Records of William Meyer on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of William Meyer in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Meyer and the Meyer Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Meyer Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Meyer family tree.

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Meyer Genealogy Databases

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Meyer Forums

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Some Famous People called William Meyer

William Meyer (cricketer)

William Eustace Meyer (12 January 1883 – 1 October 1953) was an English cricketer. Meyer was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Redland, Bristol.

Meyer made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Kent in the 1909 County Championship at the Private Banks Sports Ground. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Middlesex in the 1910 County Championship at Lord's. In his nine matches for Gloucestershire, he scored 136 runs at an average of 8.50, with a high score of 43.

He died at Falmouth, Cornwall, on 1 October 1953.

Source: William Meyer (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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