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Meyer Family History & Genealogy

61,466 biographies and 99 photos with the Meyer last name. Discover the family history, nationality, origin and common names of Meyer family members.

Meyer Last Name History & Origin

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Summary

The last name Meyer is likely German in origin, and is a popular name found in Germany and the United States.

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Name Origin

From the Middle High German word meier meaning "higher, superior". It was used for landholder's stewards or great farmers or leaseholders (nowadays a Meier is a dairy farmer). Meier and Meyer are used more often in northern Germany while Maier and Mayer are used in southern Germany.

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Nationality & Ethnicity

Germany.

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Early Meyers

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Helena Meyer was born in 1642, and died at age 57 years old in 1699. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Helena Meyer.
Louisa (Meyer) De Bruyn was born in 1742. Louisa was baptized on August 29, 1756. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Louisa Meyer De Bruyn.
Mary Ann Elizabe Meyer of Australia was born in 1831 to Newton William Meyer and Mary Ann Elizabeth Meyer. Mary Meyer died at age 29 years old in 1860.
As of the 1865 Norwegian Census, Marit Majer@Meyer was widowed.
John Carl  Meyer/Meier
John Carl Meyer/meier was born on October 31, 1838. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Carl Meyer/Meier.
Married Georg Friederich Crenwelge on 3/16/1862. They had 7 kids: 1) DAUGHTER: Martha L (Crenwelge) Dietrich = BORN: 12/11/1868 - DIED: 4/29/1958 2) DAUGHTER: Rosa Carolina (Crenwelge) Oehler = BORN: 2/4/1865 - DIED: 12/5/1893 3) DAUGHTER: Lydia (Crenwelge) Gold = BORN: 11/10/1874 - DIED: 7/16/1964 4) SON: Julius Friedrich Crenwelge, Sr. = BORN: 11/28/1862 - DIED: 5/3/1939 5) SON: Hugo Henry CRENWELGE = BORN: 1/28/1877 - DIED: 9/5/1948 6) SON: Louis Carl Heinrich CRENWELGE = BORN: 3/9/1866 - DIED: 7/30/1951 7) SON: Edward CRENWELGE = BORN: 12/28/1870 - DIED: 9/8/1948
Elisa (Meyer) Winheim was born on March 21, 1843 in Darmstadt-Dieburg County, HE Germany. She was in a relationship with Gustav Weinheim, and had children John Winheim, Amelia Heitmeyer, Bertha Winheim, and Gustav John Winheim. Elisa Winheim died at age 84 years old on April 23, 1927 in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elisa Winheim.
Marie Charlotte Wilhelmine "Elisabeth" Meyer/Meier
Marie Charlotte Wilhelmine Meyer/meier was born on April 13, 1853. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marie Charlotte Wilhelmine "Elisabeth" Meyer/Meier.
Harriet Isabella Isabella (Meyer) Battin of Wangaratta Australia was born on June 19, 1855 in Wangaratta, VIC. She was married to George Battin, and died at age 78 years old on August 16, 1933 at "Westham" Private Hospital in Wangaratta. Harriet Isabella Battin was buried on August 17, 1933 at Wangaratta Cemetery in Wangaratta.
George Von Lengerke Meyer (Left)
George Von Lengerke Meyer was born on June 24, 1858. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Von Lengerke Meyer (Left).
John Traugott Meyer of Burgooney, Riverina County, NSW Australia was born in 1861 in Berwick, VIC. John Meyer was married to Margaret Mary (Madigan) Meyers, and died at age 72 years old on July 10, 1934 in NSW.
Christian J Meyer
Christian J Meyer was born on April 12, 1861. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Christian J Meyer.

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George W. Meyer
George W. Meyer was born on January 1, 1884 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts United States, and died at age 75 years old on August 28, 1959 in New York, NY. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George W. Meyer.
Jack J Meyer of 1055 Belmont Ct, in Schaumburg, Cook County, Illinois United States was born on September 17, 1925, and died at age 65 years old on August 10, 1991. Jack Meyer was buried on December 10, 1991 at Memory Gardens Cemetery 2501 E Euclid Ave, in Arlington Heights.
Stanley A Meyer was born on August 24, 1940, and died at age 57 years old on March 21, 1998. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Stanley A Meyer.
Emma F (Meyer) Isotalo of Snoqualmie, King County, WA was born on March 25, 1912 in South Dakota United States, and died at age 89 years old on February 20, 2002 in WA.
Emma Agnes (Meyer) Ervin was born on September 15, 1912 at OK-86, in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma United States to Fred Meyer and Wilhelmina Sophia Carolina (Boehs) Meyer, and had siblings Anna Emelie (Meyer) Large, Henry Meyer, Fred Meyer Jr., Maria Carolina (Meyer) Brockhouse, Wilhelmina Louise (Minnie) (Meyer) Rhue, Magdalina Kathryn (Lena) (Meyer) Niemeier Ballard Green, John Meyer, and Eda Dorothy Meyer. She married Ralph Edward (Pee Wee) Ervin on October 26, 1930 at Christ Lutheran Church 2020 West Malone Street, in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, and they were married until death separated them. She had children Donna May Ervin and Shirley Ann (Ervin) Tucker. Emma Ervin died at age 92 years old on June 15, 2005 in Jacksonville, Morgan County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emma Agnes (Meyer) Ervin.
Gilbert Meyer of Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin was born on July 13, 1909, and died at age 75 years old in February 1985.
Nelda (Hart) Meyer was married to Gilbert Meyer, and died in Wisconsin United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nelda meyer.
Elizabeth Ann (Bartosh)
Elizabeth Ann (Bartosh) was born on May 29, 1969 at New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Ann (Bartosh).
Hedda (Meyer) Urshan of Kingman, Mohave County, AZ was born on May 31, 1918 in Germany, and died at age 80 years old on June 21, 1998.
Walter Meyer
Hugo Walter Meyer of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan United States was born on November 28, 1912 in Detroit. He was married to Wanda Mary (Marsack) Meyer on September 2, 1939 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, and had children Daniel Meyer and Maureen Meyer. Hugo Meyer died at age 89 years old on January 30, 2002.
Wanda Mary (Marsack) Meyer
Wanda Mary (Marsack) Meyer of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan United States was born on October 10, 1917 in Grosse Pointe Farms to Eugene William Marsack and Lily Mary (Labadie) Marsack. She had siblings David Frederick Marsack, June (Marsack) Anderson Roose, Milton Edward Marsack, Leonard Leo Marsack, Warren Stanley Marsack, Winifried "Winnie" (Marsack) Camacho, Allan Anthony Marsack, Sherman Marsack, Gary Daniel Marsack, Carol (Marsack) Jolgren, Eugene William "Sonny" Marsack Jr, Audrey Ann (Marsack) Stevens, and Maxine Joan Agnes Marsack. She married Walter Meyer on September 2, 1939 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, and had children Daniel Meyer and Maureen Meyer. Wanda Meyer died at age 96 years old in 2013.
Olivia Emily Meyer was born on March 15, 1997 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Olivia Emily Meyer.
Jordan Francis Meyer was born on September 12, 1994 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania United States to John Robert Meyer and Ann Marie Thomas, and has a sister Olivia Emily Meyer. Jordan Meyer married Katie Lyne Meyer on June 16, 2018 in Honesdale, Wayne County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jordan Francis Meyer.
John Robert Meyer was born on December 26, 1966 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania United States. John Meyer got married to Ann Marie Thomas in 1992 in Honesdale, Wayne County, and has children Jordan Francis Meyer and Olivia Emily Meyer. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Robert Meyer.
Katie Lyne (Kelly) Meyer was born on July 8, 1994 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania United States to Eugene Michael Kelly and Judith Ann Kelly, and has a brother Ryan Matthew Kelly. Katie Kelly married Jordan Francis Meyer on June 16, 2018 in Honesdale, Wayne County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Katie Lyne Meyer.
Eleanor K. (Fischer) Meyer
Eleanor Katherine (Fischer) Meyer of Minster, Ohio United States was born in February 1890 in Minster, and died at age 56 years old on May 4, 1946 in Lima.
Amanda (Meyer) Possehl
Amanda (Meyer) Possehl was born on October 21, 1885 in Illinois United States, and died at age 18 years old on August 23, 1904 at Franklin County, IA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Amanda (Meyer) Possehl.
Phillip meyer
Phillip Meyer III of Cincinnati, Ohio United States was born on June 1, 1989. Phillip's partner was Jessica raifsnider in 2012 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County and they later separated in 2014. They had a child Jaxson Meyer. He also married Heather Melton and they later divorced. They had a child Zhayne Meyer. Phillip meyer died at age 31 years old on January 13, 2021 in Cincinnati.
Zhayne Meyer of Cincinnati, Ohio United States was born to Phillip meyer and Heather Melton. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Zhayne Meyer .

Popular Meyer Biographies

Carter Forsling Meyer was born to Otto and Gertrude Meyer. He had a sister, Roberta. His parents had been born in Nebraska. Carter Meyer married Cheryl Maher on January 28, 1961, in Cherry Hills Village, Arapahoe County, Colorado. They were married by a Lutheran pastor and both listed their home addresses as being in Colorado. Carter and Cheryl divorced on September 5, 1973, in Denver, Colorado.
Shirley Mae (Morgan) Meyer
Shirley Mae (Morgan) Meyer was born on February 16, 1932 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma United States to Alexander M Morgan and Vera Bertha (Gindt) Morgan, and had siblings Martha Jeanne (Morgan) Gurthet and Kenneth Vernon Morgan "Ox". Shirley Meyer died at age 83 years old on March 30, 2015 in Tulsa. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shirley Mae (Morgan) Meyer.
Edgar M Meyer of Algona, Kossuth County, IA was born on May 1, 1928, and died at age 73 years old on May 5, 2001.
Gertrude Eva Barbara (Meyer) Schmitt
Gertrude Eva Barbara (Meyer) Schmitt was born on April 1, 1867 in Germany, and died at age 87 years old on September 8, 1954 in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gertrude Eva Barbara (Meyer) Schmitt.
Catherine Ruby (Rutledge) Meyer
Catherine Ruby (Rutledge) Meyer was born on April 27, 1911 in Iowa United States, and died at age 61 years old in 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catherine Ruby (Rutledge) Meyer.
Ora G. (Meyer) Riese was born in 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California United States. She was in a relationship with Casper Riese, and had children Nancy Estelle Riese, Chapman David Riese, Madeline D. (Riese) Jones, and Eleanor J Riese. Ora Riese died at age 83 years old in 1987 in San Francisco. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ora G. (Meyer) Riese.
Dakota Dale Meyer DDM was born in 2005. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dakota Dale Meyer DDM.
Sarah J. (Vencil) Meyer
Sarah J Meyer of Mc lennan County, TX was born in 1960. Sarah Meyer was married to Paul J. Meyer Jr on January 6, 1990 in Mc lennan County, TX and they separated on September 28, 1992. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah J. (Vencil) Meyer.
Johanna "Hanna" Meyer
Johanna Meyer was born on March 11, 1888. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Johanna "Hanna" Meyer.
Elizabeth Ann (Bartosh)
Elizabeth Ann (Bartosh) was born on May 29, 1969 at New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Ann (Bartosh).
Frederick Christian Meyer was born on February 21, 1901 in Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA to parents Johann Fredrich Meyer (1869-1942) and Rosine "Rose" Christiane Hafner (1873-1948). He had a brother, John C Meyer (1893-). He was married to Berha Ellis Johnson (1906-1994) and together they had three children including daughters Rosemarie and Donna Meyer. Frederick worked as a salesman and as an auto mechanic for an auto sales room.
Oscar Robert Meyer
Oscar Robert Meyer was born on July 16, 1905 in Ft. Wayne,Allen,IN, Allen County, Indiana United States to Gustave George Meyer and Emma Luise Wilhelmine (Trebra) Meyer. Oscar Meyer married Thelma Ilean (Sparks) Meyer, and died at age 55 years old on August 13, 1960 in Ft. Wayne. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Oscar Robert Meyer.
Thelma Ilean (Sparks) Meyer
Thelma Ilean (Sparks) Meyer was born on February 11, 1908 in Wells County, Indiana United States to Lucion Otis Sparks and Della May (Wolfcale) Sparks. Thelma Meyer married Oscar Robert Meyer, and died at age 94 years old on April 18, 2002 in Gunnison, Gunnison County, CO. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thelma Ilean (Sparks) Meyer.
Maria Isabel (Cantu) Wade-Meyer was born on September 30, 1971 in La Feria, Cameron County, Texas United States. Maria Cantu was married to John A. Wade-Meyer on February 14, 2017 in New Braunfels, Comal County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maria Isabel (Cantu) Wade-Meyer.
Anselmo Meyer of 288 Walnut St, in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey United States was born on April 30, 1944, and died at age 57 years old on December 12, 2001.
William Henry Meyer
William Henry Meyer was born on January 16, 1886. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Henry Meyer.
Wanda Mary (Marsack) Meyer
Wanda Mary (Marsack) Meyer of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan United States was born on October 10, 1917 in Grosse Pointe Farms to Eugene William Marsack and Lily Mary (Labadie) Marsack. She had siblings David Frederick Marsack, June (Marsack) Anderson Roose, Milton Edward Marsack, Leonard Leo Marsack, Warren Stanley Marsack, Winifried "Winnie" (Marsack) Camacho, Allan Anthony Marsack, Sherman Marsack, Gary Daniel Marsack, Carol (Marsack) Jolgren, Eugene William "Sonny" Marsack Jr, Audrey Ann (Marsack) Stevens, and Maxine Joan Agnes Marsack. She married Walter Meyer on September 2, 1939 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, and had children Daniel Meyer and Maureen Meyer. Wanda Meyer died at age 96 years old in 2013.
Lewis Meyer of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa was born on November 29, 1892, and died at age 77 years old in May 1970. Lewis Meyer was buried circa May 7, 1970 at Union Cemetery in Iowa Falls, Hardin County.
Phillipina Meyer was born circa 1867, and died at age 47 years old on May 1, 1915 in Kings County, New York United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Phillipina Meyer.
Mary Kathleen Meyer was born on December 9, 1954 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado United States. Mary Meyer got married to Channing Brandon Meyer in 1991 in Denver, Denver County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Kathleen Meyer.

Meyer Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Meyer family member is 75.0 years old according to our database of 61,205 people with the last name Meyer that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

75.0 years

Oldest Meyers

These are the longest-lived members of the Meyer family on AncientFaces.

Gordon Meyer was born on May 17, 1863, and died at age 114 years old in November 1977. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gordon Meyer.
114 years
Lucille J Meyer of Burlingame, San Mateo County, CA was born on December 30, 1896, and died at age 110 years old on May 24, 2007.
110 years
Clarence C Meyer of Davenport, Polk County, FL was born on October 12, 1893, and died at age 107 years old on July 6, 2001.
107 years
Anna E Meyer of Sarasota, Sarasota County, FL was born on August 6, 1886, and died at age 108 years old on December 3, 1994.
108 years
Louise E Meyer of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI was born on August 16, 1881, and died at age 107 years old on May 2, 1989.
107 years
Marie Meyer of Hudson, Pasco County, FL was born on October 29, 1891, and died at age 107 years old on October 6, 1999.
107 years
Ethel L Meyer of Jefferson City, Cole County, MO was born on September 27, 1897, and died at age 106 years old on September 11, 2004.
106 years
Mabel Meyer of Bradenton, Manatee County, FL was born on March 20, 1890, and died at age 106 years old on February 4, 1997.
106 years
Charles Meyer of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, FL was born on November 10, 1902, and died at age 106 years old on June 7, 2009.
106 years
Wava May Meyer of Freeborn, Freeborn County, Minnesota was born on June 29, 1904, and died at age 106 years old on June 9, 2011.
106 years
Fred Meyer was born on June 3, 1879, and died at age 105 years old in May 1985. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Fred Meyer.
105 years
Emily Meyer of Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ was born on November 25, 1869, and died at age 105 years old in January 1975.
105 years
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Hello, my name is Emily Meyers. When I was a baby, I was admitted to a hospital.I was told I was very ill. I was there for months. then I was wisked away to a very big
place. there were alot of other children there. No one would tell me where my parents where.I waited and waited .
They never came back for me. I missed them terribly.
I passed away in 1964 at 67 yo.
Rudolphus Meyer was born in Germany in or about 1770. He was a bootmaker and staunch member of the Lutheran Church. In 1806 he decided to emigrate to the West Indies (St. Vincent) but his ship, The "Margery and Mary", was wrecked on the coast of Ireland near the town of Wexford. Rudolphus decided to remain in Ireland and in 1808 married a widow, Hannah Jackson [nee Atkin], and established a succesful bootmaking business based at "Rose Rock Cottage", Francis Street, Wexford. He died in or about 1850. It has not been possible to locate his place of birth in Germany and help is sought to trace his origins.

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