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Meyer Hoxter

Male 1789 - 1865  (76 years)


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  • Name Meyer Hoxter 
    Birth 1789  Treysa, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • ca April, 1785?
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Sep 1865  Richmond, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • 9/12/1872
    Person ID I301  Rothschild_Bloom
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2017 

    Father Sussman (Zuskin) Hoxter,   b. 1757, Treysa, Hesse Cassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1836, Treysa, Hesse Cassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Zippora Heinemann,   b. 1773, Hesse Cassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1833, Hesse Cassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1788  [4
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah (Sarachen),   b. Abt 1796, Momberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1830 (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Marriage 5 Nov 1822  [2
    Children 
     1. Abraham Hoxter,   b. 1829, Treysa, Hesse Cassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1890, Minersville, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Madschen (Mary) Hoxter,   b. 27 Jun 1827, Treysa, Hesse Cassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Kauffman Hoxter,   b. 1826, Hesse-Darmstadt Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1895 (Age 69 years)
     4. Fratche Hoxter   d. 1826
     5. N.N. Hoxter   d. 1829
     6. George (Gerson) Hoxter,   b. 29 May 1829, Treysa, Hesse Cassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1908, Memphis, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2008 

    Family 2 Schefa (Sophia) Adler,   b. Abt 1809, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1879, Richmond, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Marriage 16 Mar 1831  [5
    Children 
     1. M. Levi Hoxter,   b. 20 Mar 1833, Treysa or Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1909, Richmond, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Sussman (John, Menachem) Hexter,   b. 24 Dec 1831   d. 27 Dec 1831 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2017 

  • Notes 
    • Fought against Napoleon in the war (1813-1814).


      Peddler
      1840-41: 84 Bond Street, Baltimore
      1842: Wilk Street and Argyle Alley, Baltimore
      1849-50 Dry goods, 79 Eastern Avenue
      Shoemaker
      1853-54, M. Hexter & Son, Baltimore
      1858-1860, Richmond, VA, M. Hexter & Son
      1868-1869, 35 South Eden Street, Baltimore
      1871: Butcher, 1415 East Main Street, Richmond, VA

      Immigration Year: 1837, age 47, with 6 relatives
      Source Publication Code 170.16

      ?Birth date - gravetsone says 87 years old in 1865?


      HÖCHSTER, Meier
      Annotation:
      Hessian Immigrants: Index to Family Names. Book II: Immigrants from Hesse-Kassel 1840-1850. Date and port of arrival. Hometown, assets, occupation, and code of dossier may also be provided.
      Source Bibliography:
      AUERBACH, INGE. Hessische Auswanderer (Hesaus): Index nach Familiennamen: Bd. II: Auswanderer aus Hessen-Kassel, 1840-1850. Marburg: Archivschule Marburg, 1988. 517p. (Veroeffentlichungen der Archivschule Marburg..., Nr. 12)
      Page:
      206 [2, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S450] Death Certificate of Myer Hexter.

    2. [S65] Janet Akaha, Hoxter.ged.

    3. [S418] .

    4. [S37] Leo von Euler, JewishGen ID # 100917, JewishGen.

    5. [S397] Letter from Suzan Wynne to Naomi Rothschild.

    6. [S64] Bambey, H.; Biskamp, A.; Lindenthal, B, (Verlag Stadtgeschichtlicher Arbeitskreis, 1993).