• Born: 25 January 1853 in Sierning
• Died: unknown

Parents of Moritz:

• Father: Josef MAYR
• Mother: Katharina HELM

Marriage:

• Moritz MAYR and Hedwig SCHARL on 18 April 1880 in Sierning, Neuzeug

• Born: 31 August 1861 in Linz-Urfahr
• Died: unknown

Parents of Hedwig:

• Father: Andreas SCHARL
• Mother: Maria WALCHSHOFER (legitimate daughter of Franz WALCHSHOFER, weaver in Linz, and Maria PRÜGL)

Marriage:

• Hedwig SCHARL and Moritz MAYR on 18 April 1880 in Sierning, Neuzeug

Children:

• Maria MAYR born 31 December 1880 Sierning
• Dora MAYR born approx. 1884, married Rudi REITERER from Pöggstall
• She died at the age of 35 from gallstones.
• Alois MAYR
• Committed suicide by drilling into the gas line in his apartment in Steyr.
• Emmerich MAYR, died around 1940 in Garsten
• He fell from the Neuzeug Bridge into the Steyr River after visiting an inn during the war. He was not discovered until a week later far downstream and was buried in Garsten.
• He had two sons: Fritz and Emmerich. Fritz: was born as the first (still illegitimate) child in Bozen and later married a Platzer; he lived in Aschach an der Steyr under the school. Emmerich: attended the seminary in Lambach but never returned from WWII!
• Josefine MAYR, married SCHNABEL
• Children: Kurt SCHNABEL born 1916 and Walter SCHNABEL born 1915

(Author's note: my great-great-grandparents: my mother's father's mother's parents)

• Excerpt from the Birth Register Linz-Urfahr (3rd line): ()
  Hedwig SCHARL born 31.8.1861
  Father: Andreas SCHARL, master grinder
  Mother: Maria, legitimate daughter of Franz WALCHSHOFER, weaver in Linz, and Maria PRÜGL
• Marriage Register Losenstein (OÖ): ()
  Am 18.4.1880 in Sierning, Neuzeug 133
  Bräutigam: Moritz, ehel. Sohn des Josef Mair, Amateurarbeiter in Pichlern 126 und der Katharina geb. HELM
  Braut: Hedwig ehel. Tochter des Andreas Scharl, Schleifermeister in Urfahr Nr. 51 und der Maria geb. Walchshofer
• Oral sources:
  All other information is based on oral accounts from my aunt Maria VORDERWINKLER (married Mann)

The availability of data is good due to the many church register entries and the accounts of my aunt Maria Mann (née Vorderwinkler).