William Henry Van Meer

1854 - 1927  (72 years)

• Name	William Henry Van Meer  [1]
  Birth	4 May 1854	Brock Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	19 Aug 1870	Greenville Post Office, Pierson Township, Montcalm County, Michigan   [1]
  	Wm Vanmeer, 55, M, W, Farmer, $1200 real estate, $600 personal estate, born in Canada Sarah Vanmeer, 48, F, W, Keeping House, born in Canada Wm Vanmeer, 15, M, W, works on farm, born in Canada, attending school Margaret Vanmeer, 15, F, W, born in Canada, attending school Maryette Vanmeer, 11, F, W, born in Canada, attending school Alvina Vanmeer, 9, F, W, born in Canada, attending school James Vanmeer, 7, M, W, born in Canada, attending school Sarah Vanmeer, 5, F, W, born in Michigan, attending school
  Anecdote	1918  [3]
  	William Henry Van Meer was born in the township of Brock, Province of Ontario, Canada, May 4, 1854, and is a son of William and Sarah Anna (Maybee) Van Meer. He attended the Kansas City Homeopathic Medical College, from which he was duly graduated in March, 1890, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine He was married at Waterloo, Iowa, April 19, 1875, to Miss Sarah E. Lane, daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Margaret (Kennedy) Lane. To Doctor and Mrs. Van Meer the following children were born: Edna, who is the wife of Sherman Mayhew, proprietor of a barber shop and shooting gallery at Great Bend, Kansas; F. A., who is engaged in farming in Osborne County, Kansas; Warren, who is a thresher, farmer and blacksmith of Arkansas; and Arlie Lenora, who is the wife of Sam Strong, an attorney of Valley Falls, Kansas.
  Reference Number	38402
  Death	7 Feb 1927	Longton, Elk County, Kansas   [4]
  Person ID	I38138	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William K. Van Meer,   b. 24 Sep 1813, Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Apr 1897, Polk County, Oregon (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Ann Maybee,   b. 3 Jun 1818, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Oct 1897, Oregon (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1841	Cannington, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F10616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Lane,   b. Jul 1857, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	19 Apr 1875	Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa   [7]
  Family ID	F13927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] 1870 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Pierson, Montcalm, Michigan; Roll: M593_692; Page: 151B; Family History Library Film: 552191. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 25295986. [S192] Information taken from the Internet by John MayBee #8, from "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans", written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918 http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/1918ks/biov/vanmeewh.html. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, A Standard History of Kansas http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/biov/vanmeewh.html. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Ancestry Member Trees, Stephanie Schulman MacDonald. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992.