MEYERHOFER, Andrew

MEYERHOFER

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 1/9/2009 at 15:20:27

Andrew Meyerhofer, farmer, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born Aug. 16, 1849. He came to the United States June 24, 1868, He landed at New York and went to Lake Geneva, Wis. After a residence there of seven years, he went to McHenry Co., Illinois, May 21, 1855.

The family includes three children – Mary R., Teresa M., and Catharine M. Mr. Meyerhofer came to Iowa Jan. 17, 1883 and bought eighty acres of land on section 20, in Stacyville township. The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 515.