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Benjamin Franklin Meyer 1878–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Dec 1878

Birth Location: Corwin, Ida, Iowa, USA

Death Date: 31 Dec 1944

Death Location: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA

Father: Frederick Meyer

Mother: Eliza Corrin

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Benjamin Franklin Meyer was born in 1878 in Corwin, Ida, Iowa, USA, the child of Frederick Wilhelm Meyer And Eliza May Corrin. Benjamin Franklin Meyer passed away in 1944 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Franklin Meyer was born in 1878 in Corwin, Ida, Iowa, USA, the child of Frederick Wilhelm Meyer And Eliza May Corrin.
  • Benjamin Franklin Meyer passed away in 1944 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Benjamin Meyer's Ancestors

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Benjamin Meyer
1878–1944
Birth Place: Corwin, Ida, Iowa, USA
Parents
Frederick Wilhelm Meyer
1851–1917
Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen, Germany
Eliza (May) Corrin
1863–1911
Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA
Grandparents
Christopher Meyer
1822–1909
Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Anna (Christina Katrina) Vorwerk
1829–1897
Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Hans Meyer
1794–1847
Marie Lohmann
1802–1828
Heinrich Vorwerk
1800–1831
Anna Petersen
1787–1830
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian Mayer
1767–1839
Cordt Vorwerk
1770–
Carsten Petersen
1742–1830

Benjamin Meyer's Timeline

2 Records

1878
13 Dec 1878
Birth of Benjamin Franklin Meyer in Corwin, Ida, Iowa, USA
Corwin, Ida, Iowa, USA
1944
31 Dec 1944
Age 66
Death of Benjamin Franklin Meyer in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Dec 1878
    Event Place: Corwin, Ida, Iowa, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Dec 1944
    Event Place: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA

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