MEYER Johannes

1807 - 1895  (88 years)

• Name	MEYER Johannes
  Born	1807	Wurtenberg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	1895	USA
  Person ID	I0145	Hans Landis Tree for trimming
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	MEYER Andreas,   b. 1764, Schwennigen, Wurtemburg,Germany ,   d. 1814, Germany  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	MAURER Agatha,   b. 1766, Tunnigen, Germany ,   d. 1860, Germany  (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F0090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SPECK Anna Maria,   b. 1806, Germany
  Married	ABT. 1830
  Children	1. MEYER Jacob M.,   b. 1835, Wurtenberg, Germany   2. MEYER Katherine,   b. 1837,   d. 1926  (Age 89 years)   3. MEYER Anna Maria,   b. 1840,   d. 1896  (Age 56 years)   4. MEYER Agatha,   b. 1842   5. MEYER Andrew,   b. 1845, Wurtemburg, Germany ,   d. 7 Oct 1887, Cleveland, Ohio  (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F0086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1846, there was a crop failure in Schwennigen. The town people got together to deal with the issue of the poor people who were being supported by the town, they had established soup kitchens and aid to the poor. However, some of the poor asked permission to go to the US and the town council which had been formed to deal with the matter agreed. There was some dissent over the issue of "getting rid of the poor to save money" as some people saw it. However, it was agreed to 224 individuals would go from Germany to the US. An individual was hired to transport them, and they went from Germany to London as planned. However, the emigrants discovered that the captain did not plan on taking them to the US middle country as had been promised but to Canada. That is what was done with them, but then they were transported directly to Ohio rather than to NY which had been the original plan. The captain explained that it was actually easier for them to get to the middle states through Canada rather than make thei Found on the 1860 census records for Cleverland, Cuyahoga County, OH. John Meyer, 53 years old, laborer, born in Wurtemberg Mary, 54 years old, born in Wurtemberg Adam Stoll, 24, butcher, born in Wurtemberg Margaret, 18, born in Wurtemberg Andrew Meyer, 15, born in Wurtemberg None of the other children are in the home except for Andrew and "Margaret."