Hi,
I found the
Meister family in 1900 living in
Johnston,
Whitman Co., WA.
Anton, head, b. Jan 1838, Switzerland, immigrated 1866, naturalized before the 1900 Census, marr 27 yrs, farmer.
Margaret, wife, b. Jan 1852, Germany, had given birth to five children & three alive in 1900.
William A., b. IL Oct 1875, single, farm laborer.
Theresa, b. IL, Sept 1879, 20.
In 1910 most of the family was living in
Johnson,
Whitman Co., WA.
Margret, head household, b. Germany, widow, 56, own income.
William, son, b. IL, 35, single, farmer.
Thersa R., dau, b. IL, 34, single.
I checked FamilySearch and
Washington Digital Archives but he didn't appear in either. They haven't loaded all of the records yet in either database.
Contact the
Whitman County Auditor,
www.whitmancounty.org/Page.aspx?pn=Auditor . They have legal records that were generated before the State requirement.
If that doesn't work out, contact the
Whitman County Genealogical Society,
www.rootsweb.com/~wawcgs/res.htm . They have a
Whitman County Death
Register 1891-1907 with info extracted from the
Pullman Herald Newspaper 1888-1929. Successful Searching!