Background
Meyer, George William was born on January 1, 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Leopold and Johanna (Loewenberg) Meyer.
Meyer, George William was born on January 1, 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Leopold and Johanna (Loewenberg) Meyer.
Educational public schools.
1 daughter Melody. Held various positions such as bookkeeper, office boy, carpenter and machinist. Composer of popular songs, since 1908, among which are “Lonesome,” “Foreign Maine and My Gal,” “Tuck Maine To Sleep in My Old ’Tucky Home,” “My Mother’s Rosary,” “Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue,” “When You’re a Long Long Way from Home.” “I Believe in Miracles,” “Ten, Ten Tennessee,” “Sittin’ in the Corner,” “My Song of the Nile,” “East’ry Thing Is Peaches Down in Georgia,” “Hiawatha’s Melody of Love,” “That Mellow Melody,” “Little Old Fashioned Music Box,” et cetera Secretary American Society Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Address: 25 Central Park West, New York, New New York
Married Grayce Elizabeth Meyers, December 9, 1909 (died 1936). Married second, Kathleen Howard, December 23, 1942.