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| surname: |
| Meyer |
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| given name(s): |
| (Georg) Wilhelm |
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| usually known as: |
| William |
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| birth date/place: |
| 27 February
1826 |
Mönchsroth, Bavaria |
| died: |
| 7 June
1880 |
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| cemetery/city: |
| |
Wisconsin |
| father: |
| J. Adam Meyer |
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| mother: |
| Johanna M. Christ |
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| spouse: |
| M. Barbara Wirth |
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| marriage date/place: |
| 1853 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| children: |
| |
| Barbara Meyer |
| (1854--1942) |
| Wilhelmine F. Meyer |
| (1856--1941) |
| Johann A. Meyer |
| (1857--1937) |
| Edward Meyer |
| (1859--1930) |
| William H. Meyer |
| (1862--1941) |
| A. Elisabetha Meyer |
| (1864--1944) |
| G. Leonhard Meyer |
| (1866--1949) |
| M. Kunigunde Meyer |
| (1867--1953) |
| G. Hermann Meyer |
| (1870--1913) |
| A. Carl Meyer |
| (1872--1951) |
occupation: Machinist
immigration: arrived port of New York, August, 1851
records and documents:
Mechanic's apprencticeship diploma from Germany. Hand-written birth
certificate from hometown. Citizenship papers.
additional information:
Hugo Wallschlaeger's records say he has a "brother in Missouri".
William
and his wife were Lutherans, a minority in southern Germany, which may
be part of the reason they came to America. His native village,
however, was Lutheran.
Mönchsroth (or Moenchsroth) is on the western edge of
Bavaria, in the "Landkreis" (county) of Ansbach. In the
past, the area was the in the Landkreis of Dinkelsbühl.
John Bartelt
2006-01-30
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