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William Eugene Mayer

Male 1946 - 2010  (63 years)


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  • Name William Eugene Mayer  [1, 2
    Born 23 May 1946  Fresno, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Birth 23 May 1946  Fresno, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Reference Number 11955 
    Died 26 Jan 2010  Clovis, Fresno, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Age: 63
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    +1. Living
    Georgia Lee Ward,   b. 1946, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1991, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)  m. Between 1962 and 1963  
     
    Person ID I11955  kukkusfamilies

    Father George Adam Mayer,   b. 4 Jul 1918, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1978, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Geraldine Evans,   b. Abt 1918 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Mar 1939  Visalia, Tulare, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F2639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 May 1946 - Fresno, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 May 1946 - Fresno, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Jan 2010 - Clovis, Fresno, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S373] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for William Eugene Mayer
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveGlobal&h=1146654&indiv=try

    2. [S359] California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Birthdate: 23 May 1946; Birth County: Fresno.
      Record for William Eugene Mayer
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cabirth1905&h=3542691&indiv=try

    3. [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