| ![Show Contents]() Meter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 Netherlands
 Meter migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Meter Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johannes Meter, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1709 1
- Johan Meter, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1748 1
- Johan Adam Meter, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 1
- Hans Meter, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 1
Meter Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Theodore Meter, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1842 1
- Francis Jacob Meter, who arrived in Missouri in 1845 1
- Frederick Meter, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1850 1
- John Meter, aged 44, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1868 1
- Heinrich Meter, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1870 1
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Meter (post 1700) | + |
- Stephen Y. Van Meter, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1916, 1932 2
- Robert H. Van Meter, American politician, Member of New Jersey State House of Assembly from Salem County, 1812-13 2
- R. Doyle II Van Meter, American Democratic Party politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Mingo County; Elected 1972 2
- Nathan Z. Van Meter, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate in primary for Florida State Senate 16th District, 1978 2
- Mary E. Van Meter, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972 2
- Joseph H. Van Meter, American politician, Mayor of Collingswood, New Jersey, 1930-33 2
- Jeremy Van Meter, American Democratic Party politician, Presidential Elector for Ohio, 2012 2
- Gregory T. Van Meter, American politician, U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Illinois District, 1932 2
- Craig Van Meter, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932 2
| Historic Events for the Meter family | + |
St. Francis Dam - Mr. Lester A. Van Meter, Canadian born American resident in Santa Clarita killed when the St. Francis Dam failed and flooded the area in 1928
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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