Vincente Jose Mier in 1814 Spain
Letters from the Procurator General It’s always fascinating for me, regardless of how skimpy the information is about one José Meyer or another, the type of information I end up finding in my searches. Yet again, as I search from the safety of my domicile in beautiful Sun Valley, California, I am transported back in …. Read More
Indeed a Knight with my Name
Pedro Jose de Mier in Book on 18th Century As you know from my earlier posts I’ve had some frustration with Google books. That’s not the case this time, however. I kept digging a little more and found another book with a José Meyer reference. I didn’t have the same problem I didn’t past searches …. Read More
Was Jose Mier a Member of the Order of St. James?
Religious and Military Order in Spain This may or may not constitute an official addition to my list because again I was frustrated on Google books doing a search. And Again I tried searching for the name Jose Mier as well as the noble version José de Mier and found some results. But when I …. Read More
Jose Vincente Mier from Cadiz Spain 1826
29th Famous Jose Mier I’ve been having a lot of success on Google Books, with one notable exception as you can read in my last Jose Mier post. That did not dissuade me from using Google Books again for my latest search. The more I search the deeper I have to dig and the more …. Read More
Infamous José Mier number 27: Spain 1908
The Most Disturbing José Mier Yet I recently did another search on Google books for José Mier. What I found was a little surprising. I usually find just snippets of information about various José Miers and sometimes more like Jose Mier Noriega, but they are for the most part little glimpses into regular life and …. Read More
Number 22 Jose Mier: Another Santander Find!
Fish and Seafood Vendor in Cantabria While in the midst of another Jose Mier name search I happened upon a listing (thank you Google) for this Jose. While the listing from El Economista was in Spanish I was easily able to translate. The English version reads as follows: “Below we show you all the information …. Read More
All (Jose Mier) Roads Lead to Rome
Celebrating the Harvest in the Mier Name As I wrote about in my Origins of the name Jose Mier page it seems to be a derivation of Latin “mies” which refers to ripe grain or the harvest. It also reinforces the fact that wheat (and other grains) which were used to make bread were of …. Read More
Jose Mier Number 10-Another Musician
Jose Mier Finds Another Santander Link! Welcome to the Jose Mier namesake research site! In my ongoing efforts to find and document all the different Jose Miers online (or anywhere else) I made another fascinating (for me) discovery. The latest is Juan Jose Mier whose listing on Google was for a CD of his piano …. Read More
Famous Jose Mier #9 (Industrial Engineer from Spain)
Jose Mier here with yet another Jose Mier! This one is a researcher who is associated with the Unversity of A Coruña in (where else?) A Coruña, Spain. I’ll get to the university in a moment, but first some details about this latest addition to the Jose Mier rolls. This particular Jose is part of …. Read More
Really Famous Jose Mier (#7) on Spotify
Jose Mier is not a common name but there are a good number of us out there. Not as many as John Smith, but enough to make searching for that name a lengthy process. So who have I found that’s worthy of being added to the list of famous Jose Miers? None other than Juan …. Read More