Agnes Mayer1

F, b. 1830, d. 28 August 1863
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     Agnes Mayer was born in 1830 at Prussia, GermanyB,G, daughter of Elizabeth Myers.2,1 Agnes Mayer was born on 19 April 1831 at Lohr, Ansbach, Bavaria, GermanyB,G, daughter of Elizabeth Myers.3

Agnes Mayer married Philip Scheuermann, son of Catherine Sherman, on 12 November 1851 at Copper Falls, Houghton, Michigan, USA, 47.429722, -88.1987152B,G.4,1,5,6 Agnes Mayer died in the sinking of the Steamer Sunbeam, Lake Superior on 28 August 1863; in a storm.7 There is a headstone in Agnes's memory at Hancock Catholic Cemetery, Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USAB,G, but her body was lost at sea.6

Locations

mig.circa 1855Copper Falls, Keweenaw, Michigan, USA, 47.429722, -88.1987152B,G, Missouri8
mig.between 1859 and 1860Missouri, USAB,G, Quincy Township, Michigan8
cen.11 June 1860Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USAB,G,9

Children of Agnes Mayer and Philip Scheuermann

Last Edited=5 Feb 2020

Citations

  1. [S40] Houghton Co. Marriages: p. 15, 1851; Philipp Scheuermann and Agnes Mayer.
  2. [S11] Sherman Pioneers In Michigan: Houghton County, online http://sherman-roots.com/sherman/pioneers/sp-index.html, Source cites Early Houghton Marriage Records, vol 1 page 15. Consulting that source, she was 21 in 1851, therefore birth year of 1833 is wrong.
  3. [S421] Ancestry DNA member matches, online http://dna.ancestry.com/, “AncestryDNA Match Details” for Paul Hoefling, AncestryDNA (https://www.ancestry.com/dna/tests/ : accessed 16 Nov 2019), predicted 5th–8th Cousin with DNA managed by happyminimoose, (Philip Scheuermann descendant). Associated tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/42795026/, entry for Maria "Agnes" Niedermeier, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/42795026/…, accessed 16 Nov 2019.
  4. [S423] "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940", Database and images, Philipp Scheuermann and Agnes Mayer, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-JB9Q-R : 25 April 2016), Houghton > Marriage certificates, 1848-1864, v. 1A > image 10 of 146, FHL microfilm no. 4674054; accessed 17 Nov 2019.
  5. [S11] Sherman Pioneers In Michigan: Houghton County, online http://sherman-roots.com/sherman/pioneers/sp-index.html, Source cites Early Houghton Marriage Records, vol 1 page 15.
  6. [S39] "End of Bosch activities."
  7. [S39] "End of Bosch activities", Also in Memorial record of the northern peninsula of Michigan, page 356.
  8. [S37] Anonymous, History of the U. P. of Michigan.
  9. [S104] 1860 US Federal Census (MI, Houghton), Houghton Co., Michigan, pop. sch., Phillip Sherman, Village of Hancock, , 45 (619) (image 1/42), 201, 221.
  10. [S11] Sherman Pioneers In Michigan: Houghton County, online http://sherman-roots.com/sherman/pioneers/sp-index.html
  11. [S4] Olive T. Hoefling, Paul's baby book.
  12. [S11] Sherman Pioneers In Michigan: Houghton County, online http://sherman-roots.com/sherman/pioneers/sp-index.html, By deduction from date of father's second marriage.