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Johann Nikolaus Meier (b. Dec 20, 1840, d. 1896)

Johann Nikolaus Meier (son of Johann Meier and Weibke Catrina Loges) was born Dec 20, 1840 in Marne, Germany, and died 1896 in San Francisco, California. He married Sophia Augusta Stubbe on May 04, 1869 in San Francisco, California, daughter of Jacob Friedrick Stubbe and Margretha Catrina Brauch.

Notes for Johann Nikolaus Meier:
Johann Meyer
Was born and raised in Marne Schleswig Hostein Germany and trained as a carpenter.
He Immigrated to the US in 1864. There are good luck and best wishes cards from his friends and neighbors in our possession. Uncertain about his activities after landing in New York. He migrated west in 1866. We have a German language version of the USA railroad map and timetables.

He married Sophia Stubbe in 1869 we in San Francisco. Sophia was also of Marne Germany, who immigrated along with her three sisters all of whom married and settled in the bay area and Santa Cruz. Johann and Sophia owned and operated a hotel/boarding house for German Immigrants in what is now known as the Mission District in San Francisco. They had four children, Sophie Meyer, John Meyer, Frederick Meyer, Will Meyer.
Johann we believe died as a result of alcohol at age 56. Sophie, his daughter, told his granddaughter, Doris Meyer, of helping her mother tie Johann to the bed while he suffered DT's. His wife continued to operate the boarding house.

More About Johann Nikolaus Meier:
Baptism: Jan 31, 1841, Marne, Germany.
Naturalization: Aug 22, 1877, San Francisco, California.⁹¹
Record Change: Feb 26, 2005

More About Johann Nikolaus Meier and Sophia Augusta Stubbe:
Marriage: May 04, 1869, San Francisco, California.

Children of Johann Nikolaus Meier and Sophia Augusta Stubbe are:

Sophia Margaret Meyer, b. 1872, San Francisco, California, d., Berkeley, Alameda Co, CAlifornia.
+John Nicholas Meyer, b. May 02, 1874, San Francisco, California, d. Aug 04, 1945, Sacramento, California.
Frederick Herman Meyer, b. 1876, San Francisco, California.
William August Meyer, b. 1878, San Francisco, California, d., Sacramento, California.