Minnie Bertha Mayer

The Colorado Marriage Record Report for Bertha shows her name listed as Minnie Bertha Classen. She married Maximillian Mayer, April 9, 1898, in Denver. Colorado. In the 1900 U.S. Federal Census for Denver, she was listed as Bertha, 28, with her husband, Max, 40, and their 1 year old daughter, Elsie, born in January of 1899, and daughter, Pearl, who was 1 month old, having been born in April of 1900. The census was enumerated on June 1st. Also living in their home was a servant by the name of Albert Leffele, 30 years old. This record shows Max was born in October of 1859 and Bertha in May of 1872. Both Max and Bertha were born in Germany, their two daughters in Colorado, and their servant was born in Switzerland. Max was working as a gardener of vegetables and the servant was listed as a garden hand. They were renting their home which was located at 3768 Perry Street.

By 1910 they were living in Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, but sadly their daughter Elsie was not living with them, so she must have passed away sometime between 1900 and 1910. However their daughter, Pearl was 10 years old and another daughter, Ruby, had been born 6 months earlier. Max was working as a gardener in his own garden. The census record showed that Max arrived in America in 1881 and had been naturalized, and Bertha had arrived in 1888. They were living at 3450 South Broadway Street, They owned their home free from a mortgage. A Baltimore, Maryland, Passenger List showed that Bertha Classen arrived there April 11, 1888, at age 16 years old. No occupation was listed for her on that record.

In 1920 they were still living on South Broadway and were listed as follows in the census: Max, 60, Bertha, 47, Pearl, 19, Ruby, 10, and living with them was a boarder, Michael Roper, 68. The census showed Max was naturalized in 1890. Max was still working as a gardener, and Pearl as a stenographer in the manufacturing industry. The boarder, Mr. Roper, was working as a laborer in the green house industry. The following year, Pearl Mayer married Rollin Frink Street November 12, 1921, in Englewood, Colorado.

In 1930 Max, 70, Bertha, 57, and Ruby, 20, were still living on South Broadway, Max was still working as a gardener and Ruby was teaching school. Pearl was living in Englewood, Colorado, with her husband Rollin and their children, and were listed as follows in the census record there: Rollin F. Street, 38, Pearl M., 29, Eleanor Y., 6, and Barbara L., 3 years old. Also living with them was Edith M. Frink, 29, a cousin of Rollin. He was working as a printer and Edith as a public school teacher. Rollin and Pearl owned their home located at 4001 South Aconia Street, which was valued at $6,000. They had a radio in their home.

Bertha passed away the following year on December 19, 1931, at the age of 59, and was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery in Denver. Two and a half years later Ruby married Albert Lawrence Frye, on June 7, 1934, in Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, and they had 4 children, 3 daughters and a son. Max Mayer passed away in 1947 and was buried with his wife.

In 1940 Rollin, 48, and Pearl, 39, Eleanor, 16, and Barbara, 13, were still living in Englewood, Colorado, and he was still working as a printer and Pearl as a secretary in a sheet metal works. For the 52 weeks that Rollin worked at 44 hours per week in 1939 his income was $3,120. He had 4 years of high school, Pearl had 1 year of college, Eleanor was in her 2nd year of high school and Barbara was in the 8th grade.

Ruby and Albert moved to California, and he was working in the oil industry. In 1940 they were living in Long Beach, Los Angeles, County, California, with their first two children. They were listed as follows in the census record, living at 6800 Atlantic Drive, a home they were renting for $40 per month: Albert L., 33, Ruby M., 30, Joan Frye, 4, and George A. Frye, 1 year old. They later moved to La Habra, and Albert passed away in November of 1984, while living in La Habra, Orange County, California. Ruby lived another 19 years and passed away in 2003 in La Habra. In about 1993 Ruby was living at 979 Dorothea Road in La Habra Heights, California.

Pearl passed away in December of 1962 and was buried in the Fort Logan National Cemetery. Her husband Rollin had died nearly 3 years earlier in January of 1960, and was also buried in the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. Their daughter Eleanor Yvonne married Robert Flanders Noble June 23, 1944, and they moved to Thermopolis, Wyoming. They had 4 children, 3 daughters and one son. Eleanor passed away in January of 2015 and was buried in the Greenhill Cemetery in Laramie, Wyoming. Her husband Robert had passed away in October of 1997 and was buried in the Greenhill Cemetery.