Amelia's parents were Wilhelm Keller and Caroline Rapp (it is wrong on the Death certificate)

Carl Meyer, age 23, married to "Amalie" Keller, age 18 in 1868

Carl and Amelia were shown as living in Kruszwica, Poland (Kruschwitz) which was Germany at one time) at the time of the marriage. They were married in a Roman Catholic church in Strzelno, Poland (about 9 miles from Kruszwica).

By 1888, Kruszwica was still a small village and Strzelno was a big city of 2030 people. Both Kruszwica and Strzelno are in the West Pomeranian Province.

Amelia came to the US with her Husband Carl and 6 Children in 1882 at the age of 30. One child, Max who was about 9 months old, died at sea on the way over to the US. Their first Child, an infant named Sankt Jakobi died young in Germany
Amelia had a brother, Maynard Keller, living in the (Spring Lake) Montague, Michigan area. They lived in that area, Karl working in the basket factory and in 1892, the C. L. King Basket Factory moved from Montague to Holland and located at 14th St (then 11th St) so they moved to Holland and settled on West 11st Street, not far from the basket factory. Then the basket factory closed due to lack of wood. Carl heard about the fortunes to be made in the Wisconsin woods cutting trees for lumber and of course baskets. There were many Germans working in the Wisconsin woods and this included his brother-in-law William Franks.

So this is why the family moved to Tomahawk, Wisconsin in 1898 where Carl went to work in the woods with many other Germans. A tree fell on him in 1899, crushing him. His two youngest sons were with at the time.

Besides the two sons, two of their daughters were with them also. Amelia was left without means to take care of her family, so she came back to Holland, Michigan where she still had family in the area. She lived here until her death.

Obit Holland City News-December 5, 1940

Mrs. Amelie Meyer, 89, widow of Carl Meyer, died Sunday at 11:15 pm in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Esther Frundt, 190 West 19th St., following a lingering illness.

She was born Feb. 10, 1851, in Germany to Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Keller. She was a resident of Holland for many years and was a member of Zion Lutheran church.

Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Dell Souter of Holland, Mrs. Harry Vanden Berg of Florida, Mrs. Ted Steffens of Seattle, Wash, and Mrs. Frundt of Holland; two sons, Paul and Ernest Meyer, both of Kalamazoo; 14 grand children and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday at 1:30pm from the Frundt home and at 2pm from Zion Lutheran Church, with the Rev T. W. Zeile officiating. Burial was in Pilgrim Home cemetery.