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Margaretha <I>Gerken</I> Meyer

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Margaretha Gerken Meyer

Birth
Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
26 Apr 1910 (aged 52)
Ford County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Sibley, Ford County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Born in Granstedt, Old Kingdom Hanover, the eldest of six children of Thees (sic)[dabt 1877 in Hannover] & Catharina Margaret Helmer Gerken, she immigrated to America in 1885 with her widowed mother and youngest brother, John.

She married Martin (Meier) MEYER in March, 1886; they were farmers. She bore 11 children:

1.Theodore "Tate" Meyer 1884-1969
m Minnie Winter d1979
2.Peter J. Meyer 1886-1958
m Lena Volsen d1953
3.KKM Meyer 1888-1888
4.Anna M. Meyer 1889-1944 in WA
m John A. Brandt d196_ in WA
5.John Meyer 1891-1964
m Lizzie Roesch d1975
6.Henry M. Meyer 1893-1983
m Marie Volsen d1966
7.Martin H. Meyer 1895-1967
m Rose Martens d1969
8.Magdalena Meyer 1897-1961
m Henry Brucker d1963
9.Louis A. Meyer 1899-1943
m Margaretha Gerlach d1994
10.Frederick W. Meyer 1902-1987
m Ida Hensen d1981
11.Margaretha Meta Meyer 1904-1986

Her family often spelled her name GERKIN or GEHRKEN in official USA records, but the spelling in German records of Selsingen parish is GERKEN or GERCKEN.
Born in Granstedt, Old Kingdom Hanover, the eldest of six children of Thees (sic)[dabt 1877 in Hannover] & Catharina Margaret Helmer Gerken, she immigrated to America in 1885 with her widowed mother and youngest brother, John.

She married Martin (Meier) MEYER in March, 1886; they were farmers. She bore 11 children:

1.Theodore "Tate" Meyer 1884-1969
m Minnie Winter d1979
2.Peter J. Meyer 1886-1958
m Lena Volsen d1953
3.KKM Meyer 1888-1888
4.Anna M. Meyer 1889-1944 in WA
m John A. Brandt d196_ in WA
5.John Meyer 1891-1964
m Lizzie Roesch d1975
6.Henry M. Meyer 1893-1983
m Marie Volsen d1966
7.Martin H. Meyer 1895-1967
m Rose Martens d1969
8.Magdalena Meyer 1897-1961
m Henry Brucker d1963
9.Louis A. Meyer 1899-1943
m Margaretha Gerlach d1994
10.Frederick W. Meyer 1902-1987
m Ida Hensen d1981
11.Margaretha Meta Meyer 1904-1986

Her family often spelled her name GERKIN or GEHRKEN in official USA records, but the spelling in German records of Selsingen parish is GERKEN or GERCKEN.

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  • Created by: Rosetta
  • Added: Jul 21, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6625783/margaretha-meyer: accessed ), memorial page for Margaretha Gerken Meyer (10 Jan 1858–26 Apr 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6625783, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Sibley, Ford County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Rosetta (contributor 46558106).