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

John W. Meyer[1, 2]

Male 1851 - 1940  (89 years)


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  • Name John W. Meyer 
    Born 10 May 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1881  Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    farmer 
    Residence 1937  Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Eby ID Number 00078-4745 
    Died 11 Sep 1940  Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • His grave is unmarked
    Person ID I13433  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 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 1 Angeline Orilla Snyder,   b. 8 Feb 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1895, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1872  [2
    Children 
     1. Caleb Meyer,   b. 9 Dec 1872,   d. 26 Dec 1873  (Age 1 years)
     2. Emmaline Meyer,   b. 18 Feb 1875,   d. 5 Sep 1875  (Age 0 years)
     3. Josephus Snyder Meyer,   b. 20 Jul 1876, Moorefield, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1931  (Age 54 years)
     4. Alva Hervey Meyer,   b. 1879, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1887  (Age 8 years)
     5. Archie John Meyer,   b. 1880, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Benjamin Homer Meyer,   b. 28 Jul 1882, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Angeline Orilla Meyer,   b. 28 Jun 1884, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1941  (Age 56 years)
     8. Ida Alberta Meyer,   b. 22 Sep 1886, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Arthur Oswald Meyer,   b. 14 Oct 1888, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Lilian Olive Meyer,   b. 7 Nov 1894, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1936  (Age 41 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F3685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Catharine McDowell,   b. 13 Jun 1859, Bradford, West Gwillimbury Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1926, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 18 Jun 1895  Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F6141  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    John W. Meyer
    John W. Meyer
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  • Notes 
    • John Meyer, "was born May 10th, 1851. He resides in the town of Listowel, Perth County, Ontario, where he and Abram Moyer of Palmerston are partners and proprietors of the Maitland Valley Roller Mills of Listowel and the Victoria Roller Mills of Palmerston, Wellington County, Ontario. They are both practical millers and are well posted on the milling business of the day. There is a strong demand for their flour in both the home and foreign market. Mr. Meyer is married to Angeline Snyder and has a family of ten 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.].

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      John Wenger Meyers, born in Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont. May 10, 1851; married. Angeline, daughter of Benjamin D. Snyder, Esq., of St. Jacobs, Ont., Dec. 26, 1872
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      His father was John Meyers, and his mother was Mary Meyers, whose maiden name of Wenger appears in that of the subject of this sketch. His early life was spent on the homestead, of which he undertook the management at the age of 20, and soon afterward rented the farm. At the expiration of five years they moved with their one child to Iowa, but returned within a year to Canada, and purchased in Maryboro township, Wellington county, a 100-acre farm, to which was added fifty acres more during the next seven years. He leased his farm in 1885, and has since then been engaged as miller in the Maitland Valley Roller Mills, of Listowel, Perth county, Ont. In 1888 the firm increased their business by purchasing the Victoria Roller Mills, of Palmerston. Mr. Meyers was left in control of the former and his partner assumed control of the latter. The water works of the town of Listowel also belongs to Mr. Meyers, and have been operated by him since 1891. As he and his son Josephus buy all kinds of grain they purchased in 1892 a large elevator in Listowel, and further increased their business by leasing in 1894 the Oatmeal Mills, of Palmerston, with the privilege of buying. On May 12, 1895, his wife died, leaving a family of seven children.

      Besides carrying on his own private enterprises Mr. Meyers has always been identified with matters pertaining directly to the public. While living on his farm he was for some time a member of the Town-ship Council, and later of the Listowel Council, until he accepted the contract to furnish the town with water. He is a member of the High School Board, of the board of directors of Morris-Field-Rogers Piano Company, and president of board of the Public Library of the same town.

      Moyer Family History by the Rev. A.J. Fretz, Milton,N.J.

  • 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. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 296.

    3. [S260] Census - ON, Wellington, Maryborough - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 20 Household Number 88.

    4. [S327] Census - ON, Perth, Listowel - 1881, Listowel (Town/Ville) C-1 Page 8.

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

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

    7. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Barbara Meyer - March 4, 1937.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 May 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1881 - Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Jun 1895 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1937 - Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Sep 1940 - Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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