Meyer Family Genealogy
Meyer
   The Meyer surname is German and Dutch: from the Middle High German term meier, a status name for a steward, bailiff, or overseer, which later came to be used also to denote a tenant farmer. Originally it denoted a village headman (ultimately from Latin maior -- ‘greater’, ‘superior’). The family Coat of Arms: Divided in half vertically, with the first being blue and containing a golden lion rampant and the second being silver and containing a green terrace with a green tree on it.
   The surname was first found in throughout southern Germany, where the family was anciently seated. (A seat or family seat was the principal manor of a medieval lord, which was normally an elegant country mansion and usually denoted that the family held political and economic influences in the area.)
   Our lineage to the Meyer family can be traced back to GALLUS MEYER (d. 1658) of Rotzel, Baden, Germany. He married ELISABETH SCHUP (d. 18 Feb 1688/89) in 1646, and they had five children.
   One of those children was BARBARA MEYER (10 Jan 1657/58 - 24 Dec 1724) who married NICHOLAS TRÖNDLE (d. 30 Jan 1724/25) on the 16th of February in 1680/81.

GENEALOGY

GALLUS MEYER (d. 1658) married ELISABETH SCHUP (d. 18 Feb 1688/89) and they begat...

BARBARA MEYER (1657/58 - 1724) who married NICHOLAS TRÖNDLE (d. 30 Jan 1724/25) and begat...

CASPAR TRÖNDLE (1687/88 - 1756) who married MARIA LUTTE (1689 - 1735) and begat...

ANNA MARIA TRÖNDLE (1735 - 1773) who married FRITZ HUBER (1718 - 1788) and begat...

AGATHA HUBER (1766 - 1822) who married IGNATIUS GASSMANN (1764 - 1814) and begat...

IDA GASSMANN (1802 - 1854) who married JOHAN WENK (1801 - 1867) and begat...

IGNANZ GASSMANN WENK (1823 - 1897) who married EVA CATHERINE MANZ (1837 - 1923) and begat...

MARTIN WENK (1876 - 1964) who married MARTHA CAROLINA GRIEB (1880 - 1937) and begat...

ERWIN WENK (1910 - 1982) who married DOROTHY PRITCHARD (b. 1918) and begat...

MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) who married CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) and begat...

JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON).