Amos Gibble Meyer

Brief Life History of Amos Gibble

When Amos Gibble Meyer was born on 14 February 1903, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Wenger Meyer, was 40 and his mother, Leah Groh Gibble, was 38. He lived in Bethel Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 February 1926, at the age of 22, and was buried in Shirksville, Bethel Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Wenger Meyer
1862–1939
Leah Groh Gibble
1864–1956
Joseph Gibble Meyer
1882–1969
Jacob Gibble Meyer
1884–1951
Samuel Gibble Meyer
1885–1969
Anna Gibble Meyer
1887–1972
Levi Gibble Meyer
1890–1977
John Gibble Meyer
1893–1902
Ephraim Gibble Meyer
1895–1970
Ezra Gibble Meyer
1898–1979
Nathan Gibble Meyer
1900–1988
Amos Gibble Meyer
1903–1926
Solomon Gibble Meyer
1905–1906
Ammon Gibble Meyer
1907–1907

Sources (3)

  • Amos G Meyer in household of Jacob W Meyer, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Amos G. Meyer, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Amos Meyer in household of W Jacob Meyer, "United States Census, 1910"

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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.

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