Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Maeyer, I. H. W. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 February 7, 2009, 12:09 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Maeyer, Father I. H. W., Salisbury, is a native of Holland. He was educated in that country under the Jesuit Fathers, in Latin, Greek, and French. After spending seven years with these branches, he studied philosophy three years and theology six years. He then came to America and was ordained in 1853 by Bishop McCloskey, at Albany, N. Y. He was stationed at St, Mary's, Troy, N. Y., for two years, after which be was at Utica four years. Then under Bishop McFarland at Catskill for some time. Father Maeyer's health becoming much impaired, he returned to Holland, where he remained until 1870. He then returned to this country, and has been stationed at Salisbury Corners since that period. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/maeyer901gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb