“An entire Hofer family probably moved into Imperial Valley (County) and South San Diego (County), California, USA, as dairymen in the early 1930’s (I am not sure of the date). here are still Hofer’s living in these areas of the US…

Not sure if they are still dairy farmers….but you might look at Census information to see if you can find your connection. They are Swiss, not German. I seem to remember the family Patriach was a Julius Hofer, but I could be wrong. Good luck.”
(JM Robinson)