Meyer, Stella Reichenberg, 1900-1987
Dates
- Existence: 1900 - 1987
Biography
Stella Reichenberg Meyer was born in Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, on March 31, 1900, the oldest child and daughter of Jewish parents Adolf Reichenberg and Paula Lederer. She married Karl Ernst Meyer on January 10, 1924; they had one son, Frank George (December 1924), and one daughter, Eve (or Eva, July 1926). Karl moved the family to Switzerland in 1933, then emigrated to New York City on the ship Normandie in September 1938 (it appears Karl and Stella came first, then went back for their teenage children a few months later, arriving back in August 1939). The family later settled in San Francisco and petitioned for naturalization in August 1940. Karl registered for the draft in San Francisco in February 1942. He died on June 26, 1954 and was buried in the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo County, California. Stella died on June 8, 1987, and was buried in Hills of Eternity with her husband and mother.
Citation:
FindaGrave.com, accessed April 16, 2024 (Stella Reichenberg Meyer, born in Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, on March 31, 1900; parents Adolf and Paula Reichenberg; married Karl Ernst Meyer; died June 8, 1987, in San Francisco, California; buried in Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo County, California; father, Adolf Reichenberg, buried in Jewish Cemetery in Bochum, Germany with his parents; mother buried in Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in 1961; husband buried there in 1954)Legacy.com, via www, accessed April 16, 2024 (son Frank George Meyer, born December 1924; parents Stella Reichenberg and Karl Ernst Meyer, born in Bochum, Germany; little sister, Eve; 1933, Karl moved family to Switzerland; moved to New York City at start of World War II) https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/frank-meyer-obituary?id=32162825
FamilySearch, accessed April 17, 2024 (declaration of intention form: race "Hebrew" (Jewish); wife Stella, married January 10, 1924, in Bochum, Germany; entered U.S. via New York, New York on September 12, 1938; 2 children, Franz (born December 1924) and Eva (born July 12, 1926); family lived in Basel, Switzerland, emigrated from Le Havre, France on the ship Normandie; petition for naturalization of family in August 1940 lists marriage day as January 20, and names of children as Francis George (born December 12, 1924) and Eva Else (born July 12, 1924?); California draft registration card submitted from San Francisco on February 14, 1942; 1940 census lists residence as Switzerland in April 1935; New York City immigration record: immigration visa issued in Zurich on June 17, 1938, last permanent residence in Basel, Switzerland; first passenger lists feature only Karl and Stella - Franz Georg and Eva Else, ages 14 and 13, listed sailing with them on the S.S. Volendam, arriving August 12, 1939; Stella oldest of two children, both daughters, of Adolf Reichenburg and Paula Lederer)