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Florence Rose Seelig
15 April 1909 – 29 August 1997
Florence Rose Seelig was born at Manhattan on 15 April 1909, the daughter of Louis Seelig and Sarah Moore, and grew up in Brooklyn. On 17 July 1933, at Brooklyn, she married August William Mayer. The 1940 census finds them in Queens with their daughters Joan and Ruth. She is the mother of Ruth Mayer, and so the great-grandmother of Gina Cacace — a direct line. She outlived August by twenty-four years, moved to Florida, worked as a bookkeeper, and died at Ocala on 29 August 1997, aged 88. She was identified only in August 2026; until then this archive had the wrong woman in her place, and — the detail that confirms it — the Ocala death that woman was given belonged to her. See finding 117.
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Florence Rose Seelig was born at Manhattan on 15 April 1909, the daughter of Louis Seelig and Sarah Moore, and grew up in Brooklyn. On 17 July 1933, at Brooklyn, she married August William Mayer. The 1940 census finds them in Queens with their daughters Joan and Ruth. She is the mother of Ruth Mayer, and so the great-grandmother of Gina Cacace — a direct line. She outlived August by twenty-four years, moved to Florida, worked as a bookkeeper, and died at Ocala on 29 August 1997, aged 88. She was identified only in August 2026; until then this archive had the wrong woman in her place, and — the detail that confirms it — the Ocala death that woman was given belonged to her. See finding 117.
Born at Manhattan, New York City, New York Died at Ocala, Marion County, Florida
Recorded as: Mayer
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s spouse's great-grandparent (by marriage)
Gina D. Cacace’s great-grandparent
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-grandparent
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s no single word covers it — connected through Andrew John Leahey, who is a child
Kevin Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Andrew John Leahey, who is a child
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
Life
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Family
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Siblings · birth order
- Florence Rose Seelig (this person)
- Emma Seelig
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- Bookkeeper
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- Manhattan, New York City, New York
- Queens, New York City, New York
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York
- Ocala, Marion County, Florida
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Died at Ocala, Florida
Aged 88, sixty-four years after she married August Mayer in Brooklyn and twenty-four years after his death.
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What the records say
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Marriage of August Mayer and Florence Seelig, Brooklyn, 17 July 1933
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Birth of Florence Rose Seelig, Manhattan, 15 April 1909
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August Mayer household, 1940 census, Assembly District 2, Queens
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Louis Seelig household, 1930 census, Brooklyn
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Florence Mayer, Social Security Death Index
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Obituary of Mrs Florence R Mayer, Ocala Star-Banner, 1 September 1997
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What we still don't know
- Her burial. The obituary gives the death and the newspaper but no cemetery, and no memorial has been found.
- Whether she and August had children after 1940.
- When she left New York for Florida, and why. She was in Queens in 1940 and 1950 and died at Ocala in 1997, with nothing in between.
References
- [1] Marriage of August Mayer and Florence Seelig, Brooklyn, 17 July 1933Back to citation 1
- [2] Birth of Florence Rose Seelig, Manhattan, 15 April 1909Back to citation 2
- [3] August Mayer household, 1940 census, Assembly District 2, QueensBack to citation 3
- [4] Louis Seelig household, 1930 census, BrooklynBack to citation 4
- [5] Florence Mayer, Social Security Death IndexBack to citation 5
- [6] Obituary of Mrs Florence R Mayer, Ocala Star-Banner, 1 September 1997Back to citation 6