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Peter Meyer

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Peter Meyer

Birth
Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
30 Jan 1897 (aged 74)
Ford County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Sibley, Ford County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.5887985, Longitude: -88.3964462
Memorial ID
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After his wife, Margaretha Bredhoft, died about 1870 in Seedorf, Hannover, Peter immigrated in 1885.
He lived with only child Martin Meyer's family on their farm near Sibley, IL until his death.

The family changed the spelling of the name after coming to America when anti-German feelings arose.
After his wife, Margaretha Bredhoft, died about 1870 in Seedorf, Hannover, Peter immigrated in 1885.
He lived with only child Martin Meyer's family on their farm near Sibley, IL until his death.

The family changed the spelling of the name after coming to America when anti-German feelings arose.


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  • Maintained by: Harold Meyer
  • Originally Created by: Rosetta
  • Added: Aug 12, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6681778/peter-meyer: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Meyer (17 Mar 1822–30 Jan 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6681778, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Sibley, Ford County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Harold Meyer (contributor 49298163).