Meier, Friedrich Ludwig

Male 1819 - 1892  (73 years)


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  • Name Meier, Friedrich Ludwig 
    Born 5 Jan 1819  Steimbke, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Between 1845 and 1849  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Friedrich and Sophia's first child, also named Sophia, was born in Hannover, Germany on 19 March 1845. Their second child, Heinrich, was born on 10 January 1849 in Ohio.
    Naturalization 19 Jun 1873  Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Dwayne Meyer supplied the following transcription of Frederick's declaration of naturalization on 19 June 1873.

      "Frederick Ludwig Meyer an alien, a native of Hannover, comes now and moves the court to admit him to become a citizen of the United States and in support of said motion, files his declaration, showing that he, two years before this day, complied with the conditions of the acts of Congress, touching naturalization of aliens, and --- to the satisfaction of the court, by the testimony of witnesses, that he has resided within the United States five years, and within this state one year, and during that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principals of the constitution of the United States and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the law. And he now declares on oath, that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he will absolutely and entirely renounce all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever and particularly to the present ruling power of Hannover in Germany, whereof he was before a subject. It is therefore considered that said Frederick Ludwig Meyer is now declared a citizen of the United States."
    Died 6 Jan 1892  Fairview, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I2637  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2009 

    Family Duensing, Sophia Dorothea Margarete,   b. 2 Jun 1823, Rohrsen, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1873, Waymansville, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married Abt 1843  Rohrsen, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Meyer, Sophia Dorothea Margarete,   b. 19 Mar 1845, Hannover, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1904, Fairview, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     2. Meyer, Heinrich Adolph,   b. 10 Jan 1849, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1912, Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Meyer, Friedrich Louis,   b. 7 Jan 1851, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1925, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Meyer, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm,   b. 31 Mar 1853, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1933, Fairview, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     5. Meyer, Johann Herman,   b. 10 Oct 1854, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1929  (Age 74 years)
     6. Meyer, August Carl,   b. 25 Nov 1856, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1914, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     7. Meyer, Christoph Ludwig,   b. 1 Dec 1858, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1859, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Meyer, Johann Edward Ludwig,   b. 8 Mar 1860, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1860, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Meyer, Rebecca Sophia Maria,   b. 4 Aug 1861, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1925, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     10. Meyer, Dorothea Sophia Adeline,   b. 15 Apr 1866, Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1941, Fairview, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +11. Meyer, Johann Christian George,   b. 26 Aug 1868, Waymansville, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1930, Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications.
      Friedrich Ludwig Meier was born on 5 January 1819 at Steimbke, Hannover.

    2. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications.
      Friedrich Ludwig Meier and Sophia Dorothea Margarete Duensing immigrated to the USA between 1845 and 1849, based on the birth information for their first two children.

    3. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications., Vigo County Circuit Court Order Book #19, page 589.
      Friedrich Ludwig Meier's declaration of naturalization on 19 June 1873 before the court at Terre Haute, Indiana.


    4. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications.
      Friedrich Ludwig Meier died on 6 January 1892 at Fairview, Brown County, Kansas. See obituaries in the Kansas Democrat on 14 January 1892 and in the Fairview Enterprise on Saturday, 9 January 1892.

    5. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications.
      Friedrich Ludwig Meier and Sophia Dorothea Margarete Duensing were married about 1843 at Rohrsen, Hannover.