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Sarah Leah Mayer
22 December 1887 – 29 January 1963
Sarah Leah Mayer was born at Manhattan on 22 December 1887, a daughter of Michael Mayer and Leah Adelaine Stillwell, and a sister of Michael Stillwell Mayer. She is at home in Queens as Sarah L Mayer in the 1900 census. **She married a man named Jones**, and that is known twice over: her Social Security record is filed under **Sarah Jones**, and her brother's World War I draft registration names his nearest relative as **Sarah Leah Jones**. She died on 29 January 1963, aged 75.
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Sarah Leah Mayer was born at Manhattan on 22 December 1887, a daughter of Michael Mayer and Leah Adelaine Stillwell, and a sister of Michael Stillwell Mayer. She is at home in Queens as Sarah L Mayer in the 1900 census. **She married a man named Jones**, and that is known twice over: her Social Security record is filed under **Sarah Jones**, and her brother's World War I draft registration names his nearest relative as **Sarah Leah Jones**. She died on 29 January 1963, aged 75.
Born at Manhattan, New York City, New York Died at New York
Recorded as: Sarah Jones, Sarah Leah Jones, Jones, 29 JAN 1963, New York, USA
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- Manhattan, New York City, New York
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Sarah Leah Mayer birth, Manhattan, 22 December 1887
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New York, New York City Births: Sarah Leah Mayer, born 22 December 1887, Manhattan; parents Leah Adelaine Stillwell Mayer and Michael Mayer.
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Sarah Jones, Social Security NUMIDENT
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United States Social Security Numerical Identification Files: Sarah Jones, born 22 December 1887, New York City; parents Michael Mayer and Adelaide Stillwell.
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Michael Mayer and L. Adeline Stillwell marriage, Essex County, New Jersey, 9 June 1875
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Michael Mayer and L Adeline Stillwell, married 9 June 1875, Essex County, New Jersey; page 60.
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World War I draft registration of Michael Stillwell Mayer
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- Her husband's given name, their marriage, and her death. The Social Security file gives her married surname and nothing else about him.
- Her husband's given name. Two records give the surname Jones and neither gives more; the marriage itself has not been found.
- [COINCIDENCE, RECORDED NOT CLAIMED] Two generations later her great-niece **Ruth S Mayer** married **Howard Graham Jones Jr.** A Mayer married a Jones in or before 1917 and a Mayer married a Jones in the 1950s. Jones is one of the commonest surnames in the country and nothing whatever connects the two families. It is written down only so that it is not rediscovered from scratch, and so that if a given name ever attaches to this Jones it can be tested against Howard Graham Jones and Anna Bateman.
- Her death of 29 January 1963 is tree-supplied and unverified. Her Social Security record would confirm it.
References
- [1] Sarah Leah Mayer birth, Manhattan, 22 December 1887Back to citation 1
- [2] Sarah Jones, Social Security NUMIDENTBack to citation 2
- [3] Michael Mayer and L. Adeline Stillwell marriage, Essex County, New Jersey, 9 June 1875Back to citation 3
- [4] World War I draft registration of Michael Stillwell MayerBack to citation 4