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Where did the German Mayer family come from? What is the German Mayer family crest and coat of arms? When did the Mayer family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Mayer family history?
The ancestral home of the Mayer family is in the German state of Bavaria. The name Mayer is an occupational hereditary surname, a type of surname that was taken from a word describing or common to the profession of the original bearer. It is a name for a mayor, or elected head of the community. The name stems from the German word "meier," meaning mayor.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
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- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
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One can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later, spellings would change with branching and movement of families. Variations of the name Mayer include Mayer, Maier, Meyer, Meier, Mayr, Meyr, Myer and many more.First found in southern Germany, where the family was anciently seated. The name referred at first to the representative of the lord of a manor, and later to the administrator or tenant of a small court.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mayer research. Another 357 words(26 lines of text) covering the years 1363, 1400, 1643, 1653, 1725, 1760, 1763, 1786, 1825, 1832, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1857, and 1870 are included under the topic Early Mayer History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Another 58 words(4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Mayer Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Mayer. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
European migration to North America began in the mid-17th century and continued unabated until the mid-20th. Many Bavarians made the long trip to escape poverty or persecution based on their religious beliefs. The chance for tenant farmers to own their own land was also a major drawing card. They settled all across the United States in Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California. Many came to Canada also, settling in Ontario and the prairie provinces. Analysis of immigration records has shown some of the first Mayers to arrive in North America, and among them were:
Mayer Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Anna Mayer, who arrived in America in 1681
Mayer Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Hans Mayer, who was the first bearer of this name to arrive in the New World. He came to Lancaster, Pa. in 1709
- Caspar Mayer, aged 30, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1739
- Egidi Mayer, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1739
- Jacob Mayer, aged 47, landed in Pennsylvania in 1739
- Barbara Mayer, who arrived in Carolina in 1740
Mayer Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Franz Jakob Mayer, who landed in Brazil in 1825
- Babette Mayer, who landed in North America in 1832-1849
- Morris Mayer, who landed in New York in 1840
- Abraham Mayer, who arrived in Mississippi in 1847
- John Mayer, who arrived in Mississippi in 1847
Mayer Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Aloise Mayer, aged 4, landed in New York, NY in 1901
- Emanuel Mayer, who arrived in Arkansas in 1905
- Alex Mayer, who arrived in Mississippi in 1907
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- Peter Mayer (b. 1936), Chief Executive of Penguin Books Ltd., London from 1978 to 1996
- Louis Burt Mayer (1885-1957), co-founder American of the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- René Mayer (1895-1972), French politician
- Sir Robert Mayer CH, KCVO (1879-1985), British founder and chairman of Youth and Music
- Charles James Mayer (b. 1936), Canadian former federal Minister of Agriculture
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- John Nicholas Mayer and all Known Descendants by Sallyann Jean Seaman.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Journeys German Immigration, Settlement and Political Culture in Colonial America 1717-1775. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Print. (ISBN 978-0812215489).
- Bahlow, Hans and Edda Gentry. Translation Dictionary of German Names 2nd Edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 2002. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Göbel, Otto. Niederdeutsche Familiennamen der Gegenwart Wolfshagen-Schäbentz. Franz: Westphal, 1936. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Hopeful Journeys German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America 1717-1775. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Print. (ISBN 978-0812215489).
- Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
- Gottschald, Max. Deutsche Namenkunde unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung. München: J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1932. Print.
- Zoder, Rudolf. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: Geog Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. Print.
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