Name |
George Wondell Walter Meyers |
Birth |
Nov 1829 |
Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada [1, 2] |
- son of Peter Meyers and Tiney Yager
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Gender |
Male |
Census |
1861 |
Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada [3] |
- 17, Mary Maybee, F, 48, W, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist
18, George W. Meyers, M, 32, M, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist, Yeoman
19, Ann E. Meyers, F, 24, M, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist
20, Maria Maybee, F, 19, S, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist
21, William K. Maybee, M, 7, S, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist
22, Athenia L. Maybee, F, 10, S, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist
23, Ida Meyers, F, 1, S, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist
Two families reside in a one and a half story frame house
10, Mary Maybee, Con 3, Lot 5, total acreage 200, 100 under cultivation, 40 under crops in 1860, 60 under pasture in 1860,, and 100 under woods or wild. Farm valued at $3000, Farming equipment valued at 40
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Land |
1869 |
Thurlow Township, Ontario, Canada [1] |
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Census |
1871 |
Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada [4] |
- 8, George W. W. Meyers, M, 41, M, Ontario, Episcopal Methodist, German, Farmer
9, Ann E. Meyers, F, 34, M, Ontario, Episcopal Methodist, German
10, Ida L. Meyers, F, 10, Ontario, Episcopal Methodist, German, attended school
11, Samuel Meyers, M, 9, Ontario, Episcopal Methodist, German, attended school
Residing Lot 4, Concession 3, 75 acres, 1house, 1 barn 2 carriages, 2 wagons, 2 ploughs, 3 horses, 1 colt, 6 cows, 4 other horned cattle, 20 sheep, 4 swine
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Anecdote |
- George Wandel Meyers, is another respected fourth generation descendant of the Meyers family of Sidney. He was born in 1829, Sidney and of all the other pioneer boys who attended the old Number Two School he is one of the few still living. At an early age he apprenticed to the tailor's trade in Belleville. After hiring out for farm work for several years he went to Wisconsin in 1858. staying there only 18 months, he returned with a hundred dollars of gold in his pocket. By industry and economy he saved sufficient to purchase a farm, in Rawdon, which he later sold, to rent the Mabey farm, Eventually he purchased his present home, Lot 4 3rd Con. of Sidney. In 1859; he married Annie E., daughter of Samuel Maybey, a granddaughter of the pioneer John Mabey. They had a family of two (1) Ida who married Daniel Stevens and had children Annie, Lelia, Frank, John & Edith and (2) Samuel, who married Hannah Stickle, and has a son, Frederick Earl. The fine Property of this branch of the family is the fruit of very hard work, The farm consists of 166 acres, the house is of good brick and supplemented by barns and other outbuildings replete with modern appliances. No man in the County of Hastings is more highly respected than George Wandell Meyers.
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Memo |
1910 [1] |
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Reference Number |
7696 |
Residence |
Lot 4/5 Con 3, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada [1] |
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Death |
19 Aug 1911 |
Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada [1, 2] |
Person ID |
I7650 |
Maybee Society |
Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
Family |
Ann Elizabeth Maybee, b. 11 Nov 1837, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Apr 1908, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years) |
Marriage |
1 Sep 1859 |
Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
- George W. D. Wonegens, 30, of Sidney, born in Sidney, parents dead, and Ann Elizabeth Maybee, 20, of Sidney, born in Sidney, father dead, mother Mary.
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Children |
+ | 1. Ida Losina Meyers, b. Abt 1860, Sidney, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Sep 1900, Trail, British Columbia, Canada (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
+ | 2. Samuel Hayden Meyers, b. 13 Oct 1862, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Feb 1941, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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Family ID |
F1997 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |