Descendants of Johannes Homeyer

Updated: January 14, 2012

Our Homeyer history is traced to Johannes Homeyer in Neiderhone, Hessen, near Eschwege, Germany. Johannes is known to have had at least one son.

The son was also named Johannes Homeyer and was married to Catharina Elisabeth Schindewolf in Niederhone, on 13 Jul 1779. They had at least four sons and two daughters.

Philipp Homeyer

Philipp Homeyer was the youngest child of Johannes Homeyer and Catharina Elisabeth Schindewolf. Philipp and Anna Julianne Hitzeroth were married in Niederhone, near Eschwege, Germany, on October 22, 1815. Philipp Homeyer was a school teacher in the nearby village of Motzenrode from 1837 until his retirement in 1859.

Johann Wilhelm Homeyer

Wilhelm Homeyer was the only known son of Philipp Homeyer and Julianne Hitzeroth. Wilhelm and Catharina Volkmar were married in Motzenrode on October 17, 1850. The first four children of Catharina and Wilhelm were born in Motzenrode.

Wilhelm (age 30) left Germany from Bremen on the "Ship R Jacobs" and arrived in New York on July 30, 1856. The ship passenger list indicates that he was from Motzenrode and was destined for Pennsylvania. He was accompanied by Anna Eliza. (age 40), Magdalena (age12) and Anna Catharina (age 7). It has not yet been determined how the four were related.

Wilhelm returned to Germany two years later. He subsequently emigrated to Canada with Catharine and their family of three girls and one boy, sailing from Bremen on the "Bremen Bark Atlantic" and arriving in New York on June 10, 1862.

Wilhelm and Catharine settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. Five more children were born in Canada. They are buried in the Mennonite Church cemetery in Breslau, Ontario.

Family Photo -- Nine Children of Catharine & Wilhelm Homeyer

Anna Maria Homeyer

Mary Homeyer was the youngest child of Philipp Homeyer and Julianne Hitzeroth. She was married twice, first to Jacob Triller in Germany and secondly to Adam Bohlander. The location of her marriage to Adam Bohlander has not been determined, but is believed to have taken place in Canada.

Anna Maria arrived in Canada with her two children, Otto and Fredericka, in 1882. She died in Waterloo County, Ontario, and is buried in the Old Preston Cemetery in Cambridge, Ontario.

Churches: Motzenrode, Hitzelrode, Jestädt, Niederhone and Neuerode.

1 Johannes Homeyer

• 2 Johannes Homeyer b. 07 Dec 1742 d. 11 Nov 1808
  m. 13 Jul 1779 Catharina Elisabeth Schindewolf b. Oct 1753
  • 3 Eva Homeier b. 10 Aug 1780
  • 3 Johann Jacob Homeyer b. 19 Dec 1781 d. 26 Jul 1785
  • 3 Johann Homeyer b. 23 May 1784
  • 3 Johann George Homeyer b. 27 Jul 1786 d. 10 Oct 1793
  • 3 Anna Elisabeth Homeyer b. 28 Jul 1788 d. 1842
  • 3 Philipp Homeyer b. 22 May 1791 d. 25 Nov 1871
    m. 22 Oct 1815 Anna Julianne Hitzeroth b. 13 Feb 1795 d. 1869
    • 4 Anna Elisabeth Homeyer b. 10 Dec 1816 d. 20 Jan 1856
      m. 07 Aug 1847 George Christian Volkmar b. 23 Aug 1823 d. 1863
      • 5 Marie Louise Friederike Volkmar b. 27 Jul 1848
        m. 11 Oct 1868 Christoph Roth b. 02 Oct 1844
      • 5 Ernst Christoph Volkmar b. Dec 1850
    • 4 Maria Elisabeth Homeyer b. 5 Jul 1823 d. 19 May 1874
    • 4 Johann Wilhelm Homeyer b. 29 Sep 1825 d. 08 Nov 1880
      m. 17 Oct 1850 Catharine Volkmar b. 22 Oct 1826 d. 25 Jan 1908
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      • 5 Maria (Mary) Emilie Homeyer b. 09 Feb 1851 d. 01 Apr 1926
        m. 26 Nov 1878 John Robert Louis Beyer b. abt. 1854 d. 11 Sep 1928
        • 6 John William Beyer b. 09 Nov 1880 d. bfr. 1900
        • 6 Robert Beyer b. 18 Oct 1882 d. bfr 1900
        • 6 Amelia (Emilie) Kate Beyer b. 24 Mar 1884 d. 04 Nov 1923 Photo
          m. 02 Feb 1902 George E. Housman
          • 7 Alice Marie Housman b. 17 Jul 1902 d. 10 Sep 1994
            m. Henry Nachtsheim b. 10 Dec 1892 d. 27 Aug 1965
            • 8 Myrtle Marie Nachtsheim b. 05 Jun 1921 d. 23 Aug 1988
            • 8 Myrtice Ann Nachtsheim b. 05 Jun 1921 d. 29 Apr 2004
          • 7 Gladys Housman b. 25 Feb 1904
          m. 12 Oct 1905 Lewis Wegner b. abt. 1884
          • 7 Charles J. Wegner b. 07 Jan 1907 d. 07 Nov 1908
          • 7 Lewis Charles Wegner b. 19 Jan 1909 d. 01 Apr 1982
            
          • 7 Emilie Wegner b. abt 1915
        • 6 Eduard Bernhard Beyer b. 24 Nov 1886 d. 07 Jan 1887
        • 6 Bertha Helena Beyer b. 22 Nov 1895 d. Sep 1972
          m. 26 Jul 1927 Daniel Chesling b. 14 Jun 1896
          

      • 5 Sophia Fredericka Christiane Homeyer b. 27 Apr 1853 d. 04 Jul 1919
        m. 04 Nov 1875 William Frederick Doerfling b. 1851 d. 24 Sep 1923
        
        • 6 Henry Charles Doerfling b. 07 Aug 1876 d. 14 Sep 1959
          m. 22 Dec 1920 Eva May Thompson b. 16 Nov 1894 d 14 Sep 1959
          • 7 Donald Henry Doerfling b. 31 Jul 1923 d. 04 Sep 1949
        • 6 Louise Sophia Doerfling b. 31 Jul 1878 d. 15 Oct 1915
          m. 06 Mar 1903 Robert Henry North b. abt. 1845 d. 02 Feb 1922
          
          • 7 William Robert North b. 12 Dec 1903 d. 15 Dec 1903
        • 6 Wilhelmine (Minnie) Doerfling b. 19 Feb 1880 d. 24 Nov 1919
          m. 14 Dec 1912 Sidney James Skinner b. 12 Jun 1888
        • 6 Emma Fredericka Doerfling b. 14 Apr 1882 d. 07 May 1966
        • 6 Catharine E. Doerfling b. 17 Feb 1884 d. 25 Jun 1888
        • 6 William Frederick Doerfling b. 20 Jan 1886 d. 13 Jun 1964
          m. 05 Sep 1912 Magdalena Bucher b. 25 Apr 1886 d. 16 Oct 1956
          • 7 Herbert Doerfling b. 30 Nov 1915 d. 29 May 1916
        • 6 Emelia (Millie) Julianna Doerfling b. 18 Apr 1888 d. 24 Feb 1924
          • 7 Marie Emilie Doerfling b. 10 Oct 1908
          • 7 Cora Estelle Doerfling b. 31 May 1910 d. 02 Oct 1910
          m. Charles Milburn
          • 7 Alice Lillian Milburn b. 12 Jan 1914 d. 23 Dec 1985
            m. 09 Jun 1937 Howard Frederick Timm b. 16 Jan 1915 d. 01 Oct 1969
        • 6 Amanda Doerfling b. 03 Feb 1890 d. 05 Sep 1890
        • 6 Herman Otto Doerfling b. 17 Jul 1891 d. 20 Jun 1941
          m. 24 Jun 1921 Olive May Gilbert b. 1896
          • 7 Howard Reginald Doerfling b. about July 1922 d. 11 Mar 1926
          • 7 Ralph G. Doerfling b. 23 Nov 1925 d. 18 Nov 1995
        • 6 Frederick W. Doerfling b. 14 Dec 1893 d. 12 May 1975
          m. 10 Jun 1924 Ruby Meisner b. 17 Aug 1892 d. Oct 1966
        • 6 Anna M. Doerfling b. 30 May 1896 d. 23 Mar 1910
        • 6 Sophia F. Doerfling b. 05 Feb 1899 d. 23 Apr 1903
        • 6 Clara Caroline Doerfling b. 21 May 1901 d. 06 Feb 1905

      • 5 Maria Louise Augusta Homeyer b. 28 Nov 1855 d. 09 Dec 1925
        m. 01 Sep 1885 Frederick Ludwig (Louis) Walther b. 25 Dec 1839 d. 19 Apr 1901
        m. 11 Nov 1902 August F. Hagen b. 09 Jan 1834 d. 25 Jan 1921
        • 6 Edwin J. Homeyer b. 12 Jul 1877 d. 28 Sep 1945
          m. 19 Jan 1904 Maria Theresia (Carrie) Salm b. 08 Feb 1877 d. 22 Feb 1952
          • 7 Caecelia M. Homeyer b. 4 Aug 1905 d. 25 Nov 1993
            m. Anton Kerentoff b. 11 Jan 1890 d. Oct 1965
          • 7 Antonia Homeyer b. 14 Jun 1907 d. 01 Sep 1995
            m. Thomas A. Corey b. 25 Mar 1904 d. Jun 1977
          • 7 Theresa Sybilla Agatha Homeyer b. 6 Apr 1909 d. 21 Apr 1993
            m. 12 Sep 1936 Michael John Henning b. 09 Apr 1913 d. 22 May 2000
            • 8 Michael Edwin Henning b. 10 Apr 1937 d. 1994
          • 7 Annie Homeyer b. 19 Mar 1913 d. 6 Feb 1970
            m. 03 Jul 1937 Homer Hearth
            m. 20 Aug 1949 Eric Wright
            m. Donald Hosie b. abt. 1926 d. 08 May 2001
        • 6 Frederick William Otto Walther b. 13 Jun 1886 d. 12 Nov 1945
          m. 22 Aug 1918 Olga Johanna Guenther b. 05 Jul 1897 d. 26 Dec 1977 Photo
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          • 7 Pauline Helena Walther b.30 Oct 1919 d. 20 Dec 1997
            m. 17 May 1941 Emil Hornburg b. 16 Feb 1916 d. 16 Jul 2000
          • 7 Stella Marguerite Gertrude Walther b. 21 Apr 1921 d. 03 Jan 2011
            m. 15 Jun 1940 Ervin Henry Hoerl b. 12 Sep 1917 d. 06 Feb 2004
          • 7 Edwin Louis Rudolph Walther b. 20 Jan 1923 d. 23 Sep 1970
          • 7 Norma Eileen Walther b. 25 Aug 1924 d. 18 Feb 2007
            m. 13 Nov 1948 William Paul Peterson b. 16 Aug 1916 d. 22 Jan 2004
          • 7 Ethel Walther b. 02 Mar 1926 d. 02 Mar 1926
          • 7 Irene Louise Walther b. 12 Sep 1927 d. 24 Sep 1995
            m. 13 Jun 1953 Clarence Henry Hahn b. 02 Jun 1921 d. 11 Jul 1979
          • 7 Daisy May Walther b. 04 May 1929 d. 21 Mar 1972
        • 6 Augusta Elizabeth Eleanor (Lena) Walther b. 09 Jun 1891 d. 17 Jan 1923
          m. 21 Sep 1909 William Thomas Harris b. abt. 1874

      • 5 Bernhard Johannes Homeyer b. 08 Sep 1859 d. 08 Jan 1887
        m. 23 Oct 1881 Anna Fischer b. abt. 1858

      • 5 Catharine Sophia Homeyer b. 16 Apr 1863 d. 05 Jan 1945
        m. 27 Jul 1881 Otto (Henry) Müeller b. 03 Nov 1858 d. 01 Mar 1892
        • 6 Louise (Lucy) Miller b. 3 Jan 1890 d. 15 Oct 1989
          m. Garnet Shaw Jackson b. 2 Feb 1882 d. 8 Feb 1967
          • 7 Robert Miller Jackson b. 11 Aug 1912 d. 3 Jul 1916
          • 7 Gordon Jackson b. 18 Aug 1915 d. 18 Jul 1944 More ....
            

      • 5 Henry Homeyer b. 13 May 1865 d. 26 Aug 1959

      • 5 William Homeyer b. 07 Aug 1867 d. 04 Feb 1937
        m. 04 May 1898 Sarah Ann Good b. 16 Mar 1870 d. 19 Feb 1934 Photo
        • 6 Walter Hohmeyer b. 04 Mar 1899 d. 10 Mar 1899
        • 6 Henry William Homeyer b. 30 May 1900 d. 08 May 1969
          
        • 6 Gladys Edna Homeyer b. 16 Oct 1901 d. 25 Jun 1920
        • 6 Russell Good Homeyer b. 19 Nov 1902 d. 27 Mar 1978
          
        • 6 William Homeyer b. 01 Jul 1905 d. 01 Jul 1905
        • 6 Chester Homeyer b. 07 Jul 1906 d. 19 Jul 1906
        • 6 Webster Homeyer b. 05 Nov 1907 d. 30 Jan 1953
          
        • 6 Robert Allen Homeyer b. 28 Jan 1909 d. 20 Apr 1987
          

      • 5 Amelia Homeyer b. 05 Jul 1870 d. 09 Sep 1944
        m. 01 Jul 1891 John Zickrick b. May 1852 d. 03 Jun 1924
        • 6 Ernest Zickrick b. 05 Sep 1889 d. Jan 1979
          m. 05 Sep 1916 Minnie M. Steinmeyer b. abt 1887 d. 25 Feb 1933
          • 7 Kenneth Zickrick b. 20 Nov 1917 d. May 1978
            m. 21 Jun 1941 Irene Vandermay b. 04 Nov 1918 d. 13 May 1995
          • 7 Ellen Betty Zickrick b. 03 Jan 1919 d. 11 Sep 2002
            m. 05 Apr 1947 Laurence R. Mathew b. 20 May 1911 d. May 1976
        • 6 Henry Zickrick b. 07 May 1892 d. Sept 1963
          m. 20 Jul 1926 Kate Steinmeyer b. abt. 1884 d. 19 Oct 1958

      • 5 Annie Christina Louise Homeyer b. 10 Jul 1871 d. 10 Feb 1950
        m. 20 Sep 1893 Joseph William James b. 14 Dec 1870 d. 09 Jan 1958
        • 6 Catharine Louise James b. 10 Dec 1897 d. 28 Dec 1974
          m. 25 Sep 1917 Alexander Florence McDonald b. 01 Sep 1887 d. 23 Jul 1943
        • 6 Joseph Frederick James b. 08 Feb 1900 d. 12 Dec 1961
          m. 17 Nov 1920 Violet Lillian McMullen b. abt. 1898 d. 24 May 1970
        • 6 Beatrice Roseanna Irene James b. 20 Oct 1901
          m. 16 Dec 1920 Hugh Vernon Callan b. 29 Dec 1896
          
          • 7 Hugh Alexander Callan b. 28 Jun 1921 d. 06 Apr 1942
        • 6 Myrtle James b. 27 Dec 1903 d. 19 Feb 1926
        • 6 Sadie Elva James b. 23 Mar 1906 d. 04 Aug 1906
        • 6 Charles Henry James b. 01 Apr 1907
        • 6 Lucy Margretta James b. 19 Sep 1910 d. 07 Feb 1938
          m. 20 Sep 1928 Joseph Berard b. abt 1906

    • 4 Louise Homeyer b. 11 Jun 1830 d. 24 Apr 1892
      m. 01 Sep 1860 Christoph Hesse b. 11 Mar 1829
      • 5 Emilie Marie Elisabeth Hesse bp. 15 Sep 1861 d. 10 Jan 1901

    • 4 Anna Maria Homeyer b. 20 Nov 1832 d. 12 Feb 1915
      m. 04 Dec 1858 Jacob Triller b. 13 Feb 1817 d. 28 Dec 1880
      m. Adam Bohlander b. abt. 1827 d. 20 Feb 1897
      • 5 Otto Christoph Triller b. 20 Oct 1860 d. 31 Jul 1925
        m. 07 Sep 1886 Anna Baetz b. 05 Jul 1862 d. 07 Jun 1947
        • 6 Adam Martin Triller b. 10 Mar 1890 d. 1973
          m. 10 Aug 1910 Anna Eby b. 1889 d. 1978
          • 7 Isabell Perreeza Triller b. 13 Oct 1911
            m. Arthur William Eagle b. 1911 d. 1963
          • 7 Dorothy Susan Triller b. 24 Jan 1913 d. 07 Jul 1986
            m. 08 Oct 1938 John (Jack) Geoffrey McCarthy
          • 7 Eby Otto Triller b. 06 Aug 1914 d 08 Sep 1936
          • 7 Gladys Emma Triller b. 18 Jan 1917 d. 11 Jan 1972
          • 7 Robert Edward Triller b. 10 Aug 1922 d. 28 Dec 1992
            m. 23 May 1945 Joan Copland b. 18 Sep 1922 d. 30 Apr 1996
          • 7 Anna Marguerite (Marny) Triller b. 12 Jan 1926 d. 14 Jul 1984
        • 6 John George Triller b. 06 Feb 1894 d. 01 Oct 1918
        • 6 Marie Elizabeth Triller b. 31 Oct 1895
          m. 11 Mar 1916 Oliver Lambert b. abt. 1893
          • 7 George John Lambert b. 14 Oct 1919 d. 16 Aug 1984
          • 7 William Henry Lambert b. 17 Jan 1911 d. 23 Oct 1997
        • 6 Jacob Andrew Triller b. 28 Sep 1898 d. 08 Oct 1982
          m. 16 Jun 1923 Hazel Edna Edwards
          • 7 Lois Elaine Triller b. 01 Nov 1933 d. 05 Feb 2003
        • 6 Emma Lena Triller b. 08 Jan 1901 d. Sep 1975
          m. William Potter b. 1895 d. 1960
      • 5 Maria Friederike Triller b. 15 May 1868 d. 1943
        m. Conrad Braun b. 06 Aug 1864 d. 1952
        • 6 Ellenora Braun b. 02 Oct 1895
          m. 26 Jul 1923 Frederick Ernest Schilter b. 21 May 1896

    • 4 (stillborn) Homeyer b. Jan 1836 d. Jan 1836

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