MEIER (Germany - South Africa)
Am looking for information on Meier family IN GERMANY :
CHRISTIANFREIDRICHMEIER
b 11-10-1806in Parm, Uckermark, Germany (Prussia)
d 13-06-1891in Macleantown, Transkei (Farm No. 146)
Christian and his family originated from Uckermark in Germany (Prussia) where they had been farmers .
Christian married_ _ __to Justine Sophie nee Mahnke (Mohnke)
b _ _ c1815 , d _ _ __in Bodiam, Eastern Cape .
Christian and Justine had seven children :
Carl Wilhelm Friedrich(b _ _ 1838in Krentz, Uckermark,d 17-03-1897
in Bodiam, Eastern Cape)
Johan Friedrich(b _ _ 1843in Krentz, Uckermark,d 22-06-1907 in
King William’s Town, Eastern Cape)
Johan married August Wilhelmine nee Hildebrandt whose family
Gottlieb and Friedericke arrived in East London in 1859 on the
“Peter Godeffroy” . Johan, his wife and mother-in-law were
Baptized in the Keiskama River 25-07-1861 .
Johan and August raised nine children .
Wilhelm Friedrich(b 27-02-1847in Krentz, Uckermark,d _ _ __ )
August(b _ _ 1848in Krentz, Uckermark,d _ _ __ )
Herman Gottlieb Friedrich (b 15-10-1850in Krentz, Uckermark, d _ _ __ )
Ferdinand Adolf} Twinsb 16-01-1855in Weggun, Templin
Hermann Christian }d _ _ __
Christian and Justine with their six children sailed for Kaffraria on the “Waldrahm”, leaving Hamburg (Germany) on31-08-1858along with seventy four families (344men, women and children), and arrived in East London on08-12-1858.Ten children and one adult died on the voyage .
Appreciate anyy assistance and ingormation.
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