Birth Name: Matthew Stephen Meyer
Place of Birth: Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 29, 1971
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Ancestry/Genealogy:
Matt Meyer is an American politician. He is the governor-elect of the state of Delaware, and will assume office on January 21, 2025. He be Delaware’s 75th governor, after incumbent John Carney. He has been the 11th New Castle County Executive since January 3, 2017.
Matt was born into a Jewish family in Bay City, Michigan. He was raised in Wilmington, Delaware.
Matt’s paternal grandfather was named Charles Meyer.
Matt’s paternal grandfather was named Louis Shaffer. Louis was an emigrant who was born in Augustów, Podlaskie, Poland to Moses Shaffer (born Moishe Shereshevsky) and Rae/Rachel Tomberg. Moses was born in Grodno, Belarus to Herschel Shereshevsky and Bayla Finkelstein. Matt’s great-grandmother Rae was born in Suwałki, Podlaskie to Beryl Tombacher and Cypa Rachema Berker.
Matt’s paternal grandmother was named Sarah Thalenfeld. Sarah was born in Pennsylvania to Galician/Ukrainian Jewish emigrants Isadore Thalenfeld and Mollie Feuerman (born Malka Feuerman). Isadore was born in Holyn, Prykarpattia, Ukraine to David Thalenfeld and Freda Fischbein. Matt’s great-grandmother Mollie was born in Knyahynya, Zakarpattia to Emil Asher Zalman Feuerman and Sarah Zalle. Emil was born in Stakčínska Roztoka, Prešov, Slovakia.
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Matt’s mother’s Geni Family Tree: https://www.geni.com/people/Ellen-Meyer/624930?through=6000000009422668773
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