• Born: 31.12.1880, Sierning (Upper Austria)
• Died: 9.1.1965 in Steyr

Parents:

• Father: MAYR Moritz
• Mother: SCHARL Hedwig

Marriage:

• on 15.9.1901 with  Ludwig VORDERWINKLER Sr.

Children:

• Theodor VORDERWINKLER b. 9.11.1902 in Waidhofen
• Ludwig VORDERWINKLER Jr. b. 21.4.1904 in Sierning
• Maria VORDERWINKLER b. 27.1.1906 in Letten, married MANN

(Author's note: my great-grandmother: my mother's father's mother)

Additional Information:

• Before her marriage, she worked as a maid in an inn in Steyr, later in Letten she earned a modest extra income delivering milk.
• After her marriage, she moved with her husband to Unterdambach near Steyr. The house in Unterdambach developed into the center of the family.
• After the death of her husband, she moved to live with her son Ludwig in Sepp-Stögerstraße 9 in Steyr, where she lived until her death.
• She fell ill with abdominal cancer and spent the last weeks of her life in a state of mental confusion at the Steyr Tabor nursing home, where she passed away in the presence of her daughter Maria.

Sources (italic indicates original content):

• Excerpt from the baptismal register Sierning 1880 (3rd line): ()
  31.12.1880 / Neuzeug Letten 21 / Maria
  Vater: Moritz Mayr, Amateur Arbeiter
  Mutter: Hedwig ehl. Tochter des Andreas Scharl, Zeugschmid in Urfahr-Linz und der Maria geb. Walchshofer
• Oral sources:
  All other information is based on oral accounts of my aunt Maria VORDERWINKLER (married Mann)

Comment:

The data situation is good due to the many stories told by my aunt Maria Mann (née Vorderwinkler). I still personally knew my great-grandmother and remember her as a very warmhearted woman.