Carsten Meyer (1832-1911)

Carsten Meyer was born 17 September 1832 in Germany to Carsten Meyer (1794-1859) and Mary Hinck (1796-1858) and died 17 February 1911 Lake City, Minnesota, United States of pneumonia. He married Anna Martens (1833-1913) 1857 .

Biography

Carsten Meyer (page 458), who was for a number of years a well known and respected resident of Gillford Township, was a native of Germany, where he learned the carpenter's trade and was married to Anna Martens. About 1885 he came with his family to Wabasha County, Minn., and settled on a farm in Gillford Township, on which he erected the buildings. As his sons and daughters were mostly grown up and were strong and sturdy, he left them to work the farm while he followed his trade. He was himself a man of exceptional size, being six feet four inches in height, and powerful in proportion. He spent 28 years on the farm, dying February 13, 1911. His wife survived him a few years, passing away in March, 1913. Their children, ten in number, were: Carsten, now living in Lake City; Henry A., of Mt. Pleasant Township; Claus of Lake City; Mary, wife of Peter Hoeft; Catherine, wife of William Kohrs of Gillford Township, now dead; Anna, now Mrs. Kriett of Lake City; Margaret, wife of Max Wimmer of Gillford Township; Alice, who is Mrs. Carsten Reckmann, Ellen, who is the wife of Henry Bennett (H. C. Benidt) of Goodhue County and John of Mt. Pleasant Township. (This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920. Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab3.htm There are also some pictures and information from descendants for some of the bios on her pages.)

Children

Offspring of Carsten Meyer and Anna Martens (1833-1913)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Catherine Meyer (1857-1902)
Anna Meyer (1860-1944)
Carsten Meyer (1861-1938)	1861 Hanover, Germany	1 December 1938 Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States	Katherina
Margaret A. Meyer (1867-aft1920)
Alice Meyer (1869-1945)
Henry A. Meyer (1871-1957)	10 March 1871 Hanover, Germany	11 July 1957 Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States	Margaret Heitman (1873-1964)
Claus Meyer (1874-1955)	5 May 1874 Germany	28 July 1955 Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States	Katherine Schafer (1876-1954)
Mary Meyer (-c1919)
Ellen Meyer (c1882-c1925)
John Meyer (-)

Siblings

Offspring of Carsten Meyer (1794-1859) and Mary Hinck (1796-1858)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Maria Meyer (1817-1817)	20 August 1817 Essel, Hannover, Preussen, Germany	21 October 1817 Essel, Province Of Hanover, Hannover, Germany
Alheid Meyer (1818-1820)	22 September 1818 Essel, Hannover, Preussen, Germany	21 November 1820 Essel, Province Of Hanover, Hannover, Germany
Trinke Meyer (1820-)	30 December 1820 Essel, Hannover, Preussen, Germany
Hein Meyer (1823-1875)	22 April 1823 Essel, Hannover, Preussen, Germany	6 March 1875 Essel, Province Of Hanover, Hannover, Germany
Mariken Meyer (1825-)	20 November 1825 Essel, Hannover, Preussen, Germany
Johann Meyer (1828-1828)	14 August 1828 Essel, Hannover, Preussen, Germany	1 September 1828 Essel, Province Of Hanover, Hannover, Germany
Johann Friedrich Meyer (1829-1855)	27 September 1829 Essel, Hannover, Preussen, Germany	27 January 1855 Essel, Province Of Hanover, Hannover, Germany
Carsten Meyer (1832-1911)	17 September 1832 Germany	17 February 1911 Lake City, Minnesota, United States	Anna Martens (1833-1913)
Claus Meyer (1835-)	25 October 1835 Essel, Hannover, Preussen, Germany	9999 Minnesota, United States