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Major, Mayer,

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Posted to Message board on September 7, 2014 by June.
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Any information regarding my grandfather John Major or Mayer

John/Jan or Johann Major was born about 1889-1890 probably in Ujezd Svateho Krize near Rokycany
An address on back of old photo of his brother Vaclav says “my brother Vaclav 77 Borek Rokycan Czechoslovakia Europe
His parents were Josef Major, farmer and mother Josephine Otis also thought to have lived in Ujezd Svateho Krize
John had brother Vaclav and a sister, name unknown
Vaclav immigrated to the U.S.
John did his piano tuning apprenticeship in Czechoslovakia and Germany, lived in Chicago for a few years
Then John immigrated to Australia and married Elise Holik from Prague

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Comment by gsvatos on November 26, 2014 at 7:30am

Unfortunately the parents of the Cekov- Vaclav Majer are not Joseph and Josephine. The hunt goes on. I can send you a screenshot of the record, but not sure how to do that on this message board. Gabi

gsvatos@hotmail.com

Comment by austenjune on September 5, 2015 at 10:37pm

Gabi, Thank you for your research
I have been unable to find any information regarding my Grandfather or his family
There are no records of his departure from America or his arrival in Australia
The first record of my grandfather is his marriage to my grandmother in Australia at 32 years of age in 1922
It is a great mystery !

If you find any information, my email is austenjune@gmail.com

Regards
June

Comment by austenjune on September 11, 2016 at 6:18am

Gabi, I am still searching for information about my grandfather John Major and his brother Vaclav
Are you able to do a search for those names, even though they may not be correct. My grandfather was a very secretive man and did not talk about his past life in Czechoslovakia or Chicago. We know nothing of his brother and he may have had a sister.It would be great to know where they grew up and where they lived. Vaclav would have had a wife and children that we know nothing about. Do you have any advice?

Comment by austenjune on September 13, 2014 at 5:38pm

I have recently found information that may be my grandfathers brother Vaclav
On Family Search I found this;
Vaclav Mayer
Birth; 1886 Czechoslovakia
Naturalization; 15th September 1921
Date of arrival: 23rd October 1907
age at time of arrival; 21 years
Single male
Ship: Kaiser Wilhelmina 2
Port of Departure: Bremen
Nationality: Austria Bohemia
Last place of residence: Cekov Bohemia
Cleveland, Ohio U.S.
RECORDS; 1800-1977
I need to find a Birth, Marriage or Death Certificate to be sure that I have the correct person