Blue vs Grey: Christian and Peter Meid at the Battle of Chickamauga
Until recently, two men with the same name were derailing my research. The name Peter Meid (Mead) was a problem. I was unable to discern which immigration record went with […]
Until recently, two men with the same name were derailing my research. The name Peter Meid (Mead) was a problem. I was unable to discern which immigration record went with […]
October 14, 1888: 125 years ago today, Conrad Miltenberger and Minnie Mead were married at the Miltenberger’s family-owned Germania Hotel in Hempstead, New York. According to the newspapers, the ceremony […]
My third great grandfather Peter Meid (Anglicized to Mead) came to America in 1854 from Hesse-Darmstadt, a German duchy that existed prior to Germany’s unification. Peter settled at Fosters Meadow (now […]