Difference between revisions of "Ter Meer family"
| [unchecked revision] | [checked revision] |
GameoAdmin (talk | contribs) (CSV import - 20130816) |
SusanHuebert (talk | contribs) m (→Bibliography) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Ter Meer (ter Mehr), an outstanding Mennonite family of [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]], [[Germany|Germany]], coming originally from [[Mönchengladbach (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|München-Gladbach]], where Jan ter Meer (1594-1672) was a Mennonite elder from about 1628. In 1654 he moved to Krefeld (see [[Meer, Jan ter (1594-1672)|Meer, Jan ter]]). Mewes (Bartholomäus) ter Meer (1622-92), b. at [[Deventer (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Deventer]], moved to Krefeld in 1654 and became a citizen in 1679. His son Klaas (1650-98) was a lay preacher of the Krefeld congregation, whose daughter Gritgen (1675-1711) was the wife of the Mennonite [[Crous, Jan (1670-1729)|Jan Crous]] (preacher 1716-24). Abraham ter Meer (1729-1804), a grandson of Klaas, was a book dealer in Krefeld and publisher and founder of a lending library; he was the center of a group of intellectual clergymen and citizens under the spirit of the Enlightenment. The persons now living who bear the name are descendants of Klaas ter Meer; but the branch of Privy Councillor Edmund ter Meer (1852-1931), founder of the dye factories of Weiler ter Meer in Uerdingen, is no longer Mennonite. | Ter Meer (ter Mehr), an outstanding Mennonite family of [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]], [[Germany|Germany]], coming originally from [[Mönchengladbach (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|München-Gladbach]], where Jan ter Meer (1594-1672) was a Mennonite elder from about 1628. In 1654 he moved to Krefeld (see [[Meer, Jan ter (1594-1672)|Meer, Jan ter]]). Mewes (Bartholomäus) ter Meer (1622-92), b. at [[Deventer (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Deventer]], moved to Krefeld in 1654 and became a citizen in 1679. His son Klaas (1650-98) was a lay preacher of the Krefeld congregation, whose daughter Gritgen (1675-1711) was the wife of the Mennonite [[Crous, Jan (1670-1729)|Jan Crous]] (preacher 1716-24). Abraham ter Meer (1729-1804), a grandson of Klaas, was a book dealer in Krefeld and publisher and founder of a lending library; he was the center of a group of intellectual clergymen and citizens under the spirit of the Enlightenment. The persons now living who bear the name are descendants of Klaas ter Meer; but the branch of Privy Councillor Edmund ter Meer (1852-1931), founder of the dye factories of Weiler ter Meer in Uerdingen, is no longer Mennonite. | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
| − | + | <em>Beiträge zur Geschichte rheinischer Mennoniten</em>. Weierhof, 1939: 22 ff., 81, 1181. | |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| + | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 297. | ||
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 695|date=1959|a1_last=Crous|a1_first=Ernst|a2_last= |a2_first= }} | {{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 695|date=1959|a1_last=Crous|a1_first=Ernst|a2_last= |a2_first= }} | ||
| + | [[Category:Family Names]] | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 20 May 2014
Ter Meer (ter Mehr), an outstanding Mennonite family of Krefeld, Germany, coming originally from München-Gladbach, where Jan ter Meer (1594-1672) was a Mennonite elder from about 1628. In 1654 he moved to Krefeld (see Meer, Jan ter). Mewes (Bartholomäus) ter Meer (1622-92), b. at Deventer, moved to Krefeld in 1654 and became a citizen in 1679. His son Klaas (1650-98) was a lay preacher of the Krefeld congregation, whose daughter Gritgen (1675-1711) was the wife of the Mennonite Jan Crous (preacher 1716-24). Abraham ter Meer (1729-1804), a grandson of Klaas, was a book dealer in Krefeld and publisher and founder of a lending library; he was the center of a group of intellectual clergymen and citizens under the spirit of the Enlightenment. The persons now living who bear the name are descendants of Klaas ter Meer; but the branch of Privy Councillor Edmund ter Meer (1852-1931), founder of the dye factories of Weiler ter Meer in Uerdingen, is no longer Mennonite.
Bibliography
Beiträge zur Geschichte rheinischer Mennoniten. Weierhof, 1939: 22 ff., 81, 1181.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 297.
| Author(s) | Ernst Crous |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Crous, Ernst. "Ter Meer family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 27 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ter_Meer_family&oldid=122280.
APA style
Crous, Ernst. (1959). Ter Meer family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ter_Meer_family&oldid=122280.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 695. All rights reserved.
©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.