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Jacob Mayer

Male 1848 - 1930  (~ 82 years)


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  • Name Jacob Mayer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born Apr 1848  Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Census Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Arrival Abt 1890  Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Immigration Abt 1901  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 31 Mar 1901  Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 31 Mar 1901  [3] 
    merchant 
    Census 1 Jun 1911  Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation 1 Jun 1911  [6] 
    junk dealer 
    Census 16 Jan 1920  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 14 Apr 1930  Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died 18 Apr 1930  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5] 
    Buried 21 Apr 1930  Beth Israel Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Person ID I8  Mayer Genealogy
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2020 

    Family Sarah Meltzer,   b. 2 Dec 1851, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1913, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 3 Jun 1918  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
    +1. Yetta Mayer,   b. 19 Mar 1876, Dymer, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1963, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +2. Ida Mayer,   b. 15 Feb 1882, Dymer, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1968, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Louis B. Mayer,   b. 12 Jul 1884, Dymer, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1957, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +4. Rudolph William Mayer,   b. 17 Apr 1889, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1951, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +5. Jerry Gershon Mayer
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mayer Funeral to be Tomorrow

      Funeral services for Jacob Mayer, father of Louis B. Mayer, will be conducted tomorrow at the Glasband & Groman mortuary. Burial will be in Beth Israel Cemetery.

      Mr. Mayer died Friday night. He was 83 years of age. For the past twelve years he had lived at Louis B. Mayer’s home, Santa Monica. He leaves three sons, Louis B., Rudolph W., and Jerry Mayer, and a daughter, Mrs. Ida Cummings, all of this city, as well as five grandchildren.

      source: “Mayer Funeral to be Tomorrow.” Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr 1930, p. 16.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]., Find A Grave, Inc., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

    2. [S22] "Louis B. Mayer.", Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_B._Mayer, 21 Jul 2020).

    3. [S25] 1901 Canada Census, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]., Library and Archives Canada, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006).

    4. [S3] California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]., California Department of Public Health, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000).

    5. [S32] “Mayer Funeral to be Tomorrow.”, (Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr 1930, p. 16).

    6. [S35] 1911 United States Federal Census, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]., National Archives and Records Administration, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006).

    7. [S43] 1920 United States Federal Census, Boston Ward 21, Enumeration District, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, National Archives Microfilm Roll T625_739; 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]., National Archives and Records Administration, ( Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).

    8. [S5] 1930 United States Federal Census, Santa Monica, Enumeration District 1476, Los Angeles County, California; 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]., National Archives and Records Administration, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002).

    9. [S29] New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 [database on-line]., Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).