Sophia M Meyers

Brief Life History of Sophia M

When Sophia M Meyers was born on 11 September 1849, in Ledøje, Ledøje, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Carl Frederik Christian Meyer, was 30 and her mother, Anne Jensine Casperine Jacobsen, was 32. She married Isaac John Wardle on 26 July 1869, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Meridian, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1930 and St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1938. She died on 21 March 1938, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Parker Memorial Park, Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac John Wardle
1835–1917
Sophia M Meyers
1849–1938
Marriage: 26 July 1869
Charles Myers Wardle
1870–1932
Hannah Wardle
1873–1939
Atheamer H Wardle
1881–1946
Wilford Woodruff Wardle
1883–1887

Sources (26)

  • Sophia Wardle (age 80), in household of son, Hary Wardle (age 41), Meridian, 41, Ada, Idaho, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Sophia Myers Wardle, d.21 Mar 1938, Death Place:Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
  • Sophie Myers in entry for Hannah Holt, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Historical Boundaries: 1863: Boise, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Boise, Idaho, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Irish (Cork, Wexford and Louth) and English: variant of Mayers .

German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from Meyer . Compare Myers .

Americanized form of German Meyer , with excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Carl F.C. Meyer Family by Louis John Meyer

Meyers Written by Louis John Meyer September 10, 1951 The early LDS emigrants coming to Utah, especially those who came before the railroad was constructed, suffered many hardships and the Carl F …

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