Genealogy of Walter Meyer zu Erpen of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
My genealogical and family history research started in 1973 as a high school social studies project at Wellington Junior Secondary School, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
Maternal Surnames:
Fiddick is my mother’s maiden name and has been the focus of significant family history research since 1973.
FIDDICK
Grandam was the maiden name of my great-great-grandmother Elizabeth (Grandam) Fiddick (1843-1928) (i.e., my mother’s paternal grandfather’s mother).
GRANDAM
John Grandam (1837-1885) was born at Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, and came to Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, with his sister Elizabeth and either their brother or father Christopher in 1862.
Taylor was the maiden name of my great-grandmother Jane (Taylor) Fiddick (1888-1972) (i.e., my mother’s paternal grandmother).
TAYLOR
McDonald was the maiden name of my great-great-grandmother Harriett Alma (McDonald) Taylor (1865-1947) (i.e., my mother’s paternal grandmother’s mother).
MCDONALD
Rowe was the maiden name of my grandmother Annie Eunice (Eunice) Rowe (1912-2004).
ROWE
Descendants of Thomas Rowe (ca. 1680s-1754) and Margaret Bayley (ca. 1685-1752) who married in 1709 at Camborne, Cornwall, England – click here for research details
Descendants of John Rowe (1574-1664), Rector from 1617 to 1664 of Camborne Parish Church, Cornwall, England, and his wife Kathryn (dd. 1679) – click here for research details
Descendants of John Rowe and Josuan Cater (dd. 1671) who were married in 1636 at Camborne, Cornwall, England – click for research details
Descendants of Mahershalalhashbaz Rowe (1702-1777) and Margaret Bate who married in 1734 at Camborne, Cornwall, England, but also resided at Crowan – click for research details
Descendants of John Roo and Ulalia Blande of Werrington, Cornwall, England, who married in 1597 at St. Stephen by Launceston and whose son Degory Rowe (dd. 1668) paid the rates on Tuckingmill, situated on the outskirts of Camborne – click here for research details
Descendants of John Rowe (ca. 1808-1879) and Emily Tyack (ca. 1814-1893) who married in 1836 at Camborne, Cornwall, England, but raised their family at Phillack – coming EVENTUALLY
Descendants of William Rowe and Jenefer Johns who were married in 1776 at Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England – coming EVENTUALLY
Cock was the maiden name of my great-great-grandmother Eliza Cock (1835-1881) (i.e., my mother’s maternal grandfather’s mother).
COCK
Piper was the maiden name of my great-grandmother Mary Jane (Piper) Rowe (1873-1950) (i.e., my mother’s maternal grandmother).
PIPER
Baker was the maiden name of my great-great-grandmother Ann Baker (1845-1886) (i.e., my mother’s maternal grandmother’s mother).
BAKER
Add summary of how my family got to Nanaimo – click for more detail
Paternal Surnames:
Meyer zu Erpen was the birth surname of my father Ulrich Friedrich Walter Meyer zu Erpen (1931-2009), though he was more commonly known as Earl or Alec Meyer in Canada.
MEYER ZU ERPEN
Geyer was the maiden name of my paternal grandmother Margarete (Geyer) Meyer zu Erpen (1906-1989).
GEYER
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