Peter C.
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| Karl Meyer | Traugot Meyer age 70 |
Hubert Meyer age 83 |
Peter Meyer age 83 |
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1928 Born, 19 December in Berlin, Germany |
Generations five and six: John J. Meyer 1963- and Anton Meyer 2000-
John Jeffrey Meyer, a good fit among
his forefathers.
From my upcoming memoirs: (In my Enemy's Service)
Our first known ancestor was castle captain and gardener Baumann at King Frederick William IV summer palace called Sans Souci near Berlin Germany. Bauman was John’s great-great-great-grandfather who tried to make the estate’s 23 fountains go and ultimately failed for lack of available power systems (around 1850). Another ancestor August Sauerland, John’s great-great grandfather, made a sizeable fortune out of piles of left-over garbage, the residue of the beer brewing process at Berlin’s breweries (around 1870). But he lost most of his wealth during the world’s longest depression of 1873-1896. Another ancestor, John’s great grandfather was the forester Traugott Meyer who struggled against the get-rich-quick bureaucracy of his time to prevent the destruction of German forests with his early knowledge and insistence on ecological principles (around 1900). It took nearly a hundred years for his advice and early effort to become recognized and popular. As the author and father of John, I made a small fortune only to give most of it to the oppressed Indians of Central America. Finally John Jeffrey Meyer with several strikes against him built a computer consulting firm with a million dollar payroll in San Francisco California. John Jeffrey therefore fits well into the tradition of all the Meyer’s who struggled to make a difference. They pursued challenges and ignored setbacks. John Jeffrey also gave us Anton; only one of the next generation who will perhaps continue the kind of nail-biting struggle that makes man feel complete and fully alive - win or lose.