Please translate portions of the attached Hofmeister Genealogy document.
Line2, Line 3, and in section 4 the entries
for Regula, Margaretha and Leonhard.
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I read
Line 1: Hans Hofmeister von Pfeffikon (today: Pfäffikon) ward Bürger 1423.
Line 2:
Ulrich + (died) maji (May) 1533. Ux(or = wife) Ana Sprüngli
Vitus, V.D.M. (verbi divini magister = preacher of God's words) ward Pfr (Pfarrer) gen(annt = mentioned) Mänidorf (Männedorf) 1529, + 1530 ledigen Stands (unmarried).
So both could have been born in 1440 or not too much afterwards - could fit Hans as father if he gained citizenship in 1423 as a young man.
Line 3:
Caspar + in majo 1559. Ux. 1) Regula Meyer in Aug(?) 1534, 2) Barbara Riser 1536, + 1564 im Jan.
Sebastian g(enannt?) 1531.
So Caspar married ) in 1534 and 2) in 1536. He died 1559, his widow 1564.
Line 4:
Leonhard, g im Jul 1542, V.D.M. ward Diacon gen. Stein 1566, Pfr. gen. Stelborn [Steckborn??] 1567, gen. Männedorf 1569 und gen. Hedingen 1574, +1593. Ux. 1) Magdalena Schmid, Joh(anne)s Schmiden, Pfr. zu Dübendorf u(nd) Decan u(nd) Agatha Ambüel T(ochter) im Jul 1566. 2) Dorothea Paur, Rudolf Pauern des Raths u(nd) Elisabeth Enzlin/Erzlin(?) T(ochter) im Jul 1553 [likely wrong: sequence of marriages and only 11 years old?] so hernach wieder Niclaus Zundel geheürathet (she married as widow the Niclaus Zundel).
Regula, gb (born) 1546, heür (heiratet - marries) Leonh(ard) Vögeli, Pfr (Pfarrer = priest) .... am Ontenbach (Ottenbach?).
Margaretha, g (born) 1549, +im Jun 1616. Heür. 1) Felix Meyer im Oct 1559 [aged 10 years - or was the husband born then?], 2) Georg Öchsli, 3) Oswald Jenaz(?) Pfr. zu Küßnacht, 4) Rudolf Käufler(?), Zftm (Zunftmeister?) u(nd) Silher (member of the "Kleiner Rat" = the "core council").
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Thank you very much. This is very interesting. An awful lot of clergymen in this family. I still have a question about Leonard: "V.D.M. ward Diacon gen. Stein 1566, Pfr. gen. Stelborn [Steckborn??] 1567, gen. Männedorf 1569 und gen. Hedingen 1574, +1593". What does V.D.M. mean? Does this say he became a deacon "gen"? in Stein in 1566 and a pastor in the other towns in those particular years?
Regarding Margaretha being 10 when she married. There are some problems with this genealogy. Regula was 8 when she married Leonard Vögeli. I think she was actually born in 1535. As for Margaretha, I think she belongs to another family. I could not find either her birth record or her marriage record (to Felix Meyer).
In a few days, if it's ok, I will send you the information on the Vögeli family. It will be interesting to see how the entry on Leonard compares to what was written here.
Thanks, again for all your help over these past several weeks.
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I have tried to describe V.D.M. and other positions in the church in a separate discussion.
"gen." (genannt) means mentioned. Leonhard first completed his study and was ordinated (no mention when). In 1566 he is mentioned as Diacon in Stein - no mention since when. Later he is mentioned as pastor in thre other parishes.
As far as years of birth and family relations is concerned: I have to agree with you that there are some questions to be asked - but I cannot help you with that. I will be difficult and certainly quite time consuming to sort this out.
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Thanks for your comments. They are really helpful.
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