Moritz MAYR
- Born: 25.1.1853 in Sierning (near Steyr in Austria)
- Died: unknown
Parents of Moritz:
- unknown
Hedwig SCHARL
- Born: 31.8.1861 in Linz-Urfahr
- Died: unknown
Parents of Hedwig:
- Father: Andreas SCHARL
- Mother: Maria WALTSHOFER (legitimate daughter of Franz WALCHSHOFER, weaver in Linz, and Maria PRÜGL)
Marriage:
- Place and date unknown
Children:
- Maria MAYR born Dec. 31st, 1880 Sierning (Upper Austria)
- Dora MAYR born ca. 1884, marries Rudi REITERER from Pöcktall (Lower Austria)
- She died of gallstones at the age of 35
- Alois MAYR
- Committed suicide by tapping the gas pipe in his apartment in Steyr (Upper Austria)
- Emmerich MAYR, died approx. 1940 in Garsten (Upper Austria)
- He fell from the Neuzeuger Bridge into the Steyr River after visiting an inn during the war. He was discovered far downstream a week later and was buried in Garsten.
- He had two sons: Fritz and Emmerich. Fritz: Was born as the first child (still illegitimate) in Bolzano and is later married to a Platzer, he lived in "Aschach an der Steyr" under the school. Emmerich: Attended the priest seminary in Lambach, but did not return home from WW2!
- Josefine MAYR, marries SCHNABEL
- Children: Kurt SCHNABEL born 1916 and Walter SCHNABEL born 1915
(Author's note: my great-great-grandparents: my mother her father his mother her parents)
Data from the following sources:
- Excerpt from the birth register Linz Urfahr (3rd line): ()
- Hewig SCHARL b. 31.8.1861
- Father: Andreas SCHARL, grinding master
- Mother: Maria, legitimate daughter of Franz WALCHSHOFER, weaver in Linz, and Maria PRÜGL
- Oral sources:
- All other information is based on oral accounts from my aunt Maria VORDERWINKLER (1906-2004)
