Augusta Meyer

27 November 1878–9 May 1969 (Age 90)
Rossow, Uecker-Randow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

The Life Summary of Augusta

When Augusta Meyer was born on 27 November 1878, in Rossow, Uecker-Randow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, her father, Karl August F. Meyer, was 34 and her mother, Wilhelmina Roggow, was 30. She married Charles Henry Eifling on 5 October 1897, in Jackson, Jackson, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Springbrook, Washburn, Wisconsin, United States in 1940 and Wisconsin, United States in 1969. She died on 9 May 1969, in Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 90.

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Family Time Line

Charles Henry Eifling
1873–1949
Augusta Meyer
1878–1969
Marriage: 5 October 1897
Alice Alvina Louise Eifling
1908–2002

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 October 1897Jackson, Jackson, Minnesota, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 3
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
    Age 5
    A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
    1902 · So Much Farm Land
    Age 24
    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    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

    Settlemire
    Tiemeyer
    Saddlemire
    Piere
    Majer
    Turnmire
    Lodermeier
    Nordmeyer
    Wittmeyer
    Reitmeier
    Westermeyer
    Moyer
    Niedermeyer
    Weltmer
    Wiedmeyer
    Spigelmyer
    Ortmeier
    Longmire
    Wibbenmeyer
    Reinkemeyer
    Linsenmeyer
    Wedemeyer
    Merson
    Obermeyer
    Steffensmeier
    Moyers
    Niemeyer
    Meyering
    Meggers
    Ostermeier
    Springmeyer
    Sellmeyer
    Steinmeyer
    Stegmaier
    Meir
    Maier
    Lindenmeyer
    Lenzmeier
    Staudenmaier
    Tegtmeier
    Neumeyer
    Piepmeier
    Luetkemeyer
    Rustemeyer
    Wolfmeyer
    Stottlemyer
    Meijer
    Waltermire
    Mayr
    Sandmeyer
    Meyerson
    Meyerowitz
    Schollmeyer
    Majoros
    Meier
    Priesmeyer
    Vietmeier
    Plassmeyer
    Spellmeyer
    Rodemeyer
    Wischmeyer
    Strohmeyer

    Sources (11)

    • Gustie Meyer in household of Carl Meyer, "Minnesota State Census, 1895"
    • Augusta Meyer, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
    • Augusta A Eisling in household of Charles H Eisling, "United States Census, 1910"

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