George Wondell Walter Meyers

1829 - 1911  (81 years)

• Name	George Wondell Walter Meyers
  Birth	Nov 1829	Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	son of Peter Meyers and Tiney Yager
  Gender	Male
  Census	1861	Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	17, Mary Maybee, F, 48, W, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist 18, George W. Meyers, M, 32, M, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist, Yeoman 19, Ann E. Meyers, F, 24, M, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist 20, Maria Maybee, F, 19, S, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist 21, William K. Maybee, M, 7, S, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist 22, Athenia L. Maybee, F, 10, S, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist 23, Ida Meyers, F, 1, S, Upper Canada, Eastern Methodist Two families reside in a one and a half story frame house 10, Mary Maybee, Con 3, Lot 5, total acreage 200, 100 under cultivation, 40 under crops in 1860, 60 under pasture in 1860,, and 100 under woods or wild. Farm valued at $3000, Farming equipment valued at 40
  Land	1869	Thurlow Township, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	owned Lot 11 Con 1
  Census	1871	Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	8, George W. W. Meyers, M, 41, M, Ontario, Episcopal Methodist, German, Farmer 9, Ann E. Meyers, F, 34, M, Ontario, Episcopal Methodist, German 10, Ida L. Meyers, F, 10, Ontario, Episcopal Methodist, German, attended school 11, Samuel Meyers, M, 9, Ontario, Episcopal Methodist, German, attended school Residing Lot 4, Concession 3, 75 acres, 1house, 1 barn 2 carriages, 2 wagons, 2 ploughs, 3 horses, 1 colt, 6 cows, 4 other horned cattle, 20 sheep, 4 swine
  Anecdote	George Wandel Meyers, is another respected fourth generation descendant of the Meyers family of Sidney. He was born in 1829, Sidney and of all the other pioneer boys who attended the old Number Two School he is one of the few still living. At an early age he apprenticed to the tailor's trade in Belleville. After hiring out for farm work for several years he went to Wisconsin in 1858. staying there only 18 months, he returned with a hundred dollars of gold in his pocket. By industry and economy he saved sufficient to purchase a farm, in Rawdon, which he later sold, to rent the Mabey farm, Eventually he purchased his present home, Lot 4 3rd Con. of Sidney. In 1859; he married Annie E., daughter of Samuel Maybey, a granddaughter of the pioneer John Mabey. They had a family of two (1) Ida who married Daniel Stevens and had children Annie, Lelia, Frank, John & Edith and (2) Samuel, who married Hannah Stickle, and has a son, Frederick Earl. The fine Property of this branch of the family is the fruit of very hard work, The farm consists of 166 acres, the house is of good brick and supplemented by barns and other outbuildings replete with modern appliances. No man in the County of Hastings is more highly respected than George Wandell Meyers.
  Memo	1910  [1]
  	on voter's list
  Reference Number	7696
  Residence	Lot 4/5 Con 3, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	very affluent farm
  Death	19 Aug 1911	Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I7650	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Ann Elizabeth Maybee,   b. 11 Nov 1837, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Apr 1908, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1859	Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	George W. D. Wonegens, 30, of Sidney, born in Sidney, parents dead, and Ann Elizabeth Maybee, 20, of Sidney, born in Sidney, father dead, mother Mary.
  Children	+ 1. Ida Losina Meyers,   b. Abt 1860, Sidney, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Sep 1900, Trail, British Columbia, Canada (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Samuel Hayden Meyers,   b. 13 Oct 1862, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Feb 1941, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee; Number: 177. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947. [S412] 1861 Canadian Census; Url: ancestry.com, Sidney Township; Hastings, Upper Canada, ED 3, Page 56 abd Township of Sidney Agricultural Census, ED 3, page 89. [S414] 1871 Canadian Census; Url: ancestry.com and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smabie/canada/1871canadacensus.htm, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Canada, ED 2, Page 27, Family 99. [S496] Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte, (Name: Rolph and Clark, Ltd. Toronto, https://archive.org/details/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft/page/n5, 1904;), pg 25-6. [S16] Steve Mabie, A Chronology of Mabie/Mabee/Maybee Records fromUpper Canada (10 June 1791 - 10 Feb 1841), Canada West (10 Feb 1841 - 1 Jul 1867), Ontario (post 1 Jul 1867); Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/UpperCanadaChronology.htm, Ontario Marriages 1858 - 1869.