Person:William Lauer (3)

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William W. Lauer
d.1931
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Name William W. Lauer
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Oct 1846 Brattrveiler, Rhenish Bavaria
Marriage 1870 to Mary Eberhart
Death? 1931
Burial? Bippus, Huntington, Indiana, United StatesSt. John's Cemetery

BRATTRVEILER is almost certainly a mispelling of the name of the village. While "weiler" in German is pronounced "veiler", it is generally not spelled with a "V". The "R" following BRATT is probably an error also. "weiler" is a common suffix for place names in the Palatinate. Weiler means a hamlet.

"Rhenish Bavaria" is another name for the area known as the Palatinate. The Palatinate really has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Bavaria, other than a brief rule by Bavarian kings.

--White Creek 10:31, 8 August 2012 (EDT)

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