Conrad was born in the small town of Tauckenbrinck, Wechold, Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, the son of Carsten Heinrich Friedrich Meyer & Anna Dorothea Ritz. His father brought the entire family to America setting out on the ship Saxonia and arrived in New York on 6 Oct 1857.
They first settled in Cook County, Illinois, and stayed for about 15 years before removing to Benton County, Iowa.
Recent documents find that the family attended St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tinley Park/Country Club Hills, Illinois, as it shows the following:
"G. D. Conrad Meyer - b. April 18, 1848 - Confirmed April 27, 1856"
Conrad married Elizabeth Mary Brenneisen on 17 Oct 1873, and were blessed with 7 children: Carl John Edward, Louis Ernest Henry, Elizabeth, Ernest August, Henry and William August Meyer.
The couple celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1923, which was very unusual for that period, and the family had a big celebration with a photographer coming all the way from Charles City to Bassett to take their picture. A copy of that photograph is to the left - of the entire Meyer family - all of their children and grandchildren. Each of their 5 sons gave them a $5 gold piece for an anniversary present.
Conrad passed away 14 January 1929, in Bassett, Chickasaw County, Iowa, and Lizzie followed him in death on 25 August 1931.
They first settled in Cook County, Illinois, and stayed for about 15 years before removing to Benton County, Iowa.
Recent documents find that the family attended St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tinley Park/Country Club Hills, Illinois, as it shows the following:
"G. D. Conrad Meyer - b. April 18, 1848 - Confirmed April 27, 1856"
Conrad married Elizabeth Mary Brenneisen on 17 Oct 1873, and were blessed with 7 children: Carl John Edward, Louis Ernest Henry, Elizabeth, Ernest August, Henry and William August Meyer.
The couple celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1923, which was very unusual for that period, and the family had a big celebration with a photographer coming all the way from Charles City to Bassett to take their picture. A copy of that photograph is to the left - of the entire Meyer family - all of their children and grandchildren. Each of their 5 sons gave them a $5 gold piece for an anniversary present.
Conrad passed away 14 January 1929, in Bassett, Chickasaw County, Iowa, and Lizzie followed him in death on 25 August 1931.
Conrad was born in the small town of Tauckenbrinck, Wechold, Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, the son of Carsten Heinrich Friedrich Meyer & Anna Dorothea Ritz. His father brought the entire family to America setting out on the ship Saxonia and arrived in New York on 6 Oct 1857.
They first settled in Cook County, Illinois, and stayed for about 15 years before removing to Benton County, Iowa.
Recent documents find that the family attended St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tinley Park/Country Club Hills, Illinois, as it shows the following:
"G. D. Conrad Meyer - b. April 18, 1848 - Confirmed April 27, 1856"
Conrad married Elizabeth Mary Brenneisen on 17 Oct 1873, and were blessed with 7 children: Carl John Edward, Louis Ernest Henry, Elizabeth, Ernest August, Henry and William August Meyer.
The couple celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1923, which was very unusual for that period, and the family had a big celebration with a photographer coming all the way from Charles City to Bassett to take their picture. A copy of that photograph is to the left - of the entire Meyer family - all of their children and grandchildren. Each of their 5 sons gave them a $5 gold piece for an anniversary present.
Conrad passed away 14 January 1929, in Bassett, Chickasaw County, Iowa, and Lizzie followed him in death on 25 August 1931.
They first settled in Cook County, Illinois, and stayed for about 15 years before removing to Benton County, Iowa.
Recent documents find that the family attended St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tinley Park/Country Club Hills, Illinois, as it shows the following:
"G. D. Conrad Meyer - b. April 18, 1848 - Confirmed April 27, 1856"
Conrad married Elizabeth Mary Brenneisen on 17 Oct 1873, and were blessed with 7 children: Carl John Edward, Louis Ernest Henry, Elizabeth, Ernest August, Henry and William August Meyer.
The couple celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1923, which was very unusual for that period, and the family had a big celebration with a photographer coming all the way from Charles City to Bassett to take their picture. A copy of that photograph is to the left - of the entire Meyer family - all of their children and grandchildren. Each of their 5 sons gave them a $5 gold piece for an anniversary present.
Conrad passed away 14 January 1929, in Bassett, Chickasaw County, Iowa, and Lizzie followed him in death on 25 August 1931.
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