Researching Merwin Maier
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 30 people with the Maier surname? In that year Maier was ranked number 3549 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Merwin Maier on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Merwin Maier and the Maier Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Maier surname in the USA? Maier is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Merwin Maier
Merwin Maier
Merwin D. "Jimmy" Maier (August 14, 1908 – February 15, 1942) was an American attorney and bridge player from New York City. He was a member of the Four Aces from 1937 until his death from an unknown virus in New York in 1942.
Maier was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan, the son of Julius Maier and Lydia B. Maier. All four of his grandparents emigrated from Germany. He attended Columbia Law School and was an editor on the Columbia Law Review.
He died at age 33 after suffering from an illness for two months. Maier was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2004.
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