The Neiers surname is quite rare. As far as I have determined, all are descendants of Peter Neuertz of Hassel, Luxemburg. The spelling has changed through the years as the politics of Luxembourg have passed through Prussian, French, and the Netherlands' influence.
The old German script, which is what Luxemburgers used when they wrote, has no exact equivalent for the final 'tz' sound in English. Eventually, the German 'eue' changed to 'eie' and the final 'tz' was replaced by the Roman alphabet letter 's'. In the contemporary handwritten documents, alternate spellings frequently occured in the same record. The princicpals, such as the father and the sponsors were generally literate, at least in the area of signing their own names. The priest or public official making out the records often used a high German or French spelling, according to the particular background of the priest and the nation in power.
My earliest record of Peter is the birth of his son Cornelius 12 January 1724. Peter Neuertz had a great number of children (22 that I know of). Peter Neuertz was born in 1700 and died 30 October 1790. He married Marie Molter in 1722. They had fourteen children, including Franz, my great-great-great-grandfather. After she died he married Anna Elizabeth Altz, with whom he had eight more children including Nicolas, my great-great-grandfather.
Most of my research is concentrated in the Roedt/Trintingen area in the southeast corner of Luxembourg. Through several generations, the families of farmers and inkeepers (the Neiers family had a tavern in Roedt for many generations) never migrated more than a few kilometers to neighboring villages. Consequently, there are many common ancestors among the Neiers and Loes families.
For a brief description of the Neiers Families in the US, there is a Word Document
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________ Neuertz
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Father: _______________
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M other: ______________
Born: ___________
D ied: ______________
M arried: _________________________
Children:
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | BIRTH PLACE | MARRIED | DATE | DIED |
| Peter | 1700 | probably Hassel, Luxemburg | Marie Molter Anna Elisabeth Altz | | 30 OCT 1790 |
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | BIRTH PLACE | MARRIED | DATE | DIED |
| John | __ | Hassel, Luxemburg | Johanatha Weber | 6 DEC 1757 | __ |
| Cornelius | 12 JAN 1724 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Peter | 3 MAR 1725 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Marie Molter | 23 FEB 1727 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Theodore Molter | 23 JAN 1729 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Nicolas | 22 SEP 1730 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| John Molter | 4 SEP 1732 | Hassel, Luxemburg | Margaret Ernster | __ | __ |
| Cornelius Molter | 12 SEP 1734 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Marie Molter | 7 DEC 1736 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Margaret Molter | 11 APR 1739 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| A. E. | 4 MAY 1741 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Franz | 14 NOV 1743 | Hassel, Luxemburg | Anna Weber Susan Wagner | __ | __ |
| John Franz | 3 SEP 1745 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Franz | 18 1746 | Hassel, Luxemburg | Margaret Ernster | __ | __ |
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | BIRTH PLACE | MARRIED | DATE | DIED |
| Peter | 28 AUG 1756 | Hassel, Luxemburg | Anna Pierre Kayl | __ | 27 JUN 1823 |
| Nicolas | 5 APR 1758 | Hassel, Luxemburg | Catharine Huber | 31 JAN 1781 | 20 JAN 1842 |
| Catharine | 22 JUL 1761 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| Mathias | 19 SEP 1763 | Hassel, Luxemburg | Elisabeth Putz | __ | __ |
| Marie | 3 JUL 1765 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |
| M. P. | 12 APR 1768 | Hassel, Luxemburg | A. Pierre | __ | __ |
| Francis | 28 APR 1770 | Hassel, Luxemburg | Catharine Weinand | 27 DEC 1793 | __ |
| Johann | 4 DEC 1773 | Hassel, Luxemburg | __ | __ | __ |