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     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 He died on 17 April 1980 at Merchantville, Camden County, NJ, at age 75.¹ He was buried in the 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 (inclu- ding 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.
New Yorker 4/28/97, p.190
'In 1923, the year the Frenh 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.' 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.
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.¹

     Maria Anna Hofstetter was born on 4 February 1841 at House No. 29, Wettenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 11 October 1908 at age 67.¹
     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

     Otmar Georg Hofstetter was christened 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 He died on 13 February 1919 at Aichach, Bavaria, Germany, at age 60.¹
     Name variation: BursM.¹      He was the 14th child. He was a brushmaker by trade, and before his marriage worked in Augsburg. He died in the influenza epedemic which followed WWI, after he had had a hernia operation.

BIOGRAPHY: #12,13
(Otmar) Georg Hofstetter Name Anna Huber
Bu'rstenmachermeister (Brushmaker)
11 July 1858 Born 27 September 1860 Wettenhausen
Where Hoechstaedt 3 January 1899 Married Aichach Where
13 February 1919 Died 4 February 1939
Buried
Aichach Where Aichach
Florian Hofstetter Father Johann Nepomuk Huber Viktoria Baumeister Mother Maria Anna Gerstmeier
Other spouse Josef Jakob
Children Anna 1894
Josef 1895
Karl
Twin Boys- one died at
birth, the other drowned while
ice-skating? age 12 Children Friedl b. 2 April 1901 m. Heinrich Linck, malermeister Georg b. 7 May 1904 m. Anna Ottilie Kneissl








BIOGRAPHY.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, at age 72 unmarried.¹

     James Hoge married Eleanor Howe, daughter of Daniel Howe and Nancy Haven, on 5 June 1810.
     Name variation: General.

     James Hoge was born in 1732. He married Elizabeth Howe, daughter of Joseph Howe and Eleanor Dunbar, in 1768. He died on 1 May 1830.

     Hendrick von Hogencampen Hogencamp married.
     Information from sources below; Person Source.¹

     Hendrickje Hogencamp was born between 15 January 1716 and 1717 at Tappan, NY. She was christened on 23 April 1717. She married Thomas Mapes, son of William Mapes II and Tabitha Case, circa 1732. She died in 1779 at New York.
     History of Rockland County, David Cole, identifies 3 children of Thomas and Hendrickje Hogencamp. FGS - 1996 Mapes Newsletter gives name as Hannah Huydekoper. Thomas may have been married twice, the second time to Hannah Huydekoop; if so, unknown which children belong to which marriage. Married name: Mapes. Name variation: Hannah Huydecoup.

     Margrietje Hogencamp was born on 9 October 1687.¹ She married Theunis Taelman, son of Douwe Tallman and Dirckje Theunisse, on 11 January 1710.¹
     Married name: Taelman.

     Myndert Hendricksen Hogencamp was born circa 1655 at Meppelen, The Netherlands. He married Jannetje Hendrickse Wiltse, daughter of Hendrick Martenson Wiltse, on 23 April 1681 at New Amsterdam, NY. He died circa 1700.
     Myndert and Jannetje lived on Long Island at the time of their marriage. The couple stayed there until the birth of their first child when they moved to NYC. In 1692 Myndert bought land in Haverstraw where they moved.

     Hendrik Hogenkamp was born on 15 March 1682 at New York. He married Triente Crom, daughter of Floris Williamsen Crum and Lena Ariaens Smidt, on 24 June 1713 at Dutch Reformed Church, Tappan, NY. He died before 1717.
     Hendrick inherited his father's land in Haverstraw.

     Ruth Hoggins married Daniel Willford, son of George S. Willford and Anne Donley.¹ She was born circa 1830 at Greene County, PA.¹ She died in 1902 at Pleasants Co., WV.¹
     Married name: Willford.

     John Hoitsma married Jennie Dykstra.^1,2 He was born on 7 November 1891 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, The Netherlands.^1,3,4,2 He died on 12 February 1972 at Bergen Pines Hospital, Paramus, Bergen County, NJ, at age 80.^1,2 He was buried on 15 February 1972 in the Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Fair Lawn.^1,2
     Surviving, besides his wife, are two sons: Samuel of Upeer Saddle River and John of Franklin Lakes, two brothers: Louis of Mahwah and Stuart of the Netherlands, and two sisters: Tillie of Wayne and Coba (Plantiga) of the Netherlands.^1,2 He was a baker. He was associated with the Hoitsma Bakery in Paterson, Passaic County, NJ at Paterson, Passaic County, NJ.^1,2      

His parents were Jan Hoitsma and Geertje van Gelder. Seven more children of this couple are born in an unknown place , and the names match the surviving brothers and sisters.^5,2 He immigrated in 1915 in 1915.^1,2 He lived after 1945 at 488 Grove Street, Ridgewood, Bergen County, NJ, A John Jr. and Samuel are at the same address.^1,6,2

     Anna Maria Holbeck was born in 1805 at Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia.¹ She married Karl Ludwig Schmidt, son of Jacob Schmidt and Marie Christine Post, on 1 July 1831 at Wilfang, N. Schleswig.¹ She died on 24 February 1862 at Bluegrass, Scott County, IA.¹
     Married name: Schmidt.

     Adrian Holbert was born on 11 August 1809 at Minisink, Orange County, NY. He married Hannah Sayer in 1832. He married Harriet Wisner in 1845. He married Frances Wells on 22 December 1870.
     Adrian was in business and farming. He built a very substantial house near the old homestead on a few acres when he retired.

     Augusta Minturn Holbert was born on 22 June 1910 at Sugar Loaf, Orange County, NY.¹ She married John Seeger Laroe on 28 September 1928 at Sugar Loaf, Orange County, NY.
     Married name: Laroe.

     Charles lived in Kansas.

     Coe Holbert was born on 15 December 1800. He died on 29 July 1849 at age 48.
     Coe never married.

     Elsie Holbert was born in 1850. She married George Washington Galloway Jr, son of George Washington Galloway and Amy R Smith, in 1870. She died in 1883.
     Married name: Galloway.

     Emilie Holbert was born in 1845. She married George Washington Galloway Jr, son of George Washington Galloway and Amy R Smith, on 10 December 1862.¹ She died in 1867.
     Married name: Galloway.

     Emilie Catherine Holbert was born on 11 March 1906 at Sugar Loaf, NY. She married Chester Kinne Moore on 24 October 1925 at Sugar Loaf, Orange County, NY.¹ She died on 18 February 1992 at Hanover, NH, at age 85. She was buried in Warwick.
     They lived on Fairmount Pl, Paramus, NJ. Name variation: Emily Holbert. Married name: Moore. Married name: Brown.

     Emily Holbert was born on 12 October 1868 at Sugar Loaf, NY.¹ She married on 22 August 1894. She died in 1925.¹

     Ezra Holbert was born on 6 March 1802. He married Ann Weeden. He died on 29 January 1873 at age 70.

     Fanny Holbert was born on 21 October 1808. She married John Vanderoot circa 1830.²
     Married name: Vanderoot.

     Geraldine Frances Holbert was born on 13 November 1915.
     She lived at 356 North Old Nassau Rd., Jamesburg, NJ.

     Jane Holbert was born on 2 October 1817. She died on 21 March 1864 at age 46.
     Jane never married.

     Jesse Holbert was born on 12 June 1803. He married Maria Reid Whitman on 5 April 1827. He died on 17 March 1849 at age 45.

     Jesse Vandervort Holbert was born on 17 July 1878 at Sugar Loaf, Orange County, NY.¹ He married Lillian Augusta Hofinger on 22 November 1914.¹ He died on 24 December 1970 at age 92.¹
     He was an insurance salesman, and a piano tuner.

     John Smith Holbert was born on 6 August 1812. He married Catherine Berkholf.² He died on 11 December 1874 at age 62.

     Maria Holbert was born on 15 November 1804. She married John Knapp on 5 April 1827. She died on 24 April 1882 at age 77.
     Married name: Knapp.