Rosa Mayer

Female15 July 1875–2 March 1948

Brief Life History of Rosa

When Rosa Mayer was born on 15 July 1875, in Lower Austria, Austria, her father, Johann Mayer, was 29 and her mother, Rosina Gerstenbrand, was 28. She died on 2 March 1948, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Johann Mayer
1846–
Rosina Gerstenbrand
1847–
Anna Mayer
1874–1882
Rosa Mayer
1875–1948
Johann Mayer
1876–1877
Rudolf Mayer
1877–1884
Johannes Mayer
1879–1879
Anton Mayer
1880–1880
Franz Mayer
1881–1884
Anna Mayer
1883–1963
Maria Mayer
1885–1896
Mathilde Mayer
1887–1949
Johanna Mayer
1888–1900
Karl Mayer
1889–1954
Friedrich Mayer
1890–1892

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (3)

    1912

    Age 37

    Italy, Austria, and Germany renew the Triple Alliance. The alliance lasts for three more years.

    1914

    Age 39

    Start of World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, is assassinated. Austria joins Germany in fighting the Allies.

    1918

    Age 43

    The Hapsburg Empire is overthrown. Austria became a republic.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Franz, Helmut, Wilhelm, Erwin, Gerhard, Heinz, Ilse, Lorenz, Wolfgang.

    English (Staffordshire): post-medieval form of Mear, which is either a topographic name, from Middle English mere ‘pond, pool’ (Old English mere) or Middle English mere ‘boundary’ (Old English (ge)mǣre), or a habitational name from one or more of the many places with names derived from these terms, such as Mere (Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Wiltshire), Meir in Caverswall (Staffordshire), and Meare (Somerset).

    English: occupational name for a physician, from Old French mire, Middle English mire, meir, meyre, originally synonymous with Myer .

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

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