Ernest L Maurer (1901 - 1972)

Born 12 Aug 1901 in Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Apr 1972 at age 70 in Homer, Calhoun, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Ernest was born in 1901. He is the son of Frank Maurer and Jennie Lewis. He passed away in 1972.

Sources

• "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ61-9XS : 20 February 2021), Ernest Maurer, 12 Aug 1901; citing item 2 p 339 rn 307, Butler, Branch, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,032.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5C-VK2 : accessed 26 May 2020), Fay F Maurer in household of Frank Maurer, Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 111, sheet 9A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 649; FHL microfilm 1,374,662.

"United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XKY-SSDJ : 8 June 2022), Ernest L. Maurer, 1917. He enlisted at age 16.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZSN-H1F : 2 February 2021), Ernest Maurer in entry for Orion Maurer, 1920. ED-60, Battle Creek Ward 17, Battle Creek, Emmet Township, Calhoun, Michigan. (Orion is Ernest's uncle).

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYM-7CS : accessed 26 May 2020), Frank J Mauerer, Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 12A, line 2, family 289, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 978; FHL microfilm 2,340,713.

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QWT-XPK : 27 September 2021), Earnest L Maurer and Charlotte C Palmer, 1931

Marshall (MI) Evening Chronicle: obituary.

"Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZTT-NXD : 10 August 2022), Ernest L Maurer, 1972.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86920757/ernest-l-maurer: accessed 04 February 2023), memorial page for Ernest L. Maurer (12 Aug 1901–18 Apr 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86920757, citing Lyon Lake Cemetery, Wrights Corners, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Genealogy Bug Kate (contributor 46831680).

Research notes

The birth record has him born in Butler Township but the obituary has him born in Girard, Michigan. The birth certificate must be seen as genuine because it is a public record and definitive. Newspaper obituaries are not official records.