The Family of Nikolaus Meier

Nikolaus Meier in the Lost 69 Project family tree at Ancestry.com

* Made the voyage to America

Scherzheim Church records for the family of Nikolaus Meier

Nikolaus Meier * (HR-21)
            son of Nikolaus Meier and Anna Maria Kirschenmann
   b.  28 February 1807 - Scherzheim, Germany
    d. 11 April 1846 - Emmett, Calhoun, Michigan

     Married October 17, 1841 - Scherzheim, Germany

Christina Stephan
          daughter of Johannes Stephan and Christina Zimpfer

   b. unknown date, Memprechtshofen, Germany 

   d. before 1855

Children:

Maria Salomea Meier * (HR-22)
   b. March 3, 1837 - Memprechtshofen, Germany
   d. 

Catharina Meier * (HR-23)
   b. January 26, 1840 - Memprechtshofen, Germany
   d.

Barabara Meier
   b. September 1, 1842 - Scherzheim, Germany
   d. September 14, 1842 - Scherzheim, Germany

Christian Meier
   b. October 7, 1843 - Scherzheim, Germany
   d. January 1, 1844 - Scherzheim, Germany

Christina Meier * (HR-24)
   b. December 15, 1845 - Scherzheim, Germany
   d.





The Voyage to America

Passenger list of the Henry Reed, Antwerp to New York, Arrived February 10, 1855.

The church record notes that Nikolaus Meier "emigrated on 1/11/1855 as a widower with three children to America".  The family did not travel with others from Scherzheim.

On the voyage to America, the Meier family traveled on the ship the "Henry Reed" captained by George A. Dearborn from Antwerp to New York. They left port in Antwerp on January 14, 1855 and arrived in New York on February 10, 1855.

Passenger records state that Nikolaus Meier was a Merchant.

Passengers #21-24 as they appeared on the ships records:
(HR-21)  Nikol Meier - 48 years - Male - Merchant
(HR-22)  Salomea Meier - 18 years - Male
(HR-23)  Catharina Meier - 14 years - Female
(HR-24)  Christina Meier - 9 years - Female