From History of Walworth County Wisconsin, Vol. II, by Albert Clayton 
Beckwith, Publ. 1912 - Page 1104-1105
 
FATHER JOHN JOSEPH WEINHOFF.  One of the highly esteemed citizens of Walworth 
county is Father John Joseph WEINHOFF, of East Troy, a man who has done an 
incalculable amount of good in ameliorating the condition of the people among 
whom he has intermingled, and yet is plain, humble and unassuming, caring 
little for the plaudits of men, content to know that he is following in the 
footsteps of his Master.
 
The subject was born in Milwaukee county, Wisconsin in 1865. He is the son of 
Gerard and Mary (RYNDERS) WEINHOFF.  The father was born in Rhine province, 
Germany, in 1828, and the mother was born in Holland in 1835.  Gerard WEINHOFF 
grew up in his native country and he served in the German revolution from 1848 
to 1851.  He came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1853, and to this state came 
Mary RYNDERS in 1850, with her parents, Gerard and Elizabeth RYNDERS, and the 
death of the father occurred in Milwaukee in 1869.
 
The father of the subject was a farmer in Milwaukee county.  He was a Democrat 
politically, but not active in public affairs.  He and his wife were devoted 
Catholics.  They were the parents of six children, two sons and four 
daughters, all living at this writing except one son.
 
Father John J. WEINHOFF was reared on the home farm, where he assisted with 
the general work when a boy, and he attended the parochial schools and the 
Normal school of Milwaukee, from which he was graduated.  Later he attended 
the Normal school and St. Frances Seminary, from which he was graduated in 
1889.  He was assistant pastor at St. Joseph, Wisconsin, for one year, then 
went to Sullivan, Jefferson county, this state, where he remained from 1890 to 
1896.  In August of the last named year he came to East Troy, Walworth county, 
where he has since been pastor of St. Peter's church. He has also served as 
pastor at the church at Mukwonago since 1896.  The church in East Troy 
represents one hundred and sixty-five families, and that of Mukwonago forty 
families.  He has greatly strengthened the work in each place, building up 
these charges in a most commendable manner.  He is known as an earnest worker, 
kind, obliging and willing to make any sacrifices for the betterment of his 
parishioners.
 
Submitted by Carol