Michael was born about 1550 in Metzingen, Parish of Urach, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire.
Occupation
He was a tailor.
Marriage
Michael married (1) Agatha Hirsch on 10 May 1574 in Metzingen.[1]
Michael Mayer – Agatha Hirsch Marriage Record
Transcription (by Gerd Pfeifle): Michael Maier, Ulrich Maier's s. verlasener Sonn von Metzingen und Gutlin, Conradt Hirschens Tochter von Metzingen, Hochzeit gehalten dem 10t. Maÿ.
Translation: Michael Maier, the deceased Ulrich Maier's son of Metzingen and Gutlin,[2] Conradt Hirschen's daughter of Metzingen, wedding held the 10th of May.
After Agathe's death (10 June 1605), Michael married (2) Waldburga Hiller on 25 November 1605 in Metzingen.[3]
Married (1) Maria Sorger on 19 Jan 1601 in Metzingen; and (2) Maria Conzelmann on 7 Aug1610 in Metzingen.
Anna
b. 28 May 1580
Born in Metzingen.
Georg
b. 2 Feb 1582
Born in Metzingen.
Death
Michael Mayer Death Record
He died on 21 March 1607 in Metzingen, Parish of Urach, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire.[5]
Sources
Footnotes
↑ Marriage Registry of Metzingen, Anno 1574, Entry 4 verso, 10 May. Marriage Index, sub nom. Mayer, Maier, Majer, & Meyer, folio 1 recto, ℓ 1 (Anno 1574).
↑ Gerd Pfeifle remarks that "I have never read the female first name Gutlin. Someone later first wrote Auguste, but deleted this name and added Agathe. So probably Gutlin is another form of Agathe."
↑ Marriage Registry of Metzingen, Anno 1574, Entry 4 verso, 10 May. Marriage Index, sub nom. Mayer, Maier, Majer, & Meyer, folio 1 recto, ℓ 1 (Anno 1574).
↑ Register of Deaths in Metzingen, Anno 1607, Entry 9 recto, 21 March. Dollinger mentions this record, but follows it with a question mark. It should be noted that his second marriage to Waldburga Hiller on 25 November 1605 produced no known offspring. That he died one year and four months later, would serve to explain this.