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Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer 1839 – 1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1839

Birth Location: Prussia

Death Date: 5 December 1918

Death Location: Natal, South Africa

Father: Johann Meÿer

Mother: Anna Eggeman

Spouse(s): Lizetta Westermeyer

Children(s): Charles Meyer, Adolph Meyer

Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer was born in 1839 in Prussia, the child of Johann Friedrich Nicolaus Meÿer and Anna Catharine Marie Eggeman. Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer married Lizetta Margaretha Regina Westermeyer, and had children including Charles John Meyer, Adolph William Meyer. Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer passed away in 1918 in Natal, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer was born in 1839 in Prussia, the child of Johann Friedrich Nicolaus Meÿer and Anna Catharine Marie Eggeman.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer married Lizetta Margaretha Regina Westermeyer, and had children including Charles John Meyer, Adolph William Meyer.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer passed away in 1918 in Natal, South Africa.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Friedrich Meyer's Ancestors

Self
Friedrich Meyer
1839 – 1918
Birth Place: Prussia
Parents
Johann Friedrich Nicolaus Meÿer
1808 – 1887
Kalkriese, Bramsche, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
Anna (Catharine Marie) Eggeman
1802 – 1874
Schleptrup, Ksp Engter, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Grandparents
Gerhard (Heinrich) Meyer
1743 –
Germany
Cathrine (Charlotte) Kuhlmann
Johann (Friedrich) Eggemann
1773 – 1846
Ksp Engter, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Anne (Catherine Margarethe (Elsabein)) Schlüsemeyer
1777 – 1851
Engter
Great-Grandparents
Johann Eggemann
1752 – 1789
Anna Unkenholt
1742 – 1814
Hermann Schlüsemeÿer
1743 – 1816
Elsabein Schlüsemeÿer
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Friedrich Meyer's Descendants

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Friedrich (Wilhelm) Meyer (1839 – 5 December 1918) m. Lizetta (Margaretha Regina) Westermeyer (24 Feb 1850 – 10 Aug 1923)
  1. 1. Charles (John) Meyer (abt 1877 – 1918) m. Maude Teague (17 Jul 1877 – 1957)
    1. 1. Herbert (William) Meyer (Abt. 1897 – 1973) m. Elizabeth (Fuller) McLaren (14 Jun 1900 – 1968)
      1. 1. Myrtle (Doreen) Meyer (14 May 1927 – 1993) m. Leonard (James) Hunter (24 September 1923 – January 1990)
        1. 1. David (Leonard) Hunter (30 Aug 1949 – 10 Jun 2009) m. Marlene Unknown
        2. 2. Donald (William) Hunter (21 Mar 1952 – 28 August 1997) m. Maureen (J) Tootell (Jan 1955 – )
        3. 3. Michael (John) Hunter (9 Mar 1957 – ) m. Gill Unknown
      2. 2. Kenneth (Brian) Meyer (20 Feb 1932 – 1 Jan 1990) m. Zoe (Helena) Butler
        1. 1. Kim (William) Meyer (23 Sep 1958 – )
        2. 2. Sandi (Lyn Meyer (Van der Westhuizen, Formerly) Scholtz) (28 Sep 1968 – )
      3. 3. Trevor Meyer (Aft. 1933 – )
      4. 4. Pamela (Joyce) Meyer (16 Feb 1934 – 30 Jul 2005) m. John Guthrie m. Unknown Phillips
        1. 1. Barry Guthrie
        2. 2. Elizabeth Guthrie m. Norman Robinson
        3. 3. Ann Phillips
        4. 4. Edward Phillips
        5. 5. Ronald Phillips
    2. 2. Doris (Maud) Meyer (31 MAY 1899 – 1989) m. Andrew (Herbert) Wilson
    3. 3. Douglas (Charles) Meyer (abt 1896 – )
    4. 4. Myrtle (Annie) Meyer (21 OCT 1909 – 15 AUG 1919)
  2. 2. Adolph (William) Meyer (14 Jul 1878 – 6 May 1954) m. Ethel (Elizabeth) Hardman (1885 – 1986)
    1. 1. Clifford (Frederick) Meyer (22 May 1905 – 01 July 1976)
    2. 2. Pearl (Elizabeth) Meyer (15 Apr 1908 – ) m. Horace (Leslie) Swaby (1 Feb 1909 – )
      1. 1. Brian Swaby (17 May 1949 – )

Friedrich Meyer's Timeline

3 Records

1838
16 Nov 1838
Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer in Bramsche, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
Bramsche, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
1839
1839
Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer in Prussia
Prussia
1918
5 December 1918
Age 79
Death of Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer in Natal, South Africa
Natal, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1838
    Event Place: Bramsche, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1839
    Event Place: Prussia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 5 Dec 1918
    Event Place: uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Record Source: Findagrave, Frederick William Meyer 5 Dec 1918

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 December 1918
    Event Place: Natal, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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