Moritz MAYR
- Born: 25 January 1853 in Sierning
- Died: unknown
Parents of Moritz:
- Father: Josef MAYR
- Mother: Katharina HELM
Marriage:
- Moritz MAYR and Hedwig SCHARL on 18 April 1880 in Sierning, Neuzeug
Hedwig SCHARL
(married MAYR)
- Born: 31 August 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:
- Hedwig SCHARL and Moritz MAYR on 18 April 1880 in Sierning, Neuzeug
Children:
- Maria MAYR born 31 December 1880 Sierning
- Dora MAYR born approx. 1884, married Rudi REITERER from Pöggstall
- She died at the age of 35 from gallstones.
- Alois MAYR
- Committed suicide by drilling into the gas line in his apartment in Steyr.
- Emmerich MAYR, died around 1940 in Garsten
- He fell from the Neuzeug Bridge into the Steyr River after visiting an inn during the war. He was not discovered until a week later far downstream and was buried in Garsten.
- He had two sons: Fritz and Emmerich. Fritz: was born as the first (still illegitimate) child in Bozen and later married a Platzer; he lived in Aschach an der Steyr under the school. Emmerich: attended the seminary in Lambach but never returned from WWII!
- Josefine MAYR, married SCHNABEL
- Children: Kurt SCHNABEL born 1916 and Walter SCHNABEL born 1915
(Author's note: my great-great-grandparents: my mother's father's mother's parents)
Sources (italic indicates original content):
- Excerpt from the Birth Register Linz-Urfahr (3rd line):
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Hedwig SCHARL born 31.8.1861
Father: Andreas SCHARL, master grinder
Mother: Maria, legitimate daughter of Franz WALCHSHOFER, weaver in Linz, and Maria PRÜGL - Marriage Register Losenstein (OÖ):
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Am 18.4.1880 in Sierning, Neuzeug 133
Bräutigam: Moritz, ehel. Sohn des Josef Mair, Amateurarbeiter in Pichlern 126 und der Katharina geb. HELM
Braut: Hedwig ehel. Tochter des Andreas Scharl, Schleifermeister in Urfahr Nr. 51 und der Maria geb. Walchshofer - Oral sources:
All other information is based on oral accounts from my aunt Maria VORDERWINKLER (née Mann)
Comment:
The availability of data is good due to the many church register entries and the accounts of my aunt Maria Mann (née Vorderwinkler).
