Mayer Sachs

Mayer Sachs
Also Known As:	"Maier Sachs", "Meier Sachs"
Birthdate:	May 25, 1861
Birthplace:	Berkach, Thuringia, Germany
Death:	1884 (22-23) Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Simon Seligmann Sachs and Marianne Sachs Brother of Salomon Sachs; Leon Löw Sachs; Hermann Sachs; Moritz Sachs; Hugo Sachs and 3 others

Managed by:	Ingrid Meissner
Last Updated:	March 20, 2021

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Date of birth in National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization , 8/1845 - 12/1911; NAI Number: 3000057; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21 (Ancestry.com)
Identified as son of Simon Seligmann and Marianne (née Friedmann) Sachs in family records.
Mayer Sachs left Germany at age 17, arriving in New York on 19 April 1878. He applied to become an American citizen on 15 November 1878.
Family lore has various stories of Mayer's fate in America. One is that he headed west and was murdered on the Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico. Another story is that he was killed at the other end of the trail in Missouri someplace. To date (March 2021) it has not been able to verify either story.

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1861	May 25, 1861	Birth of Mayer Sachs Berkach, Thuringia, Germany
1884	1884 Age 22	Death of Mayer Sachs at Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico, United States

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