Ulrich Auer

Brief Life History of Ulrich

When Ulrich Auer was born on 22 July 1840, in Eichberg, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Jakob Auer, was 30 and his mother, Anna Elisabeth Dietrich, was 26. He married Mary Jane Cutcliffe on 18 February 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 28 October 1925, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ulrich Auer
1840–1925
Mary Jane Cutcliffe
1835–1909
Marriage: 18 February 1873
Mary Jane Cutcliffe Auer
1874–1961
Auer [Twin]
1876–1876
Stillborn Cutcliffe
Louisa Cutcliffe Auer
1878–1879

Sources (33)

  • Ulrich Auer, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Ulrich Anen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Ulrich Auer, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1848

New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Alois, Hans, Erwin, Matthias, Siegfried, Bernd, Bernhard, Erna, Franz, Fritz, Hermann, Horst.

German (mainly Bavaria): topographic name for someone living by a water meadow, German Au, or a habitational name for someone from a place called Au or Aue (see Au and Aue ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, and Slovenia.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life Sketch of Ulrich Auer, a Pioneer of 1860 -- Second husband to Mary Jane Cutcliffe Spencer

By: Claudia Spencer Sadler Ulrich Auer was born 22 July 1840 in Eichberg, Switzerland. When 19 years old, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and with his parents, a brother and …

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