Biography
Terézia (Theresa) Grammer was born September 12, 1874, in Királydaróc, Szatmár, Hungary (today Craidorolț, Satu Mare, Romania), the daughter of János Grammer (1840–1886) and Theresia Rist (1848–1915). She was baptized the next day in the local Catholic parish.
On June 21, 1891, she married János (John) Neuhoff in Királydaróc. Together they had three children: Veronika (1892–1959), Anna (1893–1953), and József "Joe" (1898–1974).
During the early 1900s, while John worked in America, Theresa remained in Hungary and managed property in Királydaróc. After the First World War, she sold the family home and emigrated in 1921 with her children, traveling through Antwerp and entering at Ellis Island before reuniting with John in Aurora, Illinois.
In Aurora, she and John built their life together among the Catholic immigrant community. She became a U.S. citizen in 1940.
Theresa died November 26, 1951, in Aurora, Illinois. Parish records confirm she received the Last Rites before her death. She was buried in consecrated ground at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery on November 29, 1951.
She rests beside her husband John under their shared headstone marked with the family name Neuhoff, in Section 4, Lot 64.
Biography
Terézia (Theresa) Grammer was born September 12, 1874, in Királydaróc, Szatmár, Hungary (today Craidorolț, Satu Mare, Romania), the daughter of János Grammer (1840–1886) and Theresia Rist (1848–1915). She was baptized the next day in the local Catholic parish.
On June 21, 1891, she married János (John) Neuhoff in Királydaróc. Together they had three children: Veronika (1892–1959), Anna (1893–1953), and József "Joe" (1898–1974).
During the early 1900s, while John worked in America, Theresa remained in Hungary and managed property in Királydaróc. After the First World War, she sold the family home and emigrated in 1921 with her children, traveling through Antwerp and entering at Ellis Island before reuniting with John in Aurora, Illinois.
In Aurora, she and John built their life together among the Catholic immigrant community. She became a U.S. citizen in 1940.
Theresa died November 26, 1951, in Aurora, Illinois. Parish records confirm she received the Last Rites before her death. She was buried in consecrated ground at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery on November 29, 1951.
She rests beside her husband John under their shared headstone marked with the family name Neuhoff, in Section 4, Lot 64.
Inscription
NEUHOFF
Mother
Theresa
1874 – 1951
Father
John
1865 – 1954
Gravesite Details
Shared headstone with her husband, John (1865–1954). Both are buried in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Section 4, Lot 64, Graves 3 and 4. Two additional graves (5 and 6) in the Neuhoff lot remain open, reserved as part of the original purchase.
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