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Meyer, Edwin William

Male 1897 - 1985  (88 years)


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  • Name Meyer, Edwin William 
    Born 22 Apr 1897  Fairview, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    • Edwin had been a farmer in the Powhattan and Fairview, Kansas area until his retirement in the 1950's.
    Died 5 Oct 1985  Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9] 
    • Edwin died at the Oak Ridge Acres Nursing Home, Hiawatha, Kansas, where he had been a resident since 1983.
    Buried 7 Oct 1985  Powhattan, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fairview, Kansas. Casselman-Meek Funeral Home of Hiawatha, Kansas was in charge of arrangements. According to his obituary, Edwin was survived by three sons, three daughters, two brothers, 24 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, three brothers and two sisters. Burial was in Powhattan Cemetery.
    Person ID I1108  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 24 May 2008 

    Father Meyer, Johann Christian George,   b. 26 Aug 1868, Waymansville, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1930, Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Fiegenbaum, Emelie Anna Maria,   b. 20 Feb 1867, Waymansville, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1945, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 17 Apr 1892  Old Fairview, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12] 
    Family ID F365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Schuman, Edith Elizabeth,   b. 4 Jan 1898, Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1964  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 7 Aug 1920  Powhattan, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16] 
    • Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann report the date of marriage as 20 August 1920. Edwin's obituary, and the genealogical research of Dwayne Meyer both give the date as 7 August 1920.
    Children 
    +1. Meyer, Helen Louise
    +2. Meyer, John Edwin,   b. 29 Sep 1922, Powhattan, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1973, Fairview, Brown County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    +3. Meyer, George Alvin
    +4. Meyer, Richard Carl
    +5. Meyer, Jean Francis
    +6. Meyer, Paul Arthur
    +7. Meyer, Ruth Alice
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann, Genealogical research.
      Name as Edwin W. Full date. City as Fairview, state.

    2. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications.
      Name as Edwin William. Full date. City as Hiawatha, state.

    3. [S22] Obituary.
      Edwin W. Meyer. Reported in the Hiawatha, KS newspaper on or shortly after October 7, 1985; page 6. "He was born near Fairview on April 22, 1897." Photocopy provided by Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 97, 135.
      Edwin W. Meyer, child of George C. Meyer and Emilie Anna Maria Fiegenbaum, was born on 22 April 1897 at Fairview, Brown County, Kansas.

    5. [S22] Obituary.
      Edwin W. Meyer. Reported in the Hiawatha, KS newspaper on or shortly after October 7, 1985; page 6. Photocopy provided by Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann.

    6. [S29] Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann, Genealogical research, Full date. City, state.

    7. [S22] Obituary.
      Edwin Meyer. In the Hiawatha, KS newspaper [on or shortly after Oct. 7, 1985; page 6]. Edwin "died at the Oak Ridge Acres Nursing Home in Hiawatha, early Saturday, October 5, 1965m where he had been a resident since 1983." Photocopy provided by Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann.

    8. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications., Full date. County, state.

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 97, 135.
      Edwin W. Meyer died on 5 October 1985 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas.

    10. [S29] Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann, Genealogical research.
      George C. Meyer and Emilie Fiegenbaum were married on 17 April 1892 at Old Fairview, Kansas.

    11. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications., Names. Full date.

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 97.
      George C. Meyer and Emilie Anna Maria Fiegenbaum were married on 17 April 1892 at Old Fairview, Brown County, Kansas.

    13. [S29] Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann, Genealogical research.
      Names. Full date as 20 AUG 1920. City as Powhatten, state.

    14. [S61] Dwayne Meyer, GEDCOM posted at WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~dwaynemilp) [January 2001] and personal communications., Names. Full date as 7 AUG 1920.

    15. [S22] Obituary.
      Edwin Meyer. In the Hiawatha, KS newspaper [on or shortly after Oct. 7, 1985; page 6] the date of marriage is reported as 7 AUG 1920 and the place as "near Powhatten." Photocopy provided by Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann.

    16. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 135.
      Edwin W. Meyer and Edith E. Schumann were married on 7 August 1920 at Powhatten, Brown County, Kansas.


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