NameGottlieb Mayer
Birth31 Mar 1885, Chicago, Illinois
LivedOak Forest, Illinois
Death31 Dec 1964, Chicago, Illinois
Burial2 Jan 1965, Montrose Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
OccupationMusician (pianist & accordion)
MiscellanyOriginally: Meyer. Lost leg & crushed skull under bricks when 5 yrs old
Flags%MayerFam, Linked, Thumbnail, [FamLabel], [Gen10], [GenYes]
FatherChristoph Meyer (1838-1906)
Spouses
Birth14 Aug 1889, 17 Reiman St., Buffalo, New York
Death29 Oct 1938, Chicago, Illinois
Burial2 Nov 1938, Montrose Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
MiscellanyDied Of Leukemia
FatherJohn George Greiner (1863-1936)
MotherChristiane Louise Geiger (1866-1918)
MarriageMay 1908
ChildrenEthel Louise (1908-1979)
 Herbert F. (1920-1921)
Notes for Gottlieb Mayer
“At the age of 5 dad had loads of bricks fall on him near a building site. His skull was crushed and he lost his leg. A suit followed from which he got a settlement—that went to his piano education which made him a musician and he was a good one, so he could earn a living.”
-- Ethel Mayer Vogt in a May 1979 letter to her daughter Marcia
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