George Meyer: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

1.	George Meyer was born 1863, , Ontario, Canada (son of Rev. Frederick F. Meyer and Mary Foerster); died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87577 Occupation: 1893; foreman for Studebaker Bros.

Generation: 2

Rev. Frederick F. Meyer was born 1838, , Alsace Lorraine, France (son of Jacob Meyer and Sophia Fischer); died Yes, date unknown.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87573
Residence: 1860, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; M. Preacher

Notes:

...Rev. F. F. Meyer, who was born in Alsace. Lorraine, France (now Germany), and when sixteen years of age emigrated to Canada, and for eleven years thereafter was a school teacher in the Dominion, in the following of which calling he won an excellent reputation. About 1870, while living in Canada, he entered the ministry of the Evangelical Association, and about five years later came to the United States and settled in Michigan, and at a still later period in South Bend, in which place he pursued his ministerial duties for three years. He is now located in South Dakota, where he is secretary and treasurer of the Farmers' State Alliance, prior to which he efficiently filled two terms as county superintendent of schools. When in Canada he was married to Mary Foerster, a native of that country and a good old-fashioned family of fifteen children was given to them, of whom F. J. Lewis Meyer is the eldest. All the members of this large family are living: F. J. Lewis; Jacob; George, a foreman for Studebaker Bros.; Sophia, wife of C. M. K. Haeske, superintendent of the wagon department of Studebaker Bros. ; Mary; Lena; Moses; Daniel; Joseph; Bertha; Mattie; John; Fred; Edward and Charles. F. J. Lewis Meyer, together with John A. Berers, principal of the Mishawaka schools, and George A. Powles, now of Chicago, were the founders of the South Bend Normal School, an institution that has become widely and favorably known.

Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana, together with biographies of many prominent men of northern Indiana and of the whole state, both living and dead (1893)

Frederick married Mary Foerster 6 Mar 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Ludwig "Louis" Foerster and Anna Maria Ziegler) was born 1840, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Mary Foerster was born 1840, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Ludwig "Louis" Foerster and Anna Maria Ziegler); died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Name: Mary Meyer
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-279897
Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Residence: 1860, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Children:

F. J. Lewis Meyer was born 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Jacob Meyer was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
1. George Meyer was born 1863, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Sophia Meyer was born 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Mary Meyer was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Lena Meyer was born 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Moses Meyer was born 23 Dec 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 3

4.	Jacob Meyer was born Abt 1815, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94759 Jacob — Sophia Fischer. Sophia was born Abt 1815, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Sophia Fischer was born Abt 1815, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Name: Sophia Meyer
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96671

Children:

2. Rev. Frederick F. Meyer was born 1838, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died Yes, date unknown.

Ludwig "Louis" Foerster was born 5 Jan 1803, , Baden, Germany (son of George Adam Foerster and Marie Katarina "Katarina" Grab or Gens); died 23 Mar 1893, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Interesting: pioneer, story
Name: Lewis Foerster
Name: Louis Foerster
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-110323
Residence: 1828, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Immigration: 1835, , Canada
Occupation: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Residence: 1855, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

LUDWIG FOERSTER

Another of the old pioneers of Waterloo county has passed away in the person of Mr. Ludwig Foerster, who died on the 23^rd inst., at the home of Andrew Foerster, his son, who lives between here and St. Clements. Deceased was born in Baden, Germany, and came to Canada in 1835. He settled in Wellesley township when it was yet a "howling wilderness", and hewed out for himself a home in the woods. By dint of hard work and economy, coupled with sterling honesty, he contrived to leave to his children a fair share of this world's goods. He leaves 9 children, 63 grandchildren, and 50 great grandchildren. His remains were buried in the Lutheran cemetery, here, last Saturday. He had reached the ripe age of 90 years, 2 months and 17 days.

Elmira Signet 30 Mar 1893 pg 8

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DEATHS

Forester - At Heidelberg, on March 23rd, Louis Foerster.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 6 Apr 1893, p. 8

Ludwig married Anna Maria Ziegler 15 Nov 1828, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anna was born CALC 19 May 1806, , Germany; died 12 Sep 1851; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Anna Maria Ziegler was born CALC 19 May 1806, , Germany; died 12 Sep 1851; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Anna Maria Foerster
Name: Maria Ziegler
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-237430
Residence: 1828, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Children:

Jacob Foerster was born 1830, , Baden, Germany; died 8 Dec 1908, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Andrew Foerster was born 22 Jun 1831, , Baden, Germany; died 1 May 1916, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Katharine Foerster was born 1835, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
Ludwig Z. "Louis" Foerster was born 14 Oct 1836, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 14 May 1837, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jul 1921, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA; was buried , Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
Frederick Foerster was born 29 Apr 1839, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 1923, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Mary Foerster was born 1840, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Martin Foerster was born 1843, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Adam Foerster was born 1843, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Valentine Foerster was born 22 Mar 1848, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1921, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Brussels United Cemetery, Brussels, Huron Co., Ontario.
August Foerster was born 1850, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Barbara Foerster was born 1850, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 4

12.	George Adam Foerster was born CA 1762, Of, Baden, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59501 Residence: 1799, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany George — Marie Katarina "Katarina" Grab or Gens. Marie was born CA 1763; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

13.

Marie Katarina "Katarina" Grab or Gens was born CA 1763; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Name: Marie Katarina "Katarina" Foerster
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106755
Residence: 1799, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Children:

Georg Balthasar "Balthasar" Foerster was born 9 Nov 1799, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; was christened 9 Nov 1799, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 10 May 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Ludwig "Louis" Foerster was born 5 Jan 1803, , Baden, Germany; died 23 Mar 1893, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Maria Barbara Foerster was born 7 Sep 1807; died 24 Nov 1870, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.