Muriel was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1905.[1] She spent the first twenty years of her life in Chicago,[2][3] even marrying one Herbert Mayer there in 1926.[4] After the death of her father in 1925 and the dissolution of her marriage to Herbert soon after, she joined her grieving mother in Los Angeles, California.[5]
Research Notes
Known records for Muriel have not been found past 1930. She did not have any children with Herbert but may have remarried or had children later in life.
Sources
↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23M-DK6Q : 18 May 2016), Muriel Kathleen Wies, 15 May 1905; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 107371, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKC4-ZWB : accessed 19 October 2021), Muriel K Wies in household of Charles J Wies, Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 422, sheet 5A, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 248; FHL microfilm 1,374,261.
↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21V-MHF6 : 28 November 2018), Herbert F Mayer and Muriel K Wies, 05 Jun 1926; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 102049146.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVM-BY6 : accessed 19 October 2021), Muriel K Weis in household of Dorothy M Weis, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 14A, line 10, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 133; FHL microfilm 2,339,868.
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