Husband: Carl August MEIR
Birthdate: August 30, 1837
Birthplace: Wirsitz, Posen, Prussia
Death date: May 15, 1904
Place of death: Caledonia, Kent Co, MI
Burial: Holy Corners Cemetery
Father: Christoph MEIR
Mother: Dorothy JESKE
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 1867
Marriage place: Posen, Prussia

Wife: Wilhemine Johanna DRAHEIM
Birthdate: February 20, 1842
Birthplace: Lobsens, Posen, Prussia
Death date: November 30, 1930
Place of death: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI
Burial: Holy Corners Cemetery
Father: Christoph DRAHEIM
Mother: Eva Rosine SELCHOW
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Johan
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1869
Birthplace: Waterloo, Ontario
Death date: before 1880
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 2: Caroline Wilhemine
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 29, 1872
Birthplace: Waterloo, Ontario
Death date: April 14, 1946
Place of death: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Burial: Holy Corners Cemetery
Marriage date: April 14, 1896
Marriage place: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Spouse's name: Frederick WALDECK

Child No. 3: Louisa F.
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 15, 1874
Birthplace: Thornapple Twp., Barry Co., MI
Death date: June 25, 1959
Place of death: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Burial: Holy Corners Cemetery
Marriage date: December 22, 1898
Marriage place: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Spouse's name: William SCHULTZ

Child No. 4: Sophia
Sex: F
Birthdate: February 4, 1877
Birthplace: Thornapple Twp., Barry Co., MI
Death date: December 12, 1939
Place of death: Hayes Twp., Charlevoix Co., MI
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Marriage date: October 16, 1911
Marriage place: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Spouse's name: Frederick YAHR

Child No. 5: Anna
Sex: F
Birthdate: July 7, 1879
Birthplace: Thornapple Twp., Barry Co., MI
Death date: December 20, 1921
Place of death: Grant Twp., Mecosta Co., MI
Burial: Holy Corners Cemetery
Marriage date: October 14, 1903
Marriage place: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Spouse's name: Lincoln Phillip FORD

Child No. 6: Wilhemine (Minnie)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1882
Birthplace: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Death date: unknown
Place of death: Parma, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Burial:
Marriage date: October 1, 1902
Marriage place: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Spouse's name: Herbert CLEMENTS

Child No. 7: Henrietta
Sex: F
Birthdate: June 18, 1885
Birthplace: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Death date: November 23, 1885
Place of death: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Burial: Holy Corners Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: None

Child No. 8: August E.
Sex: M
Birthdate: June 9, 1886
Birthplace: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Death date: April 12, 1918
Place of death: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Burial: Holy Corners Cemetery
Marriage date: March 6, 1913
Marriage place: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Spouse's name: Inez BROWN

Child No. 9: Elizabeth Dorothea
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 29, 1889
Birthplace: Dutton, Kent Co., MI
Death date: May 28, 1935
Place of death: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Burial: Holy Corners Cemetery
Marriage date: March 23, 1910
Marriage place: Caledonia, Kent Co., MI
Spouse's name: Will August SOBATTO
 
 
Documentation:
1. Hilda Ford Bible;
2. Kent County, Michigan - birth, marriage, and death records;
3. 1880 Census, Barry County, Michigan;
4. 1900 and 1910 Census, Kent County,Michigan;
5. Holy Corners Cemetery Records;
6. Greenwood Cemetery Records;
7. Wirsitz, Posen Province, Prussia birth records;
8. Mary (Ford) Bigger (verbal);
9. 1920 and 1930 Census Charlevoix County, Michigan;
10. 1920 Census Mecosta County, Michigan.
11. 1930 Census Cuyahoga County, Ohio.