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Wilhelm Meyer 1640–1690 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1640

Birth Location: Essen, Dusseldorf, Germany, Lüneburg, Deutschland

Death Date: AFT 6 AUG 1690

Death Location: Western Cape, South Africa

Father: Dierk Meyer

Mother: Christina Hoyer

Spouse(s): Catharina Meyer

Children(s): Lucas (Meier)

Wilhelm Meyer was born in 1640 in Essen, Dusseldorf, Germany, Lüneburg, Deutschland, the child of Dierk Meyer And Christina Hoyer. Wilhelm Meyer married Catharina Catrina Kiens Kliens Klien Kienst Visagie Meyer, and had children including Lucas Meyer Meier. Wilhelm Meyer passed away in 1690 in Western Cape, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Wilhelm Meyer was born in 1640 in Essen, Dusseldorf, Germany, Lüneburg, Deutschland, the child of Dierk Meyer And Christina Hoyer.
  • Wilhelm Meyer married Catharina Catrina Kiens Kliens Klien Kienst Visagie Meyer, and had children including Lucas Meyer Meier.
  • Wilhelm Meyer passed away in 1690 in Western Cape, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Dierk Meyer
1623–1681
Birth Location: Obernheide, Stuhr, Diepholz, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Christina Hoyer
1626–1681
Birth Location: Obernheide, Stuhr, Oldenburg, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Catharina Meyer
1656–1690
Birth Location: Terveere, Holland, Veere, Veere, ZE, Netherlands
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Children(s)

Lucas (Meier)
1684–1741
Birth Location: Paarl, Cape, South Africa
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Wilhelm Meyer's Ancestors

Self
Wilhelm Meyer
1640–1690
Birth Place: Essen, Dusseldorf, Germany, Lüneburg, Deutschland
Parents
Dierk Meyer
1623–1681
Obernheide, Stuhr, Diepholz, Niedersachsen, Germany
Christina Hoyer
1626–1681
Obernheide, Stuhr, Oldenburg, Germany
Grandparents
Hoyer
1600–
Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Wilhelm Meyer's Descendants

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Wilhelm Meyer (1640–AFT 6 AUG 1690) m. Catharina (Catrina Kiens Kliens, Klien, Kienst, Visagie,) Meyer (ABT 1656–ABT 1690)
  1. 1. Lucas (Meyer,) (Meier) 1684–1741 m. Meyer. Smuts 1695–1774
    1. 1. Willem (Lucasz) Meyer 1715–1768 m. Elisabeth Loots 1727–1771
      1. 1. Maria Meyer 1746– m. Wessel Vosloo 1740–
        1. 1. Hendrik (Gerhardus) Vosloo 1791–1837 m. Johanna (Carolina) Muller 1791–
        2. 2. Johannes (Stephanus) Vosloo 1765–
        3. 3. Maria (Elizabeth) Vosloo 1767–1852
        4. 4. Willem (Johannes) Vosloo 1769–1784
        5. 5. Wessel (Hendrik) Vosloo 1773–1856
        6. 6. Arnoldus (Hendrwessel Janik) Vosloo 1776–1856
        7. 7. Gerbrecht (Agatha) Vosloo 1779–
        8. 8. Anna (Catharina) Vosloo 1782–1865
        9. 9. Willem (Johannes) Vosloo 1784–1839
      2. 2. Gouws 1748–
      3. 3. Lucas (Johannes) Meyer 1751–1800 m. Meyer 1758–1784
        1. 1. Strydom 1782–1802
        2. 2. Pietersen 1784–1855 m. Ferdinand (Albertus) Pietersen 1773–1836
        3. 3. Coetzee 1787– m. Coetzee 1878–
        4. 4. Johannes (Stephanus Meyer,) d3e4 1788– m. Meyer 1800–1900
        5. 5. Lucas (Johannes) Meyer 1797–1845 m. Meyer 1800–1900
      4. 4. Willem Meyer 1752–1853 m. Meyer 1756–
        1. 1. Willem Meyer 1779–1835 m. Meyer 1782–1830
        2. 2. Engelbrecht 1781–1807
        3. 3. Johannes (Stephanus) Meyer 1782–1834
        4. 4. Engelbrecht 1786–1835
        5. 5. Andries (Marthinus) Meyer 1792–1834
        6. 6. Andries (Martinus) Meyer 1792–
        7. 7. de Klerk 1792–1858
        8. 8. Engelbrecht 1795–1830
      5. 5. Pretorius 1755–
      6. 6. Barend Meyer 1752–1758
      7. 7. Davel 1760–
      8. 8. Pieter (Meyer (born) Meijer) 1762–1847
    2. 2. Van (der) Schyff 1716–1779
    3. 3. Engela Meyer 1717–
    4. 4. Barend ((Mijer) (born) Meyer) 1731–1775 m. Maria (van der) Schyff 1723–
      1. 1. Lucas Meyer 1764–
      2. 2. Agatha (Catharina) Meyer 1762–
      3. 3. Sibella (Hermina) Meyer 1759–
      4. 4. Hermanus (Barend) Meyer 1755–
      5. 5. Lucas Meyer 1754–
    5. 5. Smuts 1720–1747
    6. 6. Izaak Meyer 1723–1779 m. Meyer 1732–1828
      1. 1. van Niekerk 1750–1790
      2. 2. Lucas (Johannes) Meyer 1753–
      3. 3. Potgieter 1756–1795
      4. 4. Muller 1758–
      5. 5. Jan (Isaak) Meyer 1760–
      6. 6. van Rooyen 1763–
      7. 7. Rachel (Lea) Meyer 1768–1819
      8. 8. Izaak Meyer 1770–1839
      9. 9. Willem (Cornelis) Meyer 1773–1835
      10. 10. Van Niekerk 1778–
    7. 7. Maria (Elizabeth) Meyer 1726–
    8. 8. Lea Meyer 1727–
    9. 9. Pieter (Barend) Meyer 1718–
    10. 10. Marthinus (\ Martinus Hermanusz. Smuts) (Smúts) 1721–1786
    11. 11. Rosendaal 1718–1719
    12. 12. Michiel (Smuts) (Smùts) 1719–1755
    13. 13. Hermanus (Petrus) Smuts 1726–
    14. 14. Maria (Adriana) Smuts 1730–
    15. 15. Mostert 1738–
    16. 16. Susanna Smuts 1732–1760

Wilhelm Meyer's Timeline

4 Records

1640
1640
Birth of Wilhelm Meyer in Essen, Dusseldorf, Germany, Lüneburg, Deutschland
Essen, Dusseldorf, Germany, Lüneburg, Deutschland
1684
14 MAY 1684
Age 44
Wilhelm Meyer was baptized in Cape, Cape Province, South Africa
Cape, Cape Province, South Africa
1690
6 AUG 1690
Age 50
Death of Wilhelm Meyer in Western Cape, South Africa, Kaapstad, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
Western Cape, South Africa, Kaapstad, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
1690
AFT 6 AUG 1690
Age 50
Burial of Wilhelm Meyer in Western Cape, South Africa
Western Cape, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: Essen, Dusseldorf, Germany, Lüneburg, Deutschland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 14 MAY 1684
    Event Place: Cape, Cape Province, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kaapstad, Western Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 AUG 1690
    Event Place: Western Cape, South Africa, Kaapstad, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: AFT 6 AUG 1690
    Event Place: Western Cape, South Africa
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