277 documented Mayer ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
German occupational/status name for a steward or tenant farmer; sometimes an English variant of Mayor.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 273 Mayer records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: John, George, Mary, Walter and Carl.
Of the 275 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 80 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Ludwig Leonhard Mayer, born 1600 in Germany.
Documented Mayer families on this page come from History of Leavenworth County, Kansas (1921).
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Deceased Mayer ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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German occupational/status name for a steward or tenant farmer; sometimes an English variant of Mayor.
The documented line here reaches back to 1600. Most Mayer lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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