Meidam, John

1850 - 1912  (62 years)    Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Meidam, John
  Born	16 Dec 1850	, , Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1860 Census	1860	Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  William Meidam 36 Louisa Meidam 32 John Meidam 11 Mary Meidam 10 Helen Meidam 9 Corneluis Meidam 5 Wm Meidam 1
  1900 Census	1900	Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  John Meidam 50 Hannah Meidam 40
  1910 Census	1910	Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  John Midam 59 Hanah Midam 56 Miller Eliza E Midam 62
  Biography	Abt 1911
  JOHN MEIDAM, a well-known resident. of Grand Chute township, has been engaged in carpenter work here for nearly forty years, and now carries on this business as a contractor, having built up a large and lucrative trade. Born December 16, 1850, in Appleton. Mr. Meidam is a son of William and Louisa (Van Henklom) Meidam, natives of Amsterdam, Holland, the father born January 10, 1819, and the mother in June, 1831. They came to America in 1847, and went direct to Milwaukee, where for one year Mr. Meidam worked in a brick yard, and then located in Appleton, where he built a small house. Here he resided for about two years, during which time he was employed by Reeder Smith, and at the end of this time bought a thirty-two-acre farm in Grand Chute township, on the Center Road, this being his residence during the remainder of his life. He died in 1899, his wife having passed away five years before. John Meidam was the eldest of his parents' nine children, and he received his education in the schools of Grand Chute township. Until he was twenty-one years of age he assisted his father in the work of the home farm, and then for one year worked as a farm hand, at the end of that time learning the carpenter trade, at which he has worked ever since. He has a large contracting business, and resides in a comfortable residence, situated on a two-acre lot located on Rural Route No. 4, in Grand Chute township. Mr. Meidam is a democrat in politics, and for ten years has served as clerk of the school board. He is an attendant of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Appleton. On March 8, 1878, Mr. Meidam was married to Hannah Miller, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 1, 1857, daughter of George and Magdalena (Eiher) Miller, natives of Germany and early settlers of Milwaukee, where Mr. Miller was a shoemaker. Later he was engaged in farming in Milwaukee and Outagamie counties, and he died in Grand Chute township in 1900, his wife having passed away three years before.
  	Meidam, John Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Died	25 Dec 1912
  Buried	Aft 25 Dec 1912	Pioneer Cemetery, Grand Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  	Meidam, John Grand Chute Pioneer Cemetery, Grand Chute, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I157913	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Meidam, William,   b. 10 Nov 1823, Amsterdam, , Noord-Holland, Netherlands ,   d. 24 Dec 1904, Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	VanHeuklon, Louisa,   b. 12 Jun 1828, Opijnen, Gelderland, , Netherlands ,   d. 3 Dec 1894, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F54315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miller, Hannah,   b. 1 May 1854, , , Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 1924  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1877
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2012
  Family ID	F52198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 16 Dec 1850 - , , Wisconsin, USA 1860 Census - 1860 - Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 25 Dec 1912 - Pioneer Cemetery, Grand Chute, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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