Barbara Meier

Female28 November 1832–24 May 1921

Brief Life History of Barbara

Barbara Meier was born on 28 November 1832, in Durmersheim, Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Friederich Wilhelm Remerscheid. She died on 24 May 1921, in United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Burlington Township, Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Friederich Wilhelm Remerscheid
1823–1888
Barbara Meier
1832–1921
Charles Remerscheid
1852–1916
William F. Remerscheid
1854–1935
Carrie R Remerscheid
1857–1934

Sources (4)

  • Barbary Myers in entry for Carrie R Dodd, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • Barbary Myers in entry for Carrie R Dodd, "Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940"
  • Barbara Meyer in entry for George W. Dodge and Carrie R. Remerscheid, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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Children (3)

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 4

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German

Age 20

On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.

1863

Age 31

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

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Manfred, Heinz, Armin, Bernhard, Lorenz, Franz, Gerhard, Helmut.

German and Dutch: variant of Meyer . The German surname in this form is also found in some other European countries, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a variant of the personal name Meyer (see Meyer 2).

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

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