Jurgen Heinrich Ludolph Meyer

1790 1877

Mr. and Mrs. William Stolte

One of Reedsburg’s most active influential citizens, Mr. William Stolte II, is one of a few businessmen of this city who has spent his entire life in his native town. He was born in Hohenbunstorf, Hanover Germany, March 2, 1833, son of George and Dora (Evers) Stolte. The Stolte family was one of the two which existed in the vicinity of Hohenbunstorf as early as the year 1300. George Stolte grew to manhood on the ancestral farm, and upon attaining man’s estate, married. William I, came to America in 1860, his parents following him two years later. On December 21, 1862, William I, was married to Dorothea Meyer. She was born Nov. 15, 1839, a native also of Hohenbunstorf, and came to the United States with her parents, George [Jurgen Heinrich Ludolph Meyer] and Dorothea (Reitzmann) Meyer, while quite young. Her father was a native of Himbergen, Hanover, Germany, where his early years were spent. Upon becoming of age, he entered the Prussian Army, with which he served for several years. After the triumph of Napoleon, he served in the Napoleonic Army, and was with the Corsican Conqueror on his famous Moscow expedition. On this campaign he was taken prisoner by the Russian soldiers and kept in captivity for over two years.

On December 21, 1862, William Stolte I, was married to Dorothea Meyer. She was born Nov. 15, 1839, a native also of Hahoenbunstorf, and came to the United States with her parents, George and Dorothea (Reitzmann) Meyer, while quite young. Her father [George Meyer] was a native of Himbergen, Hanover, Germany, where his early years were spent. Upon becoming of age, he entered the Prussian army, with which he served for several years. After the triumph of Napoleon, he served in the Napoleonic Army, and was with the Corsican Conqueror on his famous Moscow expedition. On this campaign he was taken prisoner by the Russian soldiers and kept in captivity for over two years.

From: “History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley”, by Merton Krug, Feb. 1929. P. 436-438. Reedsburg Free Press

September 27, 1877, Page 3

Died

MEYER At the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Theis, in the town of Westfield, Sept. 21st. Mr. Jurgen Heinrich Meyer, aged 87 years, four months and 7 days.

Mr. Meyer was born in Hanover, Germany, May 13, 1790. He was a soldier during the wars of Napoleon, and accompanied that great general on his campaign into Russia, in 1812. He was taken prisoner and kept in prison for two years; and of the soldiers from his native village who marched on that fatal campaign, he was the only one who returned. His children, one son and three daughters, live in Wisconsin. He was the father of Mrs. Wm. Stolte, of this village.