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Johannes (Majer) Meyer (1807 - 1895)

Johannes (John) Meyer formerly Majer
Born in Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germanymap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 23 Jan 1833 in Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germanymap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 87 in Cleveland, Ohiomap
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Biography

Johannes Majer (later John Meyer) was born 9 Mar 1807 in Schwenningen, Germany, son of Andreas Majer and Agatha Maurer.[1]

He married 23 Jan 1833 Anna Maria Speck, dau of Jakob Speck and Anna Schlenker.[2]

Children:

  1. Jakob M. Majer, b 11 Aug 1833; he m. 17 Aug 1856 (in Cleveland) Margaret Lindon; he m2 4 Dec 1864 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Wilhelmina May Felker.[3]
  2. Catherine, b 25 Nov 1837, d 1926; m abt 1860 in Ohio Henry Herman.[4]
  3. Anna Maria, b abt 1840, d 1896.
  4. Agatha-Margaret, b 20 Apr 1844
  5. Andreas, b 8 Dec 1845, d 7 Oct 1887 Cleveland; m Martha Chandler (b 1842) on 27 Apr 1865 in Cleveland.[5]

They were part of the April 1847 town-subsidized emigration of the poor.

1850: Good possibility that they're in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, Ward 11

1860 census records for Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH:

  • John Meyer, 53 years old, laborer, born in Wurtemberg
  • Mary, 54 years old, born in Wurtemberg
  • Adam Stoll, 24, butcher, born in Wurtemberg
  • Margaret, 18, born in Wurtemberg
  • Andrew Meyer, 15, born in Wurtemberg

Sources

  1. Schwenningen Church Records, Familienbuch, Volume I, #246
  2. Schwenningen Church Records, FHL #1658745, band 13, Marriages 1833, #1
  3. Research of Jeanine Scholz shared with Jillaine Smith
  4. Research of Jeanine Scholz shared with Jillaine Smith
  5. Research of Jeanine Scholz shared with Jillaine Smith




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