Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Absalom Meyer[1, 2]

Male 1847 - 1914  (66 years)


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  • Name Absalom Meyer 
    Born 13 Jul 1847  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Laborer 
    Occupation 1881  Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    miller 
    Eby ID Number 00078-4743 
    Died 10 May 1914  Peabody, Marion, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13417  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father John N. Meyer,   b. 21 Aug 1808, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1883, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary Wenger,   b. 28 Apr 1814, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1868, Near Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Family ID F3675  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lovina Moyer,   b. 12 Feb 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1914, Peabody, Marion, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edith Meyer
     2. Edna Meyer
     3. Arthur Meyer
     4. Orrel Meyer
     5. Elsie Meyer
     6. Alfred Meyer,   b. 29 Sep 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1955  (Age 80 years)
     7. Elmina Meyer,   b. 1875, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Martha Meyer,   b. 1877, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Lydia Meyer,   b. 1879, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F3684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Absalom Meyer, "was born July 13th, 1847. He is a farmer and resides at Peabody, Kansas. His wife is Lovina Moyer. Their family consists of nine children".


      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 88.

    2. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 105.

    3. [S327] Census - ON, Perth, Listowel - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 46 Household Number 232.

    4. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 8.

    5. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 2 Page 20.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Jul 1847 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - miller - 1881 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 May 1914 - Peabody, Marion, Kansas, United States Link to Google Earth
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