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Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer 1883 – 1970 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7/19/1883

Birth Location: Müsleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

Death Date: 1/1/1970

Death Location: Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA

Father: Carl Meyer

Mother: Wilhelmine Maseberg

Spouse(s): Thomas Higgins

Children(s): Jane Higgins, Robert Higgins

In 1883, Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer entered the world in Müsleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany, born to Carl Friedrich August Meyer and Wilhelmine Maseberg. Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer married Thomas Peter Higgins, and had children including Jane Elizabeth Marie Higgins, Robert Thomas Higgins. Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer passed away in 1970 in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1883, Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer entered the world in Müsleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany, born to Carl Friedrich August Meyer and Wilhelmine Maseberg.
  • Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer married Thomas Peter Higgins, and had children including Jane Elizabeth Marie Higgins, Robert Thomas Higgins.
  • Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer passed away in 1970 in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Carl Meyer
1844 – 1881
Birth Location: Bothel, Lower Saxony, Germany
CM
Wilhelmine Maseberg
1852 –
Birth Location: Musleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
WM

Spouses(s)

Thomas Higgins
1881 – 1961
Birth Location: Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland
TH

Children(s)

Jane Higgins
1919 – 1993
Birth Location: Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
JH
Robert Higgins
1922 – 1999
Birth Location: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
RH

Marie Meyer's Ancestors

Self
Marie Meyer
1883 – 1970
Birth Place: Müsleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Parents
Carl Friedrich August Meyer
1844 – 1881
Bothel, Lower Saxony, Germany
Wilhelmine Maseberg
1852 –
Musleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Johann (Diedrich Christian) Meyer
1797 –
Böthel, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Anne (Marie Luise) Witte
1802 –
Anemolter, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Heinrich Maseberg
1818 –
Sophie Noldeke
1822 –
Great-Grandparents
Johann Meyer
– 1824
Catharine Mues
1776 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Marie Meyer's Descendants

1.
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Marie (Wilhelmine Sophie) Meyer (7/19/1883 – 1/1/1970) m. Thomas (Peter) Higgins (15 Oct 1881 – 4/21/1961)
  1. 1. Jane (Elizabeth Marie) Higgins (14 Sep 1919 – 10 Oct 1993) m. Karl (Olaf) Haugen (23 Aug 1918 – 4 Aug 2007)
    1. 1. Douglas (Glenn) Haugen (1 Sep 1950 – 21 Apr 1994)
    2. 2. Andrew (Eric) Haugen (30 Jul 1957 – 17 Apr 1991)
  2. 2. Robert (Thomas) Higgins (11 Feb 1922 – 06/28/1999) m. Lillian (M) Cunningham
    1. 1. Bruce (Allen) Higgins (28 December 1947 – 26 August 2006)
    2. 2. Robert Higgins (Abt 1950 – )
      1. 1. John Higgins
    3. 3. Tara (Ann) Ogilvie (1960 – 8 Aug 2013) m. Brian (Wesley) Kirby

Marie Meyer's Timeline

2 Records

1883
7/19/1883
Birth of Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer in Müsleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Müsleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
1970
1/1/1970
Age 87
Death of Marie Wilhelmine Sophie Meyer in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA
Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7/19/1883
    Event Place: Müsleringen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1/1/1970
    Event Place: Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA
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