John W. Meyer^{[1, 2]}

1851 - 1940  (89 years)

• Name	John W. Meyer
  Born	10 May 1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	farmer
  Residence	1937	Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Eby ID Number	00078-4745
  Died	11 Sep 1940	Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  	His grave is unmarked
  Person ID	I13433	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 1	Angeline Orilla Snyder,   b. 8 Feb 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1895, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (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 ,   d. Mar 1931  (Age 54 years)   4. Alva Hervey Meyer,   b. 1879, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Apr 1887  (Age 8 years)   5. Archie John Meyer,   b. 1880, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Benjamin Homer Meyer,   b. 28 Jul 1882, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Angeline Orilla Meyer,   b. 28 Jun 1884, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1941  (Age 56 years)   8. Ida Alberta Meyer,   b. 22 Sep 1886, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Arthur Oswald Meyer,   b. 14 Oct 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Lilian Olive Meyer,   b. 7 Nov 1894, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1936  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

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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.]. _____________________ 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. 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

  [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. [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. [S260] Census - ON, Wellington, Maryborough - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 20 Household Number 88. [S327] Census - ON, Perth, Listowel - 1881, Listowel (Town/Ville) C-1 Page 8. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 8. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 2 Page 20. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Barbara Meyer - March 4, 1937.

  
  

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  Born - 10 May 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1881 - Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Jun 1895 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1937 - Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Sep 1940 - Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth