Christoph Meier and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Diana under the command of Skipper Markus Draguhn.
Christoph Meier (age 20), a farmer, and his wife Margaretha (age 18) are recorded on the 1767 census of Rosenheim in Household No. 61. They had arrived in Rosenheim on 27 June 1767.
In 1788, Michael Meier moved from Rosenheim to Beauregard.
Michael Meier from Rosenheim and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Beauregard in Household No. Bo05.
In 1788, Christoph Meier and his family moved from Urbach to Rosenheim.
Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Christoph Meier came from the German region of Nürnberg.
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Brent Mai