Family: George Adam Mayer / Geraldine Evans (F2639)

• Father | Male George Adam Mayer

  
  

  Born	4 Jul 1918	Colorado, USA
  Died	27 Feb 1978	Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
  Buried
  Married	Mar 1939  [1]	Visalia, Tulare, California, USA  [1]
  Father	John Fred Mayer(Maier) | F2638 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elise Lizzie Engelmann | F2638 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Geraldine Evans

  
  

  Born	Abt 1918
  Died
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male + Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Georgia Lee Ward | F2640
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Male William Eugene Mayer

  
  

  Born	23 May 1946	Fresno, California, USA
  Died	26 Jan 2010	Clovis, Fresno, California, USA
  Buried

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Genealogical Information, Provided by Sharon Dickson-Engelman. I found out that my husband's grandfather, Heinrich was born in Kukkus from his death certificate 4 Oct 1930 and the funeral director. Then I found out a mystery that kept me wondering for a while. I know that he came with his wife and some of her sisters and bro-in-laws from Russia in 1900. Then on Jerry's grandfather's obit in 1930 it said that the body was being held pending the arrival of his mother (step-mother) and two step-brothers and two step-sisters from Fresno, CA. Hmmmm, I had to crack this mystery. I eventually found that his (my husband, Jerry's) great-grandfather had remarried and brought his 2nd wife and family from Kukkus in 1901. They made a brief stop in the Dolton/Lansing, Cook Co., IL. area where Heinrich and family resided and then moved on to Rocky Ford, Otero Co., Colorado to set up house. The great-grandfather's name was Peter Engelmann or Johann Peter who died in Colorado 10 Nov 1913. His death certificate gave me the name of his father, Johann Gottfried Engelmann and his mother's first name was unreadable, but the last letters were tall letters and her last name was Gerlach. From the 1834 Census of Kukkus the only Gerlach sister that would fit the first name would've been Katharina Margaretha Gerlach. That is not a proven, but a strong speculation on my part. I have found a Katharina Margaretha Gerlach married to someone else, but it could've been a second marriage.--Sharon Dickson-Engelman