Person:Bertha Mayer (1)

teaching at Murtaugh, Idaho in 1926

See also: Footnotes on family of Edward Michael and Effie Scott Mayer, by Reece Mayer, January 1991

Young Bertha, possibly in Normal School

Memorial Stone

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Baptisms 1880-1971, in Smithfield United Church of Christ (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Church records, 1832-1971 [Smithfield United Church of Christ]. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
   p. 203, #107 (FHL Film #0885048).

   Anna Magdelena Bertha, born 8 July 1895, bap. 18 Aug. 1895, parents Michael Mayer (Ungarn) and Anna Marie Magd. Reusswig (Hess); Sponsors Carl Muth, Anna Muth

2. ↑ Pittsburgh, Sixth Ward, (ED 64), in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623)
   HH 37; Sheet 10.

   Address 39 Wolfe Street
   Mayer, Michael, white male, head, born April 1863, age 37, married 12 years, born Germany, both parents born Germany, immigrated 1882, resident US 18 years, naturalized, occupation carpenter, able to read, write, and speak English, living in a house
   , Mechilena [sic], wife, white female, born February 1862, 38 years old, married 12 years, had 5 children, all living, born Germany, both parents born Germany, immigrated 1865, resident US 35 years, able to read, write, speak English
   , Lillian C., daughter, white female, born June 1890, age 9, born Pennsylvania, at school
   , Edward, son, born August 1892, 7 years old, born Pennsylvania, at school
   , Annie B., daughter, born July 1895, age 4, born Pennsylvania
   , Freeda [sic], daughter, born November 1896, age 3, born Pennsylvania
   , Hilda, daughter, born September 1899, 8 months old, born Pennsylvania

3. ↑ Cold Springs Precinct, Nez Perce, Idaho, in United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   HH 170, Family 171.

   Mayer, Michael, head, male, white, age 47, married 21 years (first marriage), born Hungary-Bulgaria, both parents born Hungary Bulgaria, speaks English, farmer, able to read and write, rents farm
   , Magdalena, wife, female, white, age 49, married 21 years (first marriage), eight children (all living), born Germany, both parents born Germany, immigrated 1864, Naturalized, speaks English, able to read and write
   , Edward, son, male, white, age 17, single, born Pennsylvania, speaks English, farm labourer, able to read and write
   , Bertha, daughter, white female, age 14, single, born Pennsylvania, speaks English, able to read and write, attends school
   , Frieda, daughter, white female, age 13, single, born Pennsylvania, speaks English, able to read and write, attends school
   , Hildegard, daughter, white female, age 10, single, born Pennsylvania, speaks English, able to read and write, attends school
   , Henry, son, white male, age 7, single, born Pennsylvania, attends school
   , Marie, daughter, white female, age 5, single, born Pennsylvania
   , Erma, daughter, white female, age 3, single, born Idaho

4. ↑ Ustick Precinct, ED 29, in Ada, Idaho, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Fourteenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T625. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
   HH 13, Fam 13.

   Hurst, Benjiman F., Head, owns w/ mortgage, white male 52, married, b. MO, fa. b. WV, mo b. TN, farmer, general farm
   , Edina M., wife, white female, 42, married, able to read and write, b. CO, both parents b. PA
   , Carroll M., son, white male, 10, single, b. ID
   Leighlin, Abbie C., boarder, white female, 57, widow, able to read and write, b. NY, both parents b. Ireland, teacher in high school
   Mayer, Bertha A., boarder, white female, 24, single, able to read and write, b. PA, both parents b. Germany, teacher high school

5. ↑ Boise, in Ada, Idaho, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Fifteenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T626. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
   HH 142, Fam 142; line 30, Sheet 6A.

   1001 East Jefferson
   Mayer, Bertha, Boarder, white female, age 37, single, able to read & write, born PA, both parents born PA, able to speak English, school teacher, Public school, worked yesterday
   --Head of HH = D. Yeadon, 73 yr old white male, owns house worth $400, no radio; son John (age 42, divorced); boarder Irwin Johnston (age 56) & his sister Dora Henry

6. ↑ Boise City , in Ada, Idaho, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Sixteenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T627. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
   HH 147, (page 61-1, E..D. 1-8-A).

   1115 Washington Street
   Mayer, Bertha, 43, single, 4 yrs. college, b. PA, lived same place 5 yrs ago, employed, teacher, public school, worked 52 weeks in 1939, $1620 annual wage income, not other sources of income

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Obituary, in The Idaho Statesman (Boise, Idaho)
   16 Jan 1975.

   Bertha A. Mayer
   
   Services for Bertha A. Mayer, 79, of 1211 West Washington, who died Monday at a Boise hospital of a short illness, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Alden-Waggoner chapel by the Rev. Joseph Housh of the First United Methodist Church. Interment will be at 3 p.m. in Emmett Cemetery.
   
   She was born July 8, 1895, in Pittsburgh, Pa. She moved to Northern Idaho as a young girl and later attended schools in Donnelly. She graduated from Albion State Normal School with a teachers degree and taught in Idaho elementary schools for 43 years, 26 years with the Boise school system. When she retired she was teaching at Central School in Boise. She was a member of the First United Methodist church and a member of the church’s Golden Years Club. She was a member and a past president of the Retired Teachers Association, a past president of Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority and a member of the Boise Camera Club.
   
   Surviving are three sisters, Frieda Mayer, Boise, Irma Bane, Seattle, and Marie Nassen, San Diego, Calif; a brother, Henry, Donnelly; and two nieces and three nephews.
   
   Memorials may be made to the Idaho Lung Association.

8. ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).

   Age 80
   Bertha Mayer, age 80
   Birth Date 08 Jul 1895
   Died Jan 1975, Idaho
   Jan 1975Last Place of Residence Boise, Ada, Idaho
   Previous Residence Postal Code 83702
   "United States Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch, accessed 25 Jul 2016

9. ↑ Bertha A. Mayer, Memorial# 112687525, Created by: Diane Harris, 21 Jun 2013
   accessed 25 Jul 2016.

   Bertha A. Mayer
   Birth: 1895
   Death: 1975
   Burial: Riverside Cemetery Emmett, Gem County, Idaho, USA
   [has photograph]
   Note: next to Marie Mayer Nassen
   
   Parents: Michael Mayer (1862 - 1940), Anna Magdalena Mayer (1861 - 1924)
   Sibling: Marie Mayer Nassen (1905 - 1992)

10. ↑ "Idaho Retired Teachers Give Special Jobs to Residents", in Idaho State Journal (Boise, Idaho). Newspapers.com
    Page 29, accessed 25 Jul 2016.

    Bertha Mayer, President of Idaho Retired Teachers Association

11. ↑ The Idaho Statesman, (Boise, Idaho), 29 September 1969
    Obituary.

    Hildegarde E. Mayer
    Miss Hildegarde E. Mayer, no age available, of 814 North Tenth, died Saturday afternoon of natural causes at a Boise hospital. . . . Survivors include a brother, Henry Mayer, Donnelly; and five sisters, Mrs. Robert Mickelson, Pittsburg, Pa., Bertha Mayer, Frieda Mayer, both of Boise, Mrs. Marie Nassen, of Sand Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Arthur Bane, Seattle. She was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Mayer of Portland . . . .

12. ↑ Transcript:Letters in possession of Marie (Mayer) Nassen at time of her death.