record itself it notes the ages.  The age for Marie Gransee is also consistent with the birth year 1841 of Ernestine Marie Gransee. Her death certificate stated her birthday as February 20, 1841.

I next found records for two people I believe to be brothers to Karl.  Christian Friedrich Hoeft and Johann Friedrich.

This connection is based on a woman named Emilie Marie Hoeft born in 1875 in Kreis Soldin to Christian Hoeft and Albertine Manthey.  My great aunt Florence Haeft Henry had kept an old wedding invitation for Emilie's marriage to John Trescher in Rock County, Wisconsin.

In a census record for 1900 the reported birth month and year was April 1836.  The record above says 8 April 1837. Close but maybe not conclusive.

Another issue is with the Berlinchen record I referenced in a previous post.  In it Christian Hoeft, son of Johann Daniel Hoeft and Wilhelmine Roloff was married to a Charlotte Louise Wilhelmine Rohde in 1861.  As I noted above the Christian Hoeft I believe is Karl's brother was married to Albertine Manthey.  Possibly Albertine was a second wife?

The other brother was Johann Frederick Hoeft.  From Familysearch.org I found the record below.

Again the birth year is off by one.  The records I have indicate a birthdate of August 2, 1840. Also his birthplace is listed on his death certificate as Zachau, Pommern.