From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 774 & 777. City of La Crosse VALENTINE MAYER, cooper; was born in Prussia in 1845; came to the United States in 1852 with his father, Peter Mayer, Sr., and has resided in La Crossse since May, 1854, except ten years in St. Louis, Mo., from 1870 to 1880. He was married, in 1876, in St. Louis, to Katie Tousend, a native of that city, and daughter of Charles Tousend. Have had four children - Annie, Katie, Magie (deceased) and Charles Frederick William. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]