there in 1900. Cloy and Bonnie moved to Postville in 1994. Corinne and her family still live on the family farm.

Duane served in the U.S. Army being stationed in Germany after the Korean conflict. After he was discharged he came back to farm the home place where he still lives.

Marlvs married Gerald Hager. (See the Gerald Hager history.)

Meyer, Henry and Elizabeth (Senholz)

Henry L. and Elizabeth (Senholz) Meyer moved to a farm northeast of Castalia in 1890. Henry and Elizabeth’s parents came from German in 1852 and 1855 and settled in Clayton Co.

Henry and Elizabeth had 4 children: Velma, Lester, Ruby and Valder.

Valder Meyer married Marie E. Wangsness, daughter of Ellend and Martha Wangsness. Ellend and Martha were both of Norwegian descent. They had 3 other children, Bertha, Henry and Elmer.

Valder and Marie had 3 children; Nanferd, Kenneth and Kelly. Nanferd served with the Army in Japan, Kenneth was with the Army in Korea and Kelly was in the National Guard.

Nanferd lives at Castalia, IA. His children are Vicky, Kim, Kevin, Kalen, Kenton and Valerie. Kenneth married Nancy Billings of Ft. Madison, IA. They live at Calmar, IA and have 3 children: Jeffrey, Elizabeth and Anne. Kelly lives at RR Decorah, IA.

MEYER - HUBER - SCHISSEL

(Laura Meyer)

Peter and Barbara Meyer about 1900 or 1980 from Leo C. Stringer, July 28, 1963. Dan’s grandpa and grandma Peter Meyer, Hamburg, Germany born 1821, died Calmar, IA Nov. 27, 1895 at farm. Barbara Schmitt Meyer, born Pittenger, Germany, Dec. 3, 1832, died Calmar, IA, March 4, 1911. They had 11 children.

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The genealogy of the Meyer-Huber-Schissel families is a long and interesting history dating back to 1835 and 1793.

Peter Meyer Sr. was born in 1821 near Frankfort, Germany. Peter and his brother John came to the United

States as teenagers through Ellis Island, New York. They settled in Pennsylvania, as did many others after coming to the United States.

Here Peter met Barbara Schmitt who was born in Pittinger, Germany. They were married 19 Jun 1849 in Butler, PA. They then joined friends who were planning to make their home in “beautiful Iowa" which they had heard so much about.

Front left to right: Frank Kuhn, Mrs. Louis Meyer, Mrs. Pete Meyer Jr., unidentified, unidentified, Minnie Meyer Becker, Louis Meyer, unidentified, Mrs. Peter Meyer Sr. (grandma), Frank Giesen (cigar), Peter Meyer Jr., Mrs. Frank Giesen, Mrs. Frank Kuhn (Marie), Elins Meyer and Cleora Kuhn.

The couple had eleven children: John (b. 29 Mar 1850 in Wheeling, WV) married Caroline Horn. They were the parents of seven children. John died and is buried in Cresco, IA. Kathryn (b. 27 Apr 1852 in Excelsior Springs, MO) married Edward Lippe. They were the parents of five children. Kathryn is buried in Dubuque, IA where her sister lived. Mary (b. 4 Jul 1854 in Butler, PA) married Henry Goite in Calmar, IA. Goite was related to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the German poet. Mary and Henry had four children. She died 10 Nov 1928. Both she and her husband are buried in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery in Calmar. Joseph (b. 30 Jan 1857 on the family homestead near the present-day Lake Meyer) married Josephine Chitek. They were the parents of two sons. Joseph died in Calmar. He and his wife are buried in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery. Nicholas (b. 1 Sep 1859 on the family homestead) married Allie Goite. They had no children. Nicholas died 21 Dec 1913 and is buried at St. Clements Cemetery between Spillville and Fort Atkinson, IA. Peter Jr. (1 Jan 1862 on the Meyer homestead) married Julia Krammer. They had one daughter, Minnie. Minnie married Rudy Becker. Minnie and Rudy had eleven children. Peter Jr. built a large, beautiful building in Calmar in 1909 which is still in use. He also built a large, imposing house about three blocks north of this where they lived for many years. Jacob was born 27 Dec 1863 on the family farm. He and his wife, Kitty, settled in Salt Lake City, UT where they raised three children. Jacob died 17 Sep 1913. Barbara (b. 28 Jun 1866 on the family farm) married Adam Wombocher in Dubuque, IA. They had two sons, Adam and Jerome. Barbara died 14 Nov 1955 in Dubuque. Michael was born 29 Sep 1968 on the family farm. Other