N. P. Meyer1

b. 1817, d. Dec 3, 1906
     N. P. Meyer was born in 1817 in Kristdala, Oskarshamn, Kalmar, Sweden.1
     N. P. Meyer married Marta S. (?)1
     N. P. Meyer and Marta S. Meyer immigrated in 1868 to Andover, IL.1,2
     The family moved in 1873 to Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS; they came with the Galesburg Company.1,2
     N. P. Meyer joined Bethany Lutheran Church, 1873, in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.1
     N. P. Meyer died on Dec 3, 1906 in home, near Rose Hill, KS.1,3 An obituary was published on Dec 7, 1906 in the Lindsborg News - Record in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.3 N.'s funeral was held on Dec 7, 1906 at Bethany Church in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.3 He was buried on Dec 7, 1906 at Elmwood Cemetery, in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, in KS.4
N. P. Meyer
Elmwood Cemetery, Lindsborg KS
Photo by Julia Langel, 6/2003

     N. P. Meyer was profiled in Dr. Alfred Bergin's Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas in 1909.1

Family

Marta S. (?) b. 1820, d. before 1909
Children

Citations

  1. [S778] Alfred Bergin, Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas, (Ruth Billdt, translator): p. 64.
  2. [S1337] Lindsborg News - Record, November 4, 1926, page 5, columns 2 & 4.
  3. [S1336] Lindsborg News, December 7, 1906, page 1, column 2.
  4. [S1815] N. P. Meyer Cemetery Marker, Elmwood Cemetery, McPherson Co, KS.
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