Meister, Joseph Hermann

1848 - 1911  (62 years)

• Name	Meister, Joseph Hermann
  Born	26 Dec 1848	Flaence, Schweig-Holstein, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1878  [2]
  Occupation	Silver Miner
  Reference Number	Meis002
  _UID	E1A6401FB7D44C21873174FDFD5BD24273D1
  Died	6 Mar 1911	Newark, Nevada, USA
  Buried	Eureka, Nevada, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I794	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Meister, Joseph,   b. Germany
  Mother	Fuerst (Furst), Elisabeth,   b. 1824, Germany ,   d. 20 Jan 1882, West Point, Cuming Co., NE  (Age 58 years)
  Married	Germany
  Family ID	F569	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Weiffen, Christina Anna,   b. 15 Aug 1855, Westphalia, Germany ,   d. 19 Jun 1906, Newark, Nevada, USA  (Age 50 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1880	Eureka, Nevada, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Meister, Mary Theresa,   b. 1 Nov 1881, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. 14 Jan 1944, San Joaquin County, CA USA  (Age 62 years) + 2. Meister, Rosie Anna,   b. 30 Mar 1883, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. 28 Jan 1975, Stockton, California, USA  (Age 91 years) + 3. Meister, Bernardine J.,   b. 7 Oct 1886, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. 17 Dec 1967, West Point, Cuming Co., NE  (Age 81 years) + 4. Meister, Joseph Hermann,   b. 23 Apr 1889, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1941, Oakland, Alameda County, CA  (Age 52 years)   5. Meister, Theresa,   b. 1892, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. 1892, Newark, Nevada, USA  (Age 0 years) + 6. Meister, Christina J.,   b. Dec 1892, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. Apr 1922  (Age ~ 29 years)   7. Meister, Charles Anthony,   b. 21 Jan 1896, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. 8 Aug 1977, Louisville, Kentucky, USA  (Age 81 years) + 8. Meister, Anna J.,   b. Sep 9 1899, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. Dec 1976, Portland, Oregon  (Age ~ 77 years)   9. Meister, William,   b. 1902, Newark, Nevada, USA ,   d. Newark, Nevada, USA
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2010
  Family ID	F534	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents		Obituaries Christina Weiffen Meister and Joseph H Meister
  		Marriage Record Christina Weiffen and Joseph H Meister This record can be found in the marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Eureka Co., NV in Volume A on Page 171.
  		Meister Mine Geodetic Survey Map Eureka and White Pine County, Nevada
  		Extract from Book Lang Syne Information about Joseph Meister and his family, the Meister Mine, Frank Romano and a picture of Joseph Meister on horseback.
  		1910 US Census - Joseph Meister and family Newark Precinct of White Pine County, Nevada
  		Appointment by US as Postmaster 1899 - Joseph H Meister
  		1900 US Census - Joseph Meister and family Newark Precint, White Pine County, Nevada

  
  

  Headstones

  Joseph Meister Christine Weiffen Meister Located in Catholic Cemetery, Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada

  
  

• Notes

  Immigrated in 1878 according to 1910 census. Had brother and cousin, John and Charles, in West Point, Lincoln, Nebraska area. Was a miner. Name still on Geologic map for Newark Valley, Nevada; which is just east over the hill from Eureka, Nevada (in which he is buried with his wife).

  
  

• Sources

  [S199] 1910 U.S. Census, Nevada, White Pine, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T624, Newark Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 2 (Reliability: 3). [S197] 1900 U.S. Census, Nevada, White Pine, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T623, Newark Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 6 (Reliability: 3). [S126] Source. [S18] Marriage Certificate.