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Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER 1856–1932 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 DEC 1856

Birth Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri

Death Date: 15 FEB 1932

Death Location: Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri

Father: Heinrich MEYER

Mother: Dorothe WEISS

Spouse(s): Eliza GERLACH

Children(s): Ella MEYER, William Jr., Martin MEYER

Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER was born in 1856 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri, the child of Heinrich Friedrich Julius Meyer And Dorothe Henriette Antoinette Weiss. Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER married Eliza Gerlach, and had children including Ella Meyer, Emil Meyer, Martin Frederick Meyer, William Meyer Jr. Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER passed away in 1932 in Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri.

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Biography

  • Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER was born in 1856 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri, the child of Heinrich Friedrich Julius Meyer And Dorothe Henriette Antoinette Weiss.
  • Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER married Eliza Gerlach, and had children including Ella Meyer, Emil Meyer, Martin Frederick Meyer, William Meyer Jr.
  • Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER passed away in 1932 in Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Wilhelm MEYER's Ancestors

Self
Wilhelm MEYER
1856–1932
Birth Place: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Parents
Heinrich Friedrich Julius MEYER
1821–1907
Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Dorothe (Henriette Antoinette) WEISS
1828–1866
Beddingen, Germany
Grandparents
Johann (Julius Conrad) MEYER
1760–1834
Germany
Anna (Elizabeth BANK) [BAUH]
1780–1833
Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Johann (Heinrich Christoph ‘Henry’) WEISS
1804–1850
Bettmar, Germany
Marie (Dorothe Henriette) BERGMANN
1808–
Beddingen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Johan WEISS
1764–1826
Katharina ARENHOLD
1772–1840
Hennig BERGMANN
1745–1820
Ilse MARKWORDT
1765–1825
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann WEISS
1740–1812
Elizabeth KLAERNER
1790–
Cord BERGMANN
1699–1772

Wilhelm MEYER's Descendants

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Wilhelm (J. ‘William’) MEYER (2 DEC 1856–15 FEB 1932) m. Eliza GERLACH (11 AUG 1862–ABT 1931)
  1. 1. Ella MEYER 1898–
  2. 2. William (MEYER) Jr. 1892–
  3. 3. Martin (Frederick) MEYER 1894–1895

Wilhelm MEYER's Timeline

3 Records

1856
2 DEC 1856
Birth of Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
1932
12 FEB 1932
Age 76
Death of Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
1932
15 FEB 1932
Age 76
Burial of Wilhelm J. ‘William’ MEYER in Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 DEC 1856
    Event Place: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Record Source:
    [1] Death certificate for William J. Meyer, b 1856
    [2] MyHeritage-Old Newspapers

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation
    Record Source: Death certificate for William J. Meyer, b 1856

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 FEB 1932
    Event Place: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Record Source: Death certificate for William J. Meyer, b 1856

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 15 FEB 1932
    Event Place: Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Record Source: Death certificate for William J. Meyer, b 1856

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