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Michael Mayer
This entry is about Michael Mayer (17 April 1855 – 30 July 1902). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Michael Melvin Mayer (27 November 1904 – November 1971), Michael Stillwell Mayer (Born 25 October 1885; death not recorded).
17 April 1855 – 30 July 1902
Michael Mayer married Leah Adelaine Stillwell at Essex County, New Jersey, on 9 June 1875. At least two children are recorded — Michael Stillwell Mayer and Sarah Leah Mayer — both born in New York. The FamilySearch tree gives his dates as 1855 to 1902, neither of which is verified here.
Proved by a record
Michael Mayer married Leah Adelaine Stillwell at Essex County, New Jersey, on 9 June 1875. At least two children are recorded — Michael Stillwell Mayer and Sarah Leah Mayer — both born in New York. The FamilySearch tree gives his dates as 1855 to 1902, neither of which is verified here.
Born at New York Died at The Bronx, New York City, New York
Recorded as: 17 APR 1855, N. Y., 30 JUL 1902, Bronx, New York, USA
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
Death: From our family tree - no record found yet
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s spouse's great-great-great-grandparent (by marriage)
Gina D. Cacace’s great-great-great-grandparent
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-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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Places listed on this page
- New York
- New Jersey
- The Bronx, New York City, New York
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Born
The 1 August 2026 Geni export supplies this birth date; it has not been verified against a record.
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Married at Essex County, New Jersey
New Jersey county marriage register, page 60. She is entered as L. Adeline Stillwell. The index gives no ages and no parents for either of them.
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Died
The 1 August 2026 Geni export supplies this death date; it has not been verified against a record.
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What the records say
1 record transcribed.
Record exhibit
Michael Mayer and L. Adeline Stillwell marriage, Essex County, New Jersey, 9 June 1875
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Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Michael Mayer and L Adeline Stillwell, married 9 June 1875, Essex County, New Jersey; page 60.
Historical context
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What we still don't know
- [A DNA TEST IN THE DIRECT FAMILY BEARS ON THIS] An autosomal test taken by a living descendant shows a small but unambiguous **Ashkenazi Jewish** component, reported as eastern European. No such ancestry is documented anywhere in this archive. Until August 2026 the archive believed its Jewish line ran through Samuel Selig and Gussie Nathanson — and finding 117 removed that family entirely, having shown they were attached through the wrong Florence. **The Jewish ancestry is real; the paper trail for it is missing.** This page is one of a small number that could carry it. Percentages and the test itself are deliberately not published here. Mayer is another name common among Ashkenazi families. Against it, he married Leah Adeline Stillwell of a Dutch Reformed family in New Jersey. He is a weaker candidate than the Meyer line but not one to strike off.
- Dates, places, occupations and relationships imported from the 1 August 2026 Geni export require verification against original records.
- His parents and his own birth are unrecorded, and the 1855–1902 dates carried in the FamilySearch tree are not verified by any record held here.
- [CONTROLLED NEGATIVE] **His own parents cannot be found.** Every record that names him — his 1875 Essex County marriage, his children's New York births, his sons' marriages — names him as a husband or a father and never as a son. Searched under Mayer and Meyer for a birth about 1855. Nothing. He is the end of that line until a death record or a baptism turns up, and he is the *other* Mayer in this family, unrelated so far as anything shows to the Mayers on the Noga side.