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Otto Mayer

From Graces Guide

Christian Otto Mayer (1866-1956), motor engineer

1866 Born in Louth, son of Louis Maÿer and Magdalene Christiane Maÿer[1]

1881 Louis Mayer 41, naturalised British subject, a pork butcher, lived in Louth with Caroline Mayer 29, Otto Mayer 14, Lina Mayer 9, Fred Mayer 3[2]

1896 Married Johanna Rosine Ottmüller in Wiesbaden.[3]

1896 Took part in the London-Brighton run with Harry Lawson

1896 Appointed assistant engineer in Daimler Syndicate

1896 Chief Engineer to the Daimler Motor Co, London took part in a motor car run on Deeside

1898 Baptism of daughter Margaret; with his wife Johanna, the family lived at Hillmorton House, Coundon Road, Coventry[4]

1900 A. Mayer of Hillmorton House, Coundon Road, Coventry (Daimler Co.).[5]

1901 Otto Mayer 35, mechanical engineer, was a Boarder in a hotel in Coventry[6]

1902 Otto and Johanna lived in Twickenham at the baptism of their son Henry Charles; Otto was a mechanical engineer[7]

1911 Otto Mayer 44, motor engineer, lived in Bristol with Johanna Mayer 43, Maggie Mayer 13, Florrie Mayer 11, Henry Mayer 8[8]

1956 Died in Bristol[9]

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Sources of Information

  1. Marriage record
  2. 1881 census
  3. Marriage record
  4. Church records
  5. Automotor Directory
  6. 1901 census
  7. Church records
  8. 1911 census
  9. BMD