Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
Mary Elizabeth Meyer was born on 5 December 1890, in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of George Mayer and Regina Mayer. She married Lewis John Lloyd on 3 July 1912, in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 16 July 1974, in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Mary Lloyd in household of Louis Lloyd, "United States Census, 1930"
- May Mayer, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Mary Meyers in entry for John H Pullin and Betty Lou Lloyd, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
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Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: from Middle High German meier, a status name for a steward, bailiff, or overseer, which later came to be used also to denote a tenant farmer, which is normally the sense in the many compound surnames formed with this term as a second element. Originally it denoted a village headman (ultimately from Latin maior ‘greater, superior’). This form of the surname is also established in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine); see also 3 below. Compare Maier , Mayer , Meier , and Myer .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Meyer, from Hebrew Meir ‘enlightener’, a derivative of or ‘light’ with the prefix m-. Compare Maier , Majer , Major , Mayer , Mayor , Meier , and Meir .
Dutch: variant, also Flemish and Americanized, of Meijer , a cognate of 1 above. This surname is also established in South Africa, where it was also brought from France (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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