When Elizabeth Charlotte Louise Meyer was born on 6 December 1859, in Brenham, Washington, Republic of Texas, her father, Heinrich Meyer, was 26 and her mother, Willamine Nina Ehlert KOCH, was 18. She married August Quebe on 26 January 1877, in Washington, Washington, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Washington, Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 6, Washington, Texas, United States in 1900. She died on 10 January 1912, in Taylor, Williamson, Texas, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Granger, Williamson, Texas, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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German and Swiss German: from Middle High German meier, a status name for a steward, bailiff, or overseer, which later came to be used also to denote a tenant farmer, which is normally the sense in the many compound surnames formed with this term as a second element. Originally it denoted a village headman (ultimately from Latin maior ‘greater, superior’). This form of the surname is also established in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine); see also 3 below. Compare Maier , Mayer , Meier , and Myer .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Meyer, from Hebrew Meir ‘enlightener’, a derivative of or ‘light’ with the prefix m-. Compare Maier , Majer , Major , Mayer , Mayor , Meier , and Meir .
Dutch: variant, also Flemish and Americanized, of Meijer , a cognate of 1 above. This surname is also established in South Africa, where it was also brought from France (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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