This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mayer Meyer Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oh0.2ACEB/1880 Message Board Post: Louis Mayer /Meyer was born 12 Jul 1825, Hamburg. 18 Mar 1856 he married Susan Wilson, daughter of Francis Wilson, in Montgomery AL. Clerk filled record out Meyer he signed Mayer Records alternate between spelling Mayer and Meyer Their Children were - Estelle Mayer born 1860 AL married Harry Edwards 1880 Montgomery Minnie Mayer born 1863 GA married AW Mindler Annie Mayer born 1866 AL Eva Mayer born 1868 AL Charles F (my line) married Sarah Adeline "Addie" Keith in Jefferson CO AL Mamie Mayer born 1874 Louis V Mayer 1878-1902 He was musician in 17th Inf Co G civil war (Lewis Meyer) 1880 census professor of music 1883 city dir musician died 1890 buried Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery AL My main question is how do I discover when and where he came to the US? Then who were his parents? Thanks