COLORADO COUNTY, TEXAS
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SUBMITTED BY: John Konesheck
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HUSBAND: Johann Wilhelm MEYER
date and place of birth: December 17, 1815 (1), Nassau, Sohadeok, Runkel, Prussia (3)
date and place of marriage: Unknown
military service: Unknown
date and place of death: November 23, 1877 (1), Texas
place of burial: Meyer Family Cemetery, Bernardo, Colorado Co., Texas*
father: Unknown
mother: Unknown
other marriages: None
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WIFE: Maria Margarethe Henriette FIND
date and place of birth: September 01, 1824 (1), Wehrdorf Wetzlar, Prussia (3)
date and place of death: August 26, 1911 (1)(2), Bernardo, Colorado Co., Texas (4)
place of burial: Meyer Family Cemetery, Bernardo, Colorado Co., Texas*
father: Frederick Ernst FIND
mother: Sophie PFEFFER
other marriages: None
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CHILD 1: Louis Jacob Daniel (J. D.) MEYER (5)
sex: m
date and place of birth: March 11, 1847 (6)
married: Maria (Mary) KASPER
date and place of marriage: April 19, 1866, Austin County, Texas (5)
date and place of death: October 17, 1922 (1)(2), Colorado County, Texas
place of burial: Zoar Lutheran Cemetery, Bernardo/Mentz, Colorado Co. Texas
other marriages: None
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CHILD 2: Ferdinand William MEYER
sex: m
date and place of birth: October 15, 1851, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (3)
married: Nettie DUNLAVY
date and place of marriage: Nov. 26, 1885 (16)
date and place of death: March 03, 1926, Cat Spring, Austin Co., Texas (25)
place of burial: Meyer Family Cemetery, Bernardo, Colorado Co., Texas*
other marriages: None
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CHILD 3: Sophie Christine MEYER
sex: f
date and place of birth: May 01, 1853, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (7)(8)
married: Matthias BERGER**
date and place of marriage: June 19, 1872 (8), place unknown**
date and place of death: June 18, 1937, Schroeder, Goliad County, Texas (8)
place of burial: Schroeder, Goliad County, Texas (8)
other marriages: None
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CHILD 4: Marie Juliane (Julie) MEYER
sex: f
date and place of birth: May 25, 1855, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (9)
married: Adolph MAX
date and place of marriage: December 20, 1880
date and place of death: November 09, 1887 (1), place unknown
place of burial: Meyer Family Cemetery, Bernardo, Colorado Co., Texas*
other marriages: None
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CHILD 5: Friedrich Ernst MEYER
sex: m
date and place of birth: June 26, 1857, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (10)
married: Margaretha (Bertha) MAX
date and place of marriage: January 25, 1883, place unknown
date and place of death: October 01, 1925, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (24)
place of burial: New Ulm Cemetery, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (21)
other marriages: Helene DIEDRICH ***
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CHILD 6: Louis MEYER
sex: m
date and place of birth: February 21, 1860 (1)
married: Lenora (Nora) DUNLAVY
date and place of marriage: December 14, 1882 (17)
date and place of death: Feb 14, 1947 (1)
place of burial: Zoar Lutheran Cemetery, Bernardo/Mentz, Colorado Co. Texas
other marriages: None
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CHILD 7: Louise Wilhelmine MEYER
sex: f
date and place of birth: December 30, 1860, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (12)
married: Henry W. BARTEN
date and place of marriage: October 28, 1879 (18), place unknown
date and place of death: May 31, 1945 Mentz, Colorado Co., Texas (20)
place of burial: Zoar Lutheran Cemetery, Bernardo/Mentz, Colorado Co. Texas (20)
other marriages: None
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CHILD 8: Anna Margröthe (Gretchen) MEYER
sex: f
date and place of birth: January 01, 1863, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (13)
married: Paul MAX
date and place of marriage: December 04, 1883 (18), place unknown
date and place of death: September 11, 1940, place unknown
place of burial: St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Cat Spring, Austin Co., Texas
other marriages: None
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CHILD 9: Wilhelmine Maria (Mary) MEYER
sex: f
date and place of birth: January 01, 1863, New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (14)
married: Heinrich Johann Wilhelm DIEDRICH
date and place of marriage: Unknown
date and place of death: Kyle, Hays Co., Texas (23)
place of burial: Richland Cemetery, Richland, Travis Co., Texas (22)
other marriages: Friedrich DABELGOTT
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CHILD 10: Johann William (William J.) MEYER
sex: m
date and place of birth: April 21, 1867 (1), New Ulm, Austin Co., Texas (15)
married: Illian DUNLAVY
date and place of marriage: December 4, 1888, Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas (19)
date and place of death: September 09, 1929 (1), Mentz, Colorado Co., Texas
place of burial: Zoar Lutheran Cemetery, Bernardo/Mentz, Colorado Co. Texas
other marriages: None
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SOURCES:
(1) Inscription on tombstone
(2) Death Certificate
(3) Baptism Records, Trinity Lutheran Church, Frelsburg, Colorado Co., Texas page 3, entry 29
(4) Obituary, Colorado County Citizen, September 1, 1911
(5) Full name listed in Austin Co. Texas index to marriage records (Vol. D, p. 206) and Trinity Lutheran, Frelsburg, Colorado Co., Texas Baptism records, page 85 entry 61
(6) Inscription on tombstone, Zoar Lutheran Cemetery, Bernardo/Mentz, Colorado Co., Texas
(7) Trinity Lutheran Church, Frelsburg, Colorado Co., Texas Baptism Records, page 3, entry 30
(8) Sophie Meyer Berger’s obituary, source origin unknown
(9) Baptismal Records of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Serbin, Texas by Pastor John Killian, page 5, entry 11
(10) Baptism Records, Trinity Lutheran Church, New Ulm, Colorado Co., Texas, page 32, entry 23
(11) Baptism Records, Trinity Lutheran Church, New Ulm, Colorado Co., Texas, page 32, entry 24
(12) Baptism Records, Trinity Lutheran Church, New Ulm, Colorado Co., Texas, page 45, entry 14
(13) Baptism Records, Trinity Lutheran Church, New Ulm, Colorado Co., Texas, page 45, entry 15
(14) Baptism Records, Trinity Lutheran Church, New Ulm, Colorado Co., Texas, page 45, entry 16
(15) Baptism Records, Trinity Lutheran Church, New Ulm, Colorado Co., Texas, page 73, entry 28
(16) Colorado Co. Courthouse, Marriage Records, Vol. F, p. 443
(17) Colorado Co. Courthouse, Marriage Records, Vol. F, p. 289
(18) Information from living family member
(19) Colorado Co. Courthouse, Marriage Records, Vol. H, p. 129
(20) Louise Wilhelmine Meyer Barten's obituary, Colorado County Citizen, June 7, 1945
(21) Austin County, Texas USGenweb site, New Ulm Cemetery
(22) Find-A-Grave.com, memorial# 47387500
(23) Texas death certificate #46730
(24)Texas death certificate #34490
(25)Texas death certificate #8250
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COMMENTS:
* Meyer Family Cemetery is on private property.
** According to Sophie Meyer Berger’s obituary, the couple lived in Bernardo, Colorado Co., Texas for four years before moving to Schroeder, Goliad Co., Texas. The obituary also says her husband’s first name is “Matthew”
*** Friedrich’s first wife. She died in childbirth and is buried in Meyer Family Cemetery.===============================================================
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