Mihaly "Michael" VEHOFER, (Wehofer)

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• FamilySearch ID: GF5F-BK2
• Occupation: Herbal Doctor
• Occupation: ; Maurergeselle - Bauer in Mischendorf (1896)
• Residence: ; Kleinbachselten Nr. 28 bei Heirat, Nr. 22 - Mischendorf Nr. 26, 107 - Rohrbach a.d.T. Nr. 9
• _UID: CFBCFC08B0CC44C2B433DEBB6FFA9B50E5B2

Notes:

Was nearly hung for treating people without proper medical credentials after several patients died.

Was a Herbal Doctor

AKA Michael/Michl Wehofer and Vehofer

Occupation: Maurergeselle (journeyman mason) - Bauer (farmer) in Mischendorf (1896)

Address: Kleinbachselten Nr. 28 bei Heirat, Nr. 22 - Mischendorf Nr. 26, 107 - Rohrbach a.d.T. Nr. 9

Hungarian History at the time of Mihaly Wehoffer:
On 15 March 1848, mass demonstrations in Pest and Buda enabled Hungarian reformists to push through a list of Twelve Demands. The Hungarian Diet took advantage of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas to enact the April laws, a comprehensive legislative program of dozens of civil rights reforms. Faced with revolution both at home and in Hungary, Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I at first had to accept Hungarian demands. After the Austrian uprising was suppressed, a new emperor Franz Joseph replaced his epileptic uncle Ferdinand. Franz Joseph rejected all reforms and started to arm against Hungary. A year later, in April 1849, an independent government of Hungary was established.[36]

The new government seceded from the Austrian Empire.[37] The House of Habsburg was dethroned in the Hungarian part of the Austrian Empire and the first Republic of Hungary was proclaimed, with Lajos Kossuth as governor and president. The first prime minister was Lajos Batthy?ny. Emperor Franz Joseph and his advisers skillfully manipulated the new nation's ethnic minorities, the Croatian, Serbian and Romanian peasantry, led by priests and officers firmly loyal to the Habsburgs, and induced them to rebel against the new government. The Hungarians were supported by the vast majority of the Slovaks, Germans, and Rusyns of the country, and almost all the Jews, as well as by a large number of Polish, Austrian and Italian volunteers.

Hungarian Economy near turn of the century:

The era witnessed significant economic development in the rural areas. The formerly backwards Hungarian economy became relatively modern and industrialized by the turn of the 20th century, although agriculture remained dominant in the GDP until 1880. In 1873, the old capital Buda and ?buda (Ancient Buda) were officially merged with the third city, Pest, thus creating the new metropolis of Budapest. The dynamic Pest grew into the country's administrative, political, economic, trade and cultural hub.

Technological advancement accelerated industrialization and urbanization. The Gross national product per capita grew roughly 1.45% per year from 1870 to 1913. That level of growth compared very favorably to that of other European nations such as Britain (1.00%), France (1.06%), and Germany (1.51%). The leading industries in this economic expansion were electricity and electro-technology, telecommunications, and transport (especially locomotive, tram and ship construction). The key symbols of industrial progress were the Ganz concern and Tungsram Works. Many of the state institutions and modern administrative systems of Hungary were established during this period.

The census of the Hungarian state in 1910 (excluding Croatia), recorded the following population distribution: Hungarian 54.5%, Romanian 16.1%, Slovak 10.7%, and German 10.4%.[43][44] The religious denomination with the greatest number of adherents was Roman Catholicism (49.3%), followed by the Calvinism (14.3%), Greek Orthodoxy (12.8%), Greek Catholicism (11.0%), Lutheranism (7.1%), and Judaism (5.0%)

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1865, Vehofer Mich in entry for Michael, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Vehofer Mich
1869, Vehofer Mich in entry for Carolus, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Vehofer Mich
1878, Wehofer Mih?ly in entry for P?l, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Wehofer Mih?ly
1872, Wehofer Mich in entry for Wehofer Franciscus, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Wehofer Mich
1841, Wehofer Mih?ly, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Mih?ly
1875, Wehofer Mich in entry for Ignatius, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Wehofer Mich

1870, Vehofer Michael in entry for Josefus, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Vehofer Michael

Mihaly married "Johanna" Janka WALTER on 29 May 1865 in Mischendorf, Vas Hungary. "Johanna" (daughter of Jozsef VALTER and Maria PINTER) was born on 26 Mar 1842 in Mischendorf, Vas Hungary; was christened in in Pinkamiske, Vas Hungary (Mischendorf); and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mihaly "Michael" VEHOFER was born on 18 Oct 1865 in Kleinbachselten, Oberwart, Pinkamiske, Vas Hungary (Mischendorf); and died.
2. Carolus VEHOFER was born on 6 Jan 1869 in Mischendorf, Vas Hungary; died on 21 Jan 1869 in Mischendorf, Vas Hungary.
3. Josefus VEHOFER was born on 11 Jul 1870 in Kleinbachselten, Oberwart, Pinkamiske, Vas Hungary (Mischendorf); and died.
4. Ferencz "Franz" WEHOFER was born on 7 Sep 1872 in Kleinbachselten, Oberwart, Pinkamiske, Vas Hungary (Mischendorf); was christened on 8 Sep 1872 in Mischendorf, Oberwart, Burgenland, ?sterreich; died after 1955 in Probably Austria.
5. Ignaz "Ignatius" WEHOFER was born on 19 Aug 1875 in Pinkamiske, Vas Hungary (Mischendorf); died in 1945 in Mischendorf, Oberwart, Burgenland.
6. Pal VEHOFER was born on 28 Sep 1878 in Mischendorf, Vas Hungary; died on 27 Mar 1882 in Mischendorf, Vas Hungary.

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• FamilySearch ID: KVGC-LMP
• Name: Janos VEHHOFER
• Occupation: ; Knecht
• _UID: 92A61569E6F345338338F2660FF040126BF3

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Occupation: Servant

Hungarian History at the time of Janos Vehhofer:

Hungarian nationalism emerged among intellectuals influenced by the Enlightenment and Romanticism. It grew rapidly, providing the foundation for the revolution of 1848? 49. There was a special focus on the Magyar language, which replaced Latin as the language of the state and the schools.

In the 1820s, Emperor Francis I was forced to convene the Hungarian Diet, which inaugurated a Reform Period. Nevertheless, progress was slowed by the nobles who clung to their privileges (exemption from taxes, exclusive voting rights, etc.). Therefore, the achievements were mostly of a symbolic character, such as the progress of the Magyar language.

Count Istv?n Sz?chenyi, the nation's most prominent statesman, recognized the urgent need for modernization, and his message was taken to heart by other Hungarian political leaders. The Hungarian Parliament was reconvened in 1825 to handle financial needs. A liberal party emerged focusing on the peasantry and proclaiming an understanding of the needs of the laborers. Lajos Kossuth emerged as leader of the lower gentry in the Parliament.

Habsburg monarchs, desiring an agrarian, traditional Hungary, tried to hinder the industrialization of the country. A remarkable upswing started as the nation concentrated on modernization despite Habsburg obstruction of all important liberal laws concerning civil and political rights and economic reforms. Many reformers (such as Lajos Kossuth and Mih?ly T?ncsics) were imprisoned by the authorities.

6 Sources

1831, Vlhkofer Joannes in entry for Maria, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Vlhkofer Joannes
1838, Wehofer J?nos in entry for Wehofer Cecilia, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Vichhoper J?nos
1849, Vehofer Janos in entry for Julia, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Vehofer Janos
1833, Vehhofer Joannes in entry for Theresia, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Vehhofer Joannes
1841, Wehofer J?nos in entry for Wehofer Mih?ly, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Lufer J?nos
1833, Vehhrfer Joannes in entry for Theresia, "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895"
Vehhrfer Joannes

Janos married Eva Maria PLANK, (Twin) on 25 May 1830 in Mischendorf, Oberwart, Burgenland. Eva (daughter of Jozsef PLANK and Maria OSVALD) was born on 18 Oct 1810 in Bachselten, Vas Hungary; was christened in 1810 in Mischendorf, Vas, Hungary; died on 2 Jul 1880 in Bachselten, Vas Hungary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Baptism in Roman Catholic Index 1612-1966 confirms name and parents Josef Plank and Maria Osvald.

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Hungarian History at the time of Johannes Vehhofer:

After 150 years of war between the Hungarians and Ottoman Turks, population growth was stunted and the network of medieval settlements with their urbanized bourgeois inhabitants perished. The 150 years of Turkish wars fundamentally changed the ethnic composition of Hungary. As a result of demographic losses, including deportations and massacres, the number of ethnic Hungarians at the end of the Turkish period was substantially diminished.

Kingdom of Hungary in the early modern period until 1848:
As the Habsburgs' control of the Turkish possessions started to increase, the ministers of Leopold I argued that he should rule Hungary as conquered territory. At the Diet of "Royal Hungary" in Pressburg, in 1687, the Emperor promised to observe all laws and privileges. Nonetheless, hereditary succession of the Habsburgs was recognized, and the nobles' right of resistance was abrogated. In 1690 Leopold began redistributing lands freed from the Turks. Protestant nobles and all other Hungarians thought disloyal by the Habsburgs lost their estates, which were given to foreigners. Vienna controlled the foreign affairs, defense, tariffs, and other functions.

The repression of Protestants and the land seizures frustrated the Hungarians, and in 1703 a peasant uprising sparked an eight-year rebellion against Habsburg rule. In Transylvania, which became the part of Hungary again at the end of the 17th century[21] (as a province, called "Principality of Transylvania" with the Diet seated at Gyulafeh?rv?r), the people united under Francis II R?k?czi, a Roman Catholic magnate. Most of Hungary soon supported R?k?czi, and the Hungarian Diet voted to annul the Habsburgs' right to the throne. Fortunes turned against the Hungarians, however, when the Habsburgs made peace in the West and turned their full force against them. The war ended in 1711, when Count K?rolyi, General of the Hungarian Armies agreed to the Treaty of Szatm?r. The treaty contained the emperor's agreement to reconvene the Diet in Pressburg and to grant an amnesty for the rebels.

Leopold's successor, King Charles III (1711? 40), began building a workable relationship with Hungary after the Treaty of Szatm?r. Charles asked the approval of Diet for the Pragmatic Sanction, under which the Habsburg monarch was to rule Hungary not as Emperor, but as a King subject to the restraints of Hungary's constitution and laws. He hoped that the Pragmatic Sanction would keep the Habsburg Empire intact if his daughter, Maria Theresa, succeeded him. The Diet approved the Pragmatic Sanction in 1723, and Hungary thus agreed to become a hereditary monarchy under the Habsburgs for as long as their dynasty existed. In practice, however, Charles and his successors governed almost autocratically, controlling Hungary's foreign affairs, defense, and finance but lacking the power to tax the nobles without their approval.

Charles organized the country under a centralized administration and in 1715 established a standing army under his command, which was entirely funded and manned by the non-noble population. This policy reduced the nobles' military obligation without abrogating their exemption from taxation. Charles also banned conversion to Protestantism, required civil servants to profess Catholicism, and forbade Protestant students to study abroad.

Maria Theresa (1741? 80) faced an immediate challenge from Prussia's Frederick II when she became head of the House of Habsburg. In 1741 she appeared before the Diet of Pressburg holding her newborn son and entreated Hungary's nobles to support her. They stood behind her and helped secure her rule. Maria Theresa later took measures to reinforce links with Hungary's magnates. She established special schools to attract Hungarian nobles to Vienna.

Under Charles and Maria Theresa, Hungary experienced further economic decline. Centuries of Ottoman occupation and war had reduced Hungary's population drastically, and large parts of the country's southern half were almost deserted. A labor shortage developed as landowners restored their estates. In response, the Habsburgs began to colonize Hungary with large numbers of peasants from all over Europe, especially Slovaks, Serbs, Croatians, and Germans. Many Jews also immigrated from Vienna and the empire's Polish lands near the end of the 18th century. Hungary's population more than tripled to 8 million between 1720 and 1787. However, only 39 percent of its people were Magyars, who lived mainly in the center of the country.

Johannes married Elisabetha. Elisabetha was born in 1784 in Rotenturm a.d..P., Obertwart, Hungary; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Baptism 25 Nov 1774 shows parents names.

Jozsef married Maria OSVALD about 1798. Maria was born about 1776 in Kohfidisch, Vas Hungary; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Parents id from son baptisimal certificate

Georg married Veronica BUGING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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