Amelia's maiden surname was interchangeably recorded as Mayer or Mayers in birth, marriage, census and death records. For example, Amelia was the informant on death certificates of her mother and father (who died about 6 weeks apart in 1916), and her name appears differently on each: as Mayers on her mother's, and Mayer on her father's. And, confusingly, on documents for her 1929 marriage to Walter McGowan, the surname is spelled both ways.
The Mayer spelling appears on her birth record and is used here for that reason.
The Mayer spelling appears on her birth record and is used here for that reason.
Amelia's maiden surname was interchangeably recorded as Mayer or Mayers in birth, marriage, census and death records. For example, Amelia was the informant on death certificates of her mother and father (who died about 6 weeks apart in 1916), and her name appears differently on each: as Mayers on her mother's, and Mayer on her father's. And, confusingly, on documents for her 1929 marriage to Walter McGowan, the surname is spelled both ways.
The Mayer spelling appears on her birth record and is used here for that reason.
The Mayer spelling appears on her birth record and is used here for that reason.
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