Meier & Matson Family History
Meier & Matson Family History
Meier & Matson Family History
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<strong>Meier</strong> <strong>Family</strong> <strong>History</strong><br />
found, where Lorsungs traveled and established communities through out the West. To this day neighbors still call the<br />
original homestead in Duncan County, Washington, “the o’l Lorsung place.” And in Coos Bay, Washington, another such<br />
cemetery holds Joseph Steven and his descendants far from his family of Millerville, and resting in a quiet cemetery in<br />
Battleground, Washington lies Barbara Pauline Lorsung, next to her husband, Carl <strong>Meier</strong>.<br />
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Source: 1. Our Founder's Legacy, by Helen Joos Cichy 2. The <strong>History</strong> of Millerville, by K.M. Klein 3. United States Federal Census, Douglas<br />
County, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 4. WWI Draft Registration Card for Peter Paul Lorsung 5. Minnesota Naturalization Records<br />
Index 1854-1957pg. 30 6. Minnesota Land Records, Alexandria, Homestead Entry 7. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s for<br />
Peter Lorsung, 1841 with wife Johanette Remark and 4 children. 8. Minnesota Death Index 1908-2002 9. Tombstone photos 10. Washington<br />
State Territory, Stevens County, 1890 11. United States Census Bureau, Millerville<br />
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