Meyer, Carl, 1849-1934

MEYER, BURG

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Date: 2/13/2022 at 18:16:03

From the Alton Democrat, February 2, 1934:

Mr. Carl Meyer died at his home Sunday at Adrian, Minn. The body was brought to Granville where interment was made Wednesday at the St. Jos. cemetery. Mr. Meyer was one of the first settlers in this community. He was laid to rest beside his wife who preceded him in death 43 years ago.

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From the Nobles County Review (Adrian, Minn.), January 26, 1934:

Death of Carl Meyer

Carl Myer[sic], one of Adrian’s oldest and highly esteemed residents, passed away at his home here early last Sunday morning, about 2:00 o’clock, the cause of death being bronchial pneumonia.

Funeral services were held at St. Adrian Church, Wednesday morning at 9:00 o’clock, Fr. Gmeinder conducting the final obsequies. The pallbearers were six of the sons of the deceased, who carried his body to its final resting place beside that of his wife, at Granville, Iowa. Mrs. Meyer passed away many years ago.

Mr. Meyer passed away at the age of 84 years, 11 months and 11 days. He is survived by seven sons and three daughters. They are Nick, Peter, Mike, John, Henry, Frank and Joe; Margaret, Kate and Mary, the latter Mrs. Dressen of Arco, Minn. They were all present at the funeral but Peter of California, who was unable to get here.

A complete obituary will appear in next week’s issue of The Review.
[No further obituary was found in the Feb. 2 issue, and what should have been the Feb. 9 issue is missing.]

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His death certificate no. 1934-MN-009743 (informant Margaret Meyer) shows him born February 10, 1849 in Germany; parents Peter Meyer and Catherine Heiderbreck[?]; widowed, wife Eva Burke Meyer; retired farmer; died at Adrian at 2 a.m. January 21, 1934; cause, bronchial pneumonia.

His FindaGrave.com page has Carl Meyer, born 1849 in Germany, died 1934 in Iowa, buried in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa. Wife Eva Burg Meyer (1852-1890, married 1873). Three children listed: Margaret Meyer (1876-1971), Kathren Meyer (1878-1958), and Henry W. Meyer (1884-1953). Notes added to the page (contributor’s name not given) add three other children: Nicholas (born 1874), John (born 1875), and Michael (born January 1880), and give Margaret’s birth year as 1877. There is a photo of the joint headstone of Carl and Eva Meyer.

The Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS) has an entry for Carl Meier and Eva Burg, married 24 Feb 1873 at Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota.

The 1880 U.S. census shows the Meyer family – Charles (born in Prussia), Eva (born in Luxemburg), and children Nickolas (6), born in Minnesota, and John (5), Margaret (3), Kate (2), and Michael (5/12), all born in Iowa – farming in Caledonia, O’Brien County, Iowa. The obituary of his wife Eva (posted separately) shows her to have died in December 1890 while they were residents of Granville, Sioux County. The family moved from Granville to Nobles County, Minnesota, where Carl had rented a farm, early in 1898 (Alton Democrat, March 5, 1898). In 1900 the family was farming in Westside, Nobles County, and Carl (whose name is mangled) is shown as born Jan. 1848 in Germany, immigrated in 1857.