| Birth |
21 Aug 1808 |
[6] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00078-4733 |
| Died |
8 Aug 1883 |
St. Jacobs, Waterloo Co., Ontario [7] |
| Person ID |
I20622 |
| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2004 |
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| Father |
John Meyer, b. 4 Dec 1778 |
| Mother |
Barbara Negley, b. 22 Dec 1785 |
| Group Sheet |
F4836 |
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| Family 1 |
Mary Wenger, b. 28 Apr 1814 |
| Children |
| | 1. Diana Meyer, b. 3 Sep 1834 |
| | 2. Louisa Anna Meyer, b. 21 Feb 1836 |
| | 3. Eliab Meyer, b. 7 Jun 1837 |
| | 4. Solomon Meyer, b. 20 Aug 1838 |
| | 5. Isaac Myers, b. 20 Nov 1839 |
| | 6. Mary Ann Meyer, b. 17 Jul 1841 |
| | 7. Sarah Meyer, b. 17 Feb 1843 |
| | 8. Elizabeth Meyer, b. 17 May 1844 |
| | 9. Hannah Meyer, b. 14 Mar 1846 |
| | 10. Absalom Meyer, b. 13 Jul 1847 |
| | 11. Barbara Meyer, b. 12 May 1849 |
| | 12. John W. Meyer, b. 10 May 1851 |
| | 13. Aaron Meyer, b. 1 Jun 1853 |
| | 14. Elizabeth Meyers, b. 17 May 1844 |
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| Group Sheet |
F3949 |
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| Notes |
John Meyer, "the fourth member of last named family, was born August 21st, 1808. He came to Canada when a young man and settled in the county of Waterloo. At his arrival here he was engaged by Mr. Jacob S. Shoemaker of Bridgeport where he put in his first work in Canada. He was married to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Wenger (maiden name Zimmerman). She was born April 28th, 1814, and died March 16th, 1868. They resided in the township of Woolwich, one mile east of Heidelberg where she died. After her death he was again married to a Mrs. Wenger and during the last years of his life he resided in the village of St. Jacobs where he died August 8th, 1883. They had a family of thirteen children, viz:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 86 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 624 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 107 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 355 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 114 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 86 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 86 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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