Johann Heinrich Koester Meyer was born October 4, 1858 in Germany. He married Anna Meta Ahlers on June 14, 1889, officially for an unknown reason, after coming to America. In one report Anna Meta's last name may have been Oelin. Anna was born in 1863 and assumed in Germany. They came to America in 1889 when Henrietta, their daughter, was 2 years old. Sometime after their last child was born, Johann Heinrich took off and was never heard from again. Anna Meta died on November 15, 1906 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

Their children that we know:

(1) Henrietta Anna Meyer - (1887 - 1974)

(2) Henry J. Meyer - (1894 - 1970)

(3) Herman William Meyer - (1897 - 1934)

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