Hermann was born at the hired mans house on Macke's Farm (Achmer Nr. 12) in Achmer, Germany in 1813, and lived there as a young man. His occupation is listed as Farmer. He married Anna Maria Langenkamp in 1837, but she left for America without him, probably sometime before 1850. After his wife left, Hermann began seeing Anna Maria Adelheid Thiemann. Between 1850 and 1856, they had three children together, however, they could not get married, as Hermann was still married to Anna Langenkamp. All three children were born in Pente, just south of Bramsche. Finally, in August 1855, Hermann was granted a divorce from Anna Langenkamp. Three years later, on July 29, 1858, Hermann and Anna Thiemann were finally married at St. Martins Kirche in Bramsche, Germany.
Herman and Anna immigrated from Germany in 1882. They landed in New York and traveled to Pierce City, MO by train, then traveled by wagon to Freistatt, Lawrence County, MO. Some children and grandchildren also came along. Hermann passed away only three years later, in 1884, and is buried in the Trinity Lutheran Church cemetery in Freistatt. Some of his Meyer descendants still live in Freistatt today.
We visted Macke's Farm in June, 2002 just north of Achmer, Germany. It is now beautiful country restaurant, called Cafe Harmonie. It is still owned by the Macke family.
She was born on 20. August 1821 at Schleptrup in Schulenbergs Leibzucht.
He was born in Pente, a small village just south of Bramsche, Germany. He was a Dienstknecht (Farm Labourer) in Rieste prior to leaving for America.
He was born Rudolf Wilhelm Thiemann, then later Meyer.
His godparents were:
Hermann Rudolph Wahrhaus, unmarried, at Wackum
Heinrich Wilhelm Kreyenhagen, unmarried, at HemkeTheir name is mispelled "Meier" in Filby's "Germans to America". They are in Vol. 52 July 1885 - January 1886.
Ship: SS Rhein, From: Bremen and Southhampton, To: New York, Arrived: 07 August 1885
Meier, Wilhelm 29 Male Farmer,
Elise 29 Female Wife,
Anna 4 Female Child,
Mali 2 Female Child,
Willi .06 Male InfantThey traveled from Rieste, to Bremen, to New York, to Friestatt to meet his brother Herman and family, who had traveled to America in 1881-82. His father, who had also traveled to Freistatt, had already passed away the year before in 1884. It was in Freistatt where he farmed and ran a hotel. Elise, his wife, passed away in 1893. Some of the girls remember her pulling the girls in close and telling them to be strong and take care of each other...that Mama had to take a trip. She died later that day.
William became a naturalized citizen August 9, 1894 in Lawrence Co., Missouri.
William continued to farm, and in 1897 he married Louise Kreft.
From the 1900 Census of Lawrence County, MO: It lists William's job as "Day Laborer" It lists his wife Louise as a "Hotel Keeper" and shows they had 2 boarders living with them. Anna, the oldest daughter, is listed as "Servant".
William and his family traveled to Mounds, OK around 1907. They built storage tanks for the oil fields as their occupation. He lost his wife Louise here in 1909, after a complication during her pregnancy. He then moved the famliy on to Shidler, OK. In the April, 1910 Census, William and the family are living in Big Hill Township, Osage Co., Oklahoma (E.D. 155, Sh. 5 B). William is 53 yrs old at this time, widowed, and has 9 kids living at home, ranging in age from 24 yrs to 18 months old. Ten years later, in the (January) 1920 Census, William is 64 yrs old, and living in Foraker Township 27 (which includes Shidler) in Osage Co. Oklahoma (E.D. 90, Sh. 8 B). Their name is misspelled "Mires" in the 1920 Census.
Loyd Myers came to know them while in Shidler, and he said they lived in a very large, well furnished house, and had quite a bit of farm equipment, and were relatively well off. The family ran a dairy farm there until William's death in 1927, from pneumoniaHis obit:
RUDOLPH W. MEYER
January 23rd, 1927Rudolph Wilhelm Meyer, son of Herman and Anna Meyer, was born on the 14th day of August 1856 at Rieste, Germany. Mr. Meyer was married in his native country to Elsie Fisher, to which union were born six children: Anna, Amelia, Wilhelm, Lizzie, Rudolph, and Johanna. In the month of July 1885 Mr. and Mrs. Meyer came to America and located in Lawrence County, Missouri. In the year 1895 Mr. Meyer was bereaved of his faithful wife. A few years later he was married to Louise Kraft, at Freistadt, Missouri. To this second union were born seven children: Gertrude, Leona, Gilbert, Hilda, Ella, Edwin and Clarence. In 1906 the Meyer family moved to Mounds, Okla., at which place they made their home for several years. There in 1908 Mr. Meyer was bereaved of his companion. In 1909 the Meyer family moved to Osage County, Oklahoma: and have lived in the vicinity of Shidler ever since.
On the 19th of January Mr. Meyer became seriously ill. Pneumonia developed and he died on the 23rd of January.
The following children lived to mourn their father's death: Mrs. Henry Kleibocker, Kit Carson, Colorado; William Meyer, Kaw City, Okla,; Mrs. John Oberdieck, Freeport, Kansas; Rudolph Meyer, Kaw City, Okla.; Mrs. Clarence Keim, Kaw City, Okla.; Mrs. Gertrude Drake, Shidler, Okla.; Mrs. J.E. Smith, Shidler, Okla.; Gilbert Meyer, Kaw City, Okla.; Mrs. C.H. Duggan, Lyman, Okla.; Edwin Meyer, Kaw City, Okla.; and Clarence Meyer, Kaw City, Okla
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 19th, with Rev. V. Cloe, Pastor of the Lutheran church at Ponca City in charge. Interment will be made at the Plainview cemetery at Kaw City, Oklahoma.Corrections to obit:
According to church records, he was born in Pente, a few miles south of Rieste, Germany.
Married Louis Kreft (not Kraft) in Freistatt (not Freistadt), Missouri.
Date of January 19th is incorrect for the funeral services - he didn't die till the 23rd.
Mike Meyer
Immigrated aboard the ship SS Rhein. Prior to that she was a Haustochter (Daughter - working in the family house) in Rieste, Germany
She immigrated aboard the ship SS Rhein.
Rudy served in WWI. He never married or had children. His nickname was "Doc" because he always took care of the sick animals on the farm.
In the (January) 1920 Census, he is living in Foraker Township 27 (which includes Shidler) in Osage Co. Oklahoma (E.D. 90, Sh. 8 B). Their name is misspelled "Mires" in the 1920 Census.
He was born in Pente, a small village just south of Bramsche, Germany. He was a Dienstknecht (Farm Labourer) in Rieste prior to leaving for America.
He was born Rudolf Wilhelm Thiemann, then later Meyer.
His godparents were:
Hermann Rudolph Wahrhaus, unmarried, at Wackum
Heinrich Wilhelm Kreyenhagen, unmarried, at HemkeTheir name is mispelled "Meier" in Filby's "Germans to America". They are in Vol. 52 July 1885 - January 1886.
Ship: SS Rhein, From: Bremen and Southhampton, To: New York, Arrived: 07 August 1885
Meier, Wilhelm 29 Male Farmer,
Elise 29 Female Wife,
Anna 4 Female Child,
Mali 2 Female Child,
Willi .06 Male InfantThey traveled from Rieste, to Bremen, to New York, to Friestatt to meet his brother Herman and family, who had traveled to America in 1881-82. His father, who had also traveled to Freistatt, had already passed away the year before in 1884. It was in Freistatt where he farmed and ran a hotel. Elise, his wife, passed away in 1893. Some of the girls remember her pulling the girls in close and telling them to be strong and take care of each other...that Mama had to take a trip. She died later that day.
William became a naturalized citizen August 9, 1894 in Lawrence Co., Missouri.
William continued to farm, and in 1897 he married Louise Kreft.
From the 1900 Census of Lawrence County, MO: It lists William's job as "Day Laborer" It lists his wife Louise as a "Hotel Keeper" and shows they had 2 boarders living with them. Anna, the oldest daughter, is listed as "Servant".
William and his family traveled to Mounds, OK around 1907. They built storage tanks for the oil fields as their occupation. He lost his wife Louise here in 1909, after a complication during her pregnancy. He then moved the famliy on to Shidler, OK. In the April, 1910 Census, William and the family are living in Big Hill Township, Osage Co., Oklahoma (E.D. 155, Sh. 5 B). William is 53 yrs old at this time, widowed, and has 9 kids living at home, ranging in age from 24 yrs to 18 months old. Ten years later, in the (January) 1920 Census, William is 64 yrs old, and living in Foraker Township 27 (which includes Shidler) in Osage Co. Oklahoma (E.D. 90, Sh. 8 B). Their name is misspelled "Mires" in the 1920 Census.
Loyd Myers came to know them while in Shidler, and he said they lived in a very large, well furnished house, and had quite a bit of farm equipment, and were relatively well off. The family ran a dairy farm there until William's death in 1927, from pneumoniaHis obit:
RUDOLPH W. MEYER
January 23rd, 1927Rudolph Wilhelm Meyer, son of Herman and Anna Meyer, was born on the 14th day of August 1856 at Rieste, Germany. Mr. Meyer was married in his native country to Elsie Fisher, to which union were born six children: Anna, Amelia, Wilhelm, Lizzie, Rudolph, and Johanna. In the month of July 1885 Mr. and Mrs. Meyer came to America and located in Lawrence County, Missouri. In the year 1895 Mr. Meyer was bereaved of his faithful wife. A few years later he was married to Louise Kraft, at Freistadt, Missouri. To this second union were born seven children: Gertrude, Leona, Gilbert, Hilda, Ella, Edwin and Clarence. In 1906 the Meyer family moved to Mounds, Okla., at which place they made their home for several years. There in 1908 Mr. Meyer was bereaved of his companion. In 1909 the Meyer family moved to Osage County, Oklahoma: and have lived in the vicinity of Shidler ever since.
On the 19th of January Mr. Meyer became seriously ill. Pneumonia developed and he died on the 23rd of January.
The following children lived to mourn their father's death: Mrs. Henry Kleibocker, Kit Carson, Colorado; William Meyer, Kaw City, Okla,; Mrs. John Oberdieck, Freeport, Kansas; Rudolph Meyer, Kaw City, Okla.; Mrs. Clarence Keim, Kaw City, Okla.; Mrs. Gertrude Drake, Shidler, Okla.; Mrs. J.E. Smith, Shidler, Okla.; Gilbert Meyer, Kaw City, Okla.; Mrs. C.H. Duggan, Lyman, Okla.; Edwin Meyer, Kaw City, Okla.; and Clarence Meyer, Kaw City, Okla
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 19th, with Rev. V. Cloe, Pastor of the Lutheran church at Ponca City in charge. Interment will be made at the Plainview cemetery at Kaw City, Oklahoma.Corrections to obit:
According to church records, he was born in Pente, a few miles south of Rieste, Germany.
Married Louis Kreft (not Kraft) in Freistatt (not Freistadt), Missouri.
Date of January 19th is incorrect for the funeral services - he didn't die till the 23rd.
Mike Meyer
In the (January) 1920 Census, he is living in Foraker Township 27 (which includes Shidler) in Osage Co. Oklahoma (E.D. 90, Sh. 8 B). Their name is misspelled "Mires" in the 1920 Census.
Johann Rudolph Diedrich Fischer
He was a Day Labourer in Rieste, Germany. Nr. 15 (Schwerings Leibzucht)
She died of kidney disease.
Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich (Henry) Kleiboeker
1880 Census - Living with his family in Hoyleton Twp, Washington Co., Illinois
1900 Census - He is listed as a resident in the house of his brother, Edward Kleiboeker, in Freistatt, MO.
1910 Census - 35 yrs old, living with wife Anna and children in Foraker, Big Hill twnshp, Osage Co., Oklahoma. ED 155, pg 13 B
1920 Census - Living with wife Anna and children in Cheyenne Co., Colorado E.D 59 Sht 3A
1930 Census - 56 yrs old, iving with wife Anna and children in Overland, Morris Co., Kansas. ED 64-17, sht 2b.
He filed a land patent in Cheyenne Co., Colorado on Feb. 7, 1919.
Murdered in Arizona on the way back from California to see his son.....he picked up a hitch hiker and the hitchhiker killed him. This person was later captured, convicted, and sent to prison.
She immigrated aboard the ship SS Rhein.
Anna died of a heart attack coming home from Clarence Keim's funeral.
1900 Census - 31 yrs old, living with first wife Joanna and children in Liberty twnshp, Cleveland Co. Oklahoma. ED 29, sht 3 B1910 Census - 40 yrs old, living with wife Elizabeth and children in Bixby twnshp, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma. ED 213 sht 12 B
1920 Census - Living with wife Lizzie and children in Bluff, Sumner Co., Kansas. ED 165, sht 1A
1930 Census - Living with wife Lizzie and child Melvin in Dexter, Cowley Co., Kansas. ED 18-14, sht 1a, pg 6
Rudolph Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer
1920 Census - He is living in Foraker Township 27 (which includes Shidler) in Osage Co. Oklahoma (E.D. 90, Sh. 8 B). Their name is mispelled "Mires" in the 1920 Census.
1930 Census - 45 yrs old, living in Foraker Twnshp, Osage Co., Oklahoma with wife Rosa and children, along with 3 of his brothers. ED 57-21 Sht 3A pg 242
Vircle Vonnie "Shorty" Jenkins
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 21, 2003
Vircle Vonnie "Shorty" Meyer Vircle Vonnie "Shorty" Meyer, 77, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Arden Road Baptist Church with Dr. Dale Bigham officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum by Memorial Park Funeral Home. Mrs. Meyer was born Oct. 7, 1925, in Wetumka, Okla. She married Trumon Ray Meyer on Feb. 21, 1947, in Borger. The couple lived in Borger for 40 years before moving to Amarillo in 1986. Shorty was an active member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. She was also the director of the Borger Youth Center. Shorty was a loving wife, sister and aunt. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. She was peceded in death by her son, Larry Ray Meyer; her parents; a brother; and a sister. Survivors include her husband; a sister, Susie Doke of Yukon, Okla.; numerous nieces and nephews; several great-nieces and great-nephews; and many great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.
1910 Census - 27 yrs old, living with wife May and son Arthur in Strike Axe, Osage Co., Oklahoma. ED 168, pg 288 B.1930 Census - 47 yrs old, living in Shidler, Osage Co., Oklahoma with wife and kids. E.D. 57-37, sht 11a, pg 188
1910 Census - not sure if this is him - 30 yrs old, living in Foraker, Osage Co., Oklahoma. ED 155, pg 3 B