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Peter Joseph Mayer 1779–1858 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 DEC 1779

Birth Location: Katzwinkel, Germany

Death Date: 25 FEB 1858

Death Location: Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Father: Benedict Mayer

Mother: Maria Koch

Spouse(s): Margarethe Gerhards

Children(s): Johann Mayer

Peter Joseph Mayer was born in 1779 in Katzwinkel, Germany, the child of Benedict Mayer And Maria Eva Koch. Peter Joseph Mayer married Margarethe Gerhards, and had children including Johann Jacob Mayer. Peter Joseph Mayer passed away in 1858 in Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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Biography

  • Peter Joseph Mayer was born in 1779 in Katzwinkel, Germany, the child of Benedict Mayer And Maria Eva Koch.
  • Peter Joseph Mayer married Margarethe Gerhards, and had children including Johann Jacob Mayer.
  • Peter Joseph Mayer passed away in 1858 in Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Peter Mayer's Ancestors

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Peter Mayer
1779–1858
Birth Place: Katzwinkel, Germany
Parents
Benedict Mayer
1750–
Germany
Maria (Eva) Koch
1754–1807
Schifferstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Grandparents
Adolpheus (Wendelinus) Mayer
1721–1786
Schifferstadt, Kreis Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Maria (Susannah) Sold
1723–1794
Schifferstadt, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Johann (Michael) Koch
1725–1779
Schifferstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Maria (Elisabetha) Koch
1725–1757
Lauterecken, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Mathias Mayer
1679–1762
Elisabetha Engel
1684–1742
Johann Sold
1685–1740
Anna Schindel
1685–1724
Balthasar Koch
1689–1773
Anna Sellinger
1698–1749
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian Mayer
1651–1713
Maria Köchin
1643–1723
Peter Engel
1660–
Christina Engel
1660–
Johann Sold
1654–1695
Anna (Mnu)
1665–1720
Johannes Schindel
1665–
Johann Koch
1657–1718
Anna Maria
1681–1747
Johannes-Georg Sellinger
1670–1787
Maria Wuerthin
1647–

Peter Mayer's Descendants

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Peter (Joseph) Mayer (12 DEC 1779–25 FEB 1858) m. Margarethe Gerhards (10 FEB 1782–13 JAN 1848)
  1. 1. Johann (Jacob) Mayer 1815–1858 m. Marie (Catharina) Schmidt 1813–1865
    1. 1. Michael (P) Meyer 1849–1924 m. Margaret Jax 1855–1944
      1. 1. Mary (Margaret) Meyer 1887–1967 m. John (Peter Langer) Jr 1883–1937
        1. 1. Alexander (John) Langer 1911–1975 m. Lucille (May) Madigan 1915–2010
        2. 2. Cornelius (Joseph) Langer 1918–1987 m. Lucille Gruber 1920–2012
        3. 3. Virgil Langer 1915–1972
        4. 4. Herbert (Michael) Langer 1909–1992 m. Leona (C) Langer 1912–
        5. 5. Angeline (A) Langer 1913–1997 m. Milton Gilbride 1911–1974
        6. 6. Marie Langer 1922–2011 m. Reinhard (Joseph "Reinie") Weiss 1916–1992
        7. 7. John (A) Langer 1929–1988 m. Frances (Marie) Loscheider 1933–2018
        8. 8. Alphonse (Peter) Langer 1917–1970 m. Rita (Mary) Askler 1918–2006
      2. 2. Nicholas Mayer 1885–1953
      3. 3. Valentine Meyer 1889–1948
      4. 4. Anna (Barbara) Meyer 1890–1989
      5. 5. Margaretha Mayer 1894–
      6. 6. Michael (P) Meyer 1896–1967 m. Catherine Stalpes 1893–1972
        1. 1. Roman (A) Meyer 1926–2015
        2. 2. Cletus (Joseph) Meyer 1920–2007
        3. 3. Ervin (V) Meyer 1922–2005
        4. 4. Mary Meyer 1923–1923
      7. 7. John (P) Meyer 1877–1914
      8. 8. Jacob (B) Meyer 1878–1966
      9. 9. Peter (P) Meyer 1883–1956
      10. 10. Joseph Meyer 1880–1956 m. Theresa Schaefer 1888–1967
        1. 1. Evelyn Meyer 1914–1988
        2. 2. Joseph (Phillip) Meyer 1908–1945
        3. 3. Eulalie Meyer 1913–
        4. 4. Susan Meyer 1918–
        5. 5. Cornelia Meyer 1911–
        6. 6. Authur Meyer 1916–
        7. 7. Victor Meyer 1920–
      11. 11. Margaret Hartmann 1894–1984

Peter Mayer's Timeline

2 Records

1779
12 DEC 1779
Birth of Peter Joseph Mayer in Katzwinkel, Germany
Katzwinkel, Germany
1858
25 FEB 1858
Age 79
Death of Peter Joseph Mayer in Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 DEC 1779
    Event Place: Katzwinkel, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 FEB 1858
    Event Place: Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    Record Source: Age:
    78

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