Lacrosse-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Mayer, Peter 1851 - 
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PETER MAYER, foreman in the cooper shop of Anton Stritt; he has been a 
resident of La Crosse since May, 1854. He was born in Prussia in 1851. In 
1852, his father, Peter Mayer, came to the United States and lived in 
Milwaukee, Wis., till May, 1854, then removed to La Crosse with his family, 
and died there April 19, 1870, at the age of 52. Peter Jr., learned the 
cooper's trade of his father, and has worked at it ever since his boyhood. He 
was married, in 1873, in Winona, Minn., to Anna Becker, and has three 
children - Lizzie, Jacob and William. His mother, whose maiden name was 
Catharine Franz, is still living in La Crosse at the age of 56.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 774.

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