Grace Mary Greiner

Brief Life History of Grace Mary

When Grace Mary Greiner was born on 27 January 1876, in Conners Creek, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, Senator Michael T. Greiner, was 45 and her mother, Catherine Pulcher, was 39. She married Hermann Mayer on 24 February 1900, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 7 April 1902, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Hermann Mayer
1860–1910
Grace Mary Greiner
1876–1902
Marriage: 24 February 1900
Mary Grace Mayer
1900–1985
John G. Mayer
1902–1930

Sources (8)

  • Grace Greiner in household of Michael Greiner, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Grace Greiner, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Grace Greiner Mayer, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1881 · Center of Stove Manufacturing

"During the late 19th century, cast-iron stove manufacturing became Detroit's top industry and later the city received the nickname, ""Stove Capital of the World."""

1884 · Largest Island Park in the Nation

Belle Isle Park is a 982-acre island park in the Detroit River between Michigan and Ontario. Belle Isle is the largest city-owned island park in the United States, and it is connected to mainland Detroit by the MacArthur Bridge. It's home to the Belle Isle Aquarium, the Belle Isle Conservatory, the Belle Isle Nature Center, the Detroit Boat Club, the James Scott Memorial Fountain, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, a municipal golf course, a half-mile swimming beach, and numerous monuments.

Name Meaning

South German and Swiss German:

nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Middle High German grīner ‘squabbler, quarreler’, an agent derivative of grīn ‘loud screaming, shouting’.

habitational name for someone from a place called Grein (see Grein ).

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

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