George Edward Meyer

2 June 1895–19 February 1979 (Age 83)
Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, United States

The Life Summary of George Edward

When George Edward Meyer was born on 2 June 1895, in Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Charles Karl Frederick Meyer, was 35 and his mother, Anna Johanna Meister, was 31. He married Mathilda Hameister on 15 June 1927, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Harrison, Calumet, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years and Wisconsin, United States in 1979. He died on 19 February 1979, in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in High Cliff Cemetery, Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Edward Meyer
1895–1979
Mathilda Hameister
1903–1948
Marriage: 15 June 1927
George Meyer Jr.
1927–2009

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 June 1927Wisconsin, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 1
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
    1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
    Age 12
    The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.
    1917
    Age 22
    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    Name Meaning

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Majoros
    Maier
    Lindenmeyer
    Majer
    Mayr
    Lenzmeier
    Longmire
    Lodermeier
    Luetkemeyer
    Linsenmeyer

    Sources (15)

    • Geo E Meyer, "United States Census, 1930"
    • George Meyer, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
    • George Meyer in household of Chas F Meyer, "United States Census, 1910"

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