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WILLIAM THOMEIER, shoe-maker, Meadville, was born in Germany, July 25,1840; and is a son of Peter J., and Frances K. (Ottimen) Thomeier, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1855, and in 1856 settled in Meadville. Peter J. Thomeier was a stone-mason. Our subject, who is third of a family of seven, since eighteen years of age has worked at shoe-making, and since 1862 in Meadville. He was married in 1865 to Miss C. C. Kopp, a native of Germany, and they have had seven children, six of whom are yet living. They are: Anna, Katie, Fannie, Emma, Charles and Edna. The fifth child, Franklin, is deceased. In politics Mr. Thomeier is a Democrat; he is a member of the City Council; is the owner of two houses and lots, and has made his own way in the world. History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 771
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