Dear Fred, are you sure this is meant to be a profession - and not referring to the surname Meyer ? To say for sure, you'd have to quote the full context. In farming villages in Bavaria the largest farm would often be called "Maier Farm" - and in many cases the owner would in later times also be the Mayor; at the time of surname creation this would have had a slightly different meaning, but still implying that the owner had a certain standing in the community. I'm not familiar with this convention in Switzerland - which doesn't mean it was not the case in cantons I'm not familiar with ;-). Best regards - Wolf > ---------- > Von: Fred H.Straumann[SMTP:fstrauma@idirect.com] > Gesendet: Montag, 3. Januar 2000 01:59 > An: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: [SWITZ] Definition of <Meyer> > > Hi Listers, > I'm translating my Familytree from German to English. Some ancester's > occupation was : <Meyer> as in Meyerhansjoggi. (Hansjoggi means Hans > Jakob.) > What is the definition of <Meyer> . Was he a Reeve (Vogt) or Mayor > (Buergermeister) ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance Fred > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Swiss Resource Site > http://swiss.genealogy.net >