Anna WALTERS, Wisbar b. 10 Nov 1869 Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany d. 30 Dec 1936 Farnhamville, Calhoun, Iowa, United States: Our Family History

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Name	Anna WALTERS [1]
Suffix	Wisbar
Birth	10 Nov 1869	Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany [1]
Gender	Female
FamilySearch ID	GM31-C85
Immigration	17 Aug 1872	New York City, New York County, New York, United States [2]
Name	Anna Wisbar [3]
Residence	1900	Dawson Township, Greene, Iowa, United States [2]
Residence	1910	Dawson Township, Greene, Iowa, United States [2]
Residence	1920	Reading Township, Calhoun, Iowa, United States [2]
Death	30 Dec 1936	Farnhamville, Calhoun, Iowa, United States [1]
Burial	Dawson Cemetery, Dawson Township, Greene, Iowa, United States [1]
Person ID	I594786636	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	6 Jan 2025

Father	Martin WISBAR, b. 29 Oct 1845, Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland d. 11 Sep 1912, Parkersburg, Butler, Iowa, United States (Age 66 years)
Mother	Mary M. WALTERS, Wolters, b. 4 Jul 1848, Germany d. 3 Nov 1918, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States (Age 70 years)
Marriage	26 Feb 1873	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States [4]
Family ID	F536734487	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Johannes Fredrich "Fred" MEYER, b. 15 May 1856, Palatine, Cook, Illinois d. 17 Nov 1922, Greene, Iowa, United States (Age 66 years)

Marriage 10 Mar 1887 Palatine, Cook, Illinois

Children

	1. Minnie Ellen MEYER, b. 14 May 1889, Dawson Township, Greene, Iowa, United States d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Clara Sophia MEYER, b. Sep 1893 d. 1967, Iowa, United States (Age ~ 73 years)
	3. Elizabeth Marie Magdalena MEYER, Larson, b. 27 Jan 1895, Iowa, United States d. 26 May 1967, Calhoun, Iowa, United States (Age 72 years)
	4. Edward Frederick MEYER, b. 1 Dec 1896, Iowa, United States d. 5 Aug 1970 (Age 73 years)
	5. Edna Elizabeth Margaret MEYERS, b. 6 Jun 1899, Iowa, United States d. 10 May 2002 (Age 102 years)

Family ID F536734485 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 6 Jan 2025

Notes

Biography

Anna was born in 1869. In her death certificate it identifies her husband (Johannes) Fredrich J. Meyer, and her son Edward as the informant, as well as birth date and place.

Her father Martin Wisbar (Visbarth) and mother Mary M. Walters (Wolters) arrived in New York in 1872 with two daughters Anna and Lena. [1] It is unlikely they were married as births of her two daughters were at 15 and 16 years of age, out of wedlock. They married 26 Feb 1873 when they obtained a license in Illinois. Sometimes the daughters names used being their mothers maiden name of Wolters or fathers name Wisbar (Visbarth) as in Immigration details.

These girls with further children of her parents were:

Anna Wisbar (Wolters)
Lena Wisbar (Wolters)
George H. Wisbar
Sophia Magdalena Wisbar
Henry Wisbar
Charles Wisbar
Louis Dan Wisbar
Emma H. Wisbar

By 1885 this family was settled in Iowa, the Aplington area. Her father Martin was a confectioner, a fruit seller, a laborer and a mail carrier. He also farmed and in 1895 owned 148 acres of land.

Anna married Johannes Fredrich Meyer in Illinois and together they had 5 children.

Minnie Ellen Meyer (1889)
Clara Sophia Meyer (1893-1967)
Elizabeth Marie Magdalena Meyer (1895-1967)
Edward Frederick Meyer (1896-1970)
Edna Elizabeth Margaret Meyers (1899-2002)

Anna (age 17) married Frederick Meyer on 10 March 1887 in Palatine, Cook, Illinois. She was using her birth name of Wolter (Walter) in lieu of her fathers surname, further indicating no marriage of parents until after they arrived in the U.S.[2]

In the 1910 census, Annie (age 40) was the wife of Fred J Meyer in Dawson, Greene, Iowa, United States. Children also listed.[3]

She passed away in 1936. Anna died (age 67) on 30 December 1936 in Farnhamville, Calhoun, Iowa, United States.[4]
Sources

? Immigration: "United States, Germans to America Index, 1850-1897"
citing Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897, Ship Main, departed from Bremen & Southampton, arrived in New York, New York, New York, United States, NAID identifier 1746067, National Archives at College Park, Maryland
FamilySearch Record: KDWF-M41 (accessed 6 January 2025)
Name: Anna Visbarth; Occupation: Child, Youngster; Immigration Date: 17 Aug 1872; Immigration Place: New York, New York, New York, United States; Birth Date: 1870; Birth Place: Germany; Age: 2; Arc Number: 1746067; Event Type: Immigration; Last Residence Orig: UNKNOWN; Manifest Id: 00032539; Port Of Departure: Bremen & Southampton.
? Marriage: "Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920"
FHL Film Number: 1030162
Ancestry Record 2556 #1167472 (accessed 6 January 2025)
Anna Walter (17) marriage to Frederick Meyer on 10 Mar 1887 in Palatine, Cook, Illinois.
? 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Dawson, Greene, Iowa; Roll: T624_403; Page: 3a; Enumeration District: 0093; FHL microfilm: 1374416
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #137233265 (accessed 6 January 2025)
Annie Meyer (40), wife, in household of Fred J Meyer (53) in Dawson, Greene, Iowa, USA. Born in Germany.
? Death: "Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1968"
State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, IA, USA; Iowa Death Records, 1921-1940; Certificate Number: 13172
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61442 #386194 (accessed 6 January 2025)
Anna Meyer death 30 Dec 1936 (age 67) in Farnhamville, Calhoun, Iowa, USA.

From records held by Jim Carney III – Please contact for reference source if not shown here. (This is a collaborative effort; you may remove this if adding other sources)

Sources

[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Jan 2025), entry for Elizabeth Marie Magdalena LARSON, person ID L56X-PQL. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Jan 2025), entry for Anna Wisbar, person ID GM31-C85. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Jan 2025), entry for Anna WALTERS, person ID GM31-C85. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Jan 2025), entry for Martin Wisbar, person ID LKXP-Y9F. (Reliability: 3).