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     Zacharias Hoffman was baptized on 2 October 1743 at Kingston, NY.¹ He died before April 1755.¹

     Zacharias Hoffman was baptized on 8 April 1755 at Shawangunk, NY.¹ He married Maria J Terwilliger.¹

     Zacharias T Hoffman was baptized on 18 October 1747 at Kingston, NY, (DRC.)^2,3 He married Annatje DeWitt, daughter of Cornelius DeWitt and Sarah Hoornbeck, on 30 July 1773.¹

     Zacherias Hoffman was baptized on 6 December 1713.¹ He (1) married Helena Van Wyck.^2,3 Zacherias Hoffman (2) married Letitia Brinkerhoff on 6 July 1775.² Zacherias Hoffman died on 24 March 1798 at Red Hook.²

     Benjamin Hofman was born on 13 February 1770.¹ He was baptized on 4 March 1770.¹

     Catharina Hofman was baptized on 16 June 1782 at Marbletown, NY.^1,2

     Maria Hofman was baptized on 27 February 1774 at Marbletown, NY.^1,2 She married Richard Lounsbury, son of Edward Lounsbury and Elizabeth Keator, on 11 August 1796 at Marbletown, NY.^1,2 Maria Hofman died on 20 March 1839 at Marbletown, NY.^1,2

     Name variation: Margaret Hoffman.³ Name variation: Maria Hoffman.² Married name: Lounsbury.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.^2,4

     Petrus Hofman was baptized on 2 March 1777 at Marbletown, NY.^1,2

     Sarah Hofman was baptized on 16 July 1768 at Marbletown, NY.^1,2

     Pauline Hofmann married William Alexander Logan.¹

     Married name: Logan.

     Agnes Hofstetter was born on 15 January 1854 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 17 January 1854.¹

     Alois Hofstetter was born on 19 April 1851 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Crescentia Vogel. Alois Hofstetter died in 1950.¹ He was buried in 1950 in Ingolstadt.¹

     Alois Hofstetter was a Schreinermeister (master carpenter.)¹ Alois Hofstetter lived at House No. 34A at Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He and Crescentia had several children:
1. Johannes, was a priest, studied Theology and Law at the Germanicum (only the best go here)
2. second (unnamed) son, was a carpenter
3. Wilhelm
4. Otto, b. 18 Aug 1894, d. 29 May 1981
5. Florian, the youngest son, went to U.S. in 1928
6. a girl, who died young.¹

     Alois Raymund Hofstetter was born on 31 August 1775 at Haldenwang, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Katharina Steger.¹ Alois Raymund Hofstetter died on 28 February 1860 at Haldenwang.¹

     Alois Raymund Hofstetter was a tailor (schneider).¹

     Anton Hofstetter was born on 8 September 1845 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He died on 8 October 1845 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria.¹

     Anton Hofstetter was born on 11 September 1848 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Catharina Hofstetter was born on 20 March 1842 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 9 July 1912 at House No. 30, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Crescentia Hofstetter was born on 14 April 1843 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 24 June 1843 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria.¹

     Crescentia Hofstetter was born on 22 March 1850 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 12 June 1921 at House No. 34A, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     She was a cook at House No. 34A, where her brother Alois lived with his wife, Sofie Kuhn.¹

     Florian Hofstetter was born on 1 August 1855 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Sofie Kuhn.¹ He died in 1929 at House No. 44, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     A note says: Florian Hofstetter has a ...(daughter?) Frau Melanie Froelich?. Her son Dr.Walter Froelich of Burgenhausen, was 50 years old in 1981. He was buried at Pentecost, died of a stroke
Death date and burial from letter from Friedl Link.¹

     Florian Hofstetter was born on 17 May 1813 at Haldenwang, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Viktoria Elizabeth Baumeister on 14 July 1840 (They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1890.)¹ Florian Hofstetter died on 16 February 1900 at Haldenwang, Bavaria, (H. Linck Ahnentafel lists death in Haldenwangmore likely Wettenhausen, as he is buried there.)¹ He was buried in Wettenhausen.¹

     Florian Hofstetter was an Essigsieder (vinegar maker) and according to church records, a widower, Soeldner u. Schaeffler (mercenary soldier and cooper.)¹ Florian Hofstetter and Viktoria Elizabeth lived at House No. 29 at Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, where their children were born.¹
     His grandson, and mayor of Wettenhausen, Florian Hofstetter, gave the eulogy at his funeral, calling his grandfather 'Ein braver, rechtschaffner Mann.'- ' a worthy upright man.¹'
     The children are all born at house #29 in Wettenhausen.¹

     Frindaricka Barbara Hofstetter was born on 2 April 1901 at Aichach, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She married Ernst Heinrich Linck on 21 November 1921 at Aichach, Bavaria.¹ Frindaricka Barbara Hofstetter died in 1985 at Aichach, Bavaria.¹

     Married name: Linck.

     George Hofstetter was born on 7 May 1904 at Aichach, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Anna Ottilie Kneissl, daughter of Johann Baptist Kneissl and Ottilie Schafer, on 22 October 1927 (Brooklyn, NY.)¹ George Hofstetter died on 17 April 1980 at Merchantville, Camden County, NJ.¹ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Cherry Hill.¹

     When he first came to the U.S., he stayed at a rooming house. Later shared an apt. with his friend Josef Gruber 'Gruber Sepp', and Hans Kneissl.
BIOGRAPHY: George Hofstetter (May 7, 1904 - April 17,1980)
     Georg Hofstetter was born in Aichach, a small walled city in Bavaria ten years before WWI began. His mother had been married to a brushmaker, Josef Jakob and had borne him 5 children (including twins.) Josef died when the children were quite small, and in his last illness he urged her to go to Augsburg and see Otmar Georg Hofstetter the brushmaker. Anna saw him, and apparently marriage and taking over the business were discussed. However, she had crooked teeth, and the marriage did not take place until she had had her teeth pulled and new false ones fitted.
     Anna had two children by her second husband, a girl Friedl, and three years later a son Georg. Georg (the e was added when he came to America, but his last name remained the same) went to school until the sixth grade, and then became apprenticed to a carpenter. His older half brothers were already trained as brushmakers to continue the family business under the Jakob name.
     When George was 14 in 1919, his father died of influenza in the great epidemic having been weakened as the result of a hernis operation. The older half brothers were still quite young to carry on the brush business, and George and his mother would go into the forests to pick mushrooms or anything else edible. Times were not good - turnips were the staple of everyone's diet.
     George's children never had a turnip until they were adults- they were never served in his home in the U.S.!
     George's good friend, Tony Schafer, had an uncle Max Schafer, who had signed on as crew on a ship coming from Germany in the early 1900's. Max walked off the ship in New York - many family legends about this - but he did stay, opened a delicatessen in Brooklyn, and retired at 40 on the mortgages he held.
     Through Tony's efforts, Max agreed to sponsor George. His mother made him 12 carpenter's apron, sewed shirts, knitted a dozen socks, etc. to outfit him for his journey to the New World- as the youngest son of a poor family, this was his best opportunity.
     In 1922, at the age of 18, very thin from a bout of pneumonia, George prepared to leave. In addition to the clothes his mother had made him, he had his inheritance from his father- 18,000 Marks. He wanted a raincoat to take with him, but his mother regretfully said she didn't have the money.
     In nearby Augsburg, he took the train to Bremen. There, Anna Kneissl 22, a niece of Max Schafer, was also boarding the train. Her mother said to George about her only daughter, 'Take good care of her!' never suspecting that five years later they would marry.
     When they got to Bremen, the raincoat still on his mind, George set out to buy one before he set sail. In the year 1922, inflation was rampant in Germany. A raincoat cost 25,000 Marks! He left without one (see New Yorker article below).
     Like so many others, when he was asked if he had a job at Ellis Island, he said yes - and had to remain a day until Max Schafer came to explain that it was a mistake. A few days later, carrying his own tools, he started work at the Steinway factory. He then made the first speaker boxes for Victor when talking movies came to NYC. He spent 43 years with RCA, educated 2 daughters who have masters degrees, and was very proud to be an American. The names of George Hofstetter and Anna Kneissl will appear on the Ellis Island memorial list.
     According to a post card from Germany, after their marriage they lived at 447 36th St in Brooklyn.
     In retirement, he was a very active member of the Merchantville Shade Tree Commission, and he and Anna took several trips to Germany, England, Greek islands, Western states with his sister from Germany, and enjoyed fishing and Beach Haven. A trip to Africa for their 50th wedding anniversary (1997) was cancelled when he was hospitalized with a colostomy for colon cancer. He continued to battle this desease, having the colostomy reversed in 1978, and again redone less than a year later.
     He died at home April 17, 1980 and was buried from St. Peter's Church in Calvary Cemetery. The shade tree commission had a tree planted in front of the church in his memory.

New Yorker 4/28/97, p.190
'In 1923, the year the French occupied the Ruhr, a thousand seven hundred and eight-three German presses ran day and night churning out bills that ended up literally not being worth the paper they were printed on..... The Recihsmark moved from just over four to the dollar in July 1914 to four trillion two hundred thousand to the dollar in November 1923.¹'

     Maria Anna Hofstetter was born on 4 February 1841 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 11 October 1908.¹

     At the time of her death she was the widow Menrad. She had lived in Burbenbach while married, and returned to Wettenhausen when she was widowed.¹ Married name: Menrad.

     Notburga Hofstetter was born on 19 October 1852 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 25 November 1852 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria.¹

     Otmar Georg Hofstetter was baptized on 11 July 1858 at Wettenhausen.¹ He was born on 11 July 1858 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Anna Huber, daughter of Johann Nepomuk Huber and Maria Anna Gerstmeier, on 3 January 1899 at Aichach, Bavaria, Germany.¹ Otmar Georg Hofstetter died on 13 February 1919 at Aichach, Bavaria.¹

     He was the 14th child. He was a brushmaker by trade, and before his marriage worked in Augsburg. He died in the influenza epidemic which followed WWI, after he had had a hernia operation.¹

     Simplicia Hofstetter died on 2 March 1857.¹ She was born on 2 March 1857 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Therese Hofstetter was born on 15 May 1844 at Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Victoria Hofstetter was born on 8 October 1846 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 9 September 1919 at House No. 45, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, unmarried.¹

     James Hoge was born on 23 July 1783.¹ He married Eleanor Howe, daughter of Daniel Howe and Nancy Haven, on 5 June 1810.²

     Seven children. Name variation: Gen. James Hoge.¹

     James Hoge was born on 12 January 1742.¹ He married Eleanor Howe, daughter of Joseph Howe and Eleanor Dunbar, in 1763.¹ James Hoge died on 5 April 1812.¹