Chronology (Mayer and Arness)

The Hermanns of Hainsfarth

1850 (June 8): Hans Olai Arnas born (Hazel's father - 1850-1928)

1872 (February 11): Samson Mayer born (Julius's father - 1872-1964)

1873: Hans Arnas emigrates to US

1876 (October 14): Magdalene Sophie Malvig born (Hazel's mother - 1876-1932)

1879 (August 4): Ida Hermann born (Julius' mother - 1879-1964)

1894 (October 18): Nicholas A. Moskoff born (husband of Henrietta Arness - 1934-1974)

1904 (December 11): Ludwig "Ludi" Mayer born (Julius' brother - 1904-1995)

1905 (August 15): Henrietta Arness born (Hazel's sister - 1905-1990)

1906 (January 23): Johanna "Hansi" Mayer born (Julius's sister - 1906-2002)

1907 (December 30): Julius Mayer born (Richard's father - 1907-2002)

1909 (January 2): Hazel Arness born (Richard's mother - 1909-2008)

1933: Julius Mayer lives in Paris

1934: Henrietta Arness and Nicholas Moskoff married

December 9, 1936: Hansi and Fritz Ucko married in Augsburg, Germany

1938: Hansi and Fritz arrive in New York

1938: Ludi arrives in Minneapolis

1938 (November 9): Kristallnacht - Julius arrested, sent to Dachau, later released

1939: Julius arrives in Minneapolis

1940: Julius and Hazel meet

1940 (April): Samson and Ida Mayer go to Berlin, are sent on sealed train to France, Spain, and Lisbon, Portugal

1941 (July 3): Julius Mayer and Hazel Arness married

1943 (April 24): Julius Mayer drafted into US Army

1943 (summer): Julius Mayer assigned to Army Specialized Training Program, Stillwater, Oklahoma, followed by UCLA, Los Angeles

1944 (February): Julius Mayer assigned to 89th Division HQ Co., Signal Corps, Fort Hunter Liggett, California

1944 (summer): Julius Mayer assigned to Camp Buttner, North Carolina

1944 (December): Julius Mayer assigned to interpreter duties at POW camp due to medical condition

1945 (October): Julius Mayer discharged from army

1945 (December 1): Richard Mayer born

1947 (April 9): Stephen Mayer born (Richard's brother)

1947 (October 3): Diane Kaplan born (Stephen's wife)

1957 (December 10): Norma Louise Faison born (Richard's wife)

1963 (June): Richard Mayer graduates from Southwest HS, Minneapolis

1963 (September): Richard Mayer enters Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

1964 (March 15): Samson Mayer dies

1964 (April 9): Ida Mayer dies

1965 (June): Stephen Mayer graduates from Southwest HS, Minneapolis

1966: Richard Mayer is Editor of Mac Weekly (Macalester College)

1967 (June): Richard Mayer graduates from Macalester College (BA in English)

1967 (September): Richard Mayer enters graduate school at University of Minnesota

1968 (January 8): Richard Mayer inducted into US Army, assigned to basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri

1968 (April): Richard Mayer assigned to Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California

1968-70: Richard Mayer resumes flute studies while at DLI and performs extensively in Monterey area

1969 (June): Stephen Mayer graduates from Tufts University, Somerville, Massachusetts

1969 (September): Stephen Mayer enters graduate school at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

1970 (March): Richard Mayer assigned to Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas

1970 (fall): Richard Mayer assigned to ASA, Kassel, Germany

1970: Fritz Ucko dies

1971 (December 8): Richard Mayer discharged from US Army

1972 (January): Richard Mayer begins Russian language studies at University of Minnesota

1973 (August 19): Stephen Mayer and Diane Kaplan married

1974 (February): Richard Mayer begins four month study program at Leningrad State University

1974 (March 10): Nicholas Moskoff dies (Henrietta Arness's husband)

1974 (fall): Richard Mayer moves to New York City, starts work at Columbia Artists Management (CAMI)

1974 (December): Richard Mayer graduates from University of Minnesota (BA in Russian)

1975 (August) Stephen Mayer and Diane Kaplan move to Shreveport, Louisiana, Stephen teaches at Centenary College there

1975 (winter): Stephen Mayer receives Ph.D from Yale University (English)

1976 (summer): Richard Mayer starts work at Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)

1976 (May): Norma Louise Faison graduates from Mt. Pleasant High School (Texas)

1976 (September) Norma Louise Faison enters Baylor University, Waco, Texas

1978: Stephen Mayer and Diane Kaplan move from Shreveport to New Haven, Connecticut

1979 (March): Richard Mayer moves to Austin, Texas, begins work at University of Texas

1980 (May): Norma Louise Faison graduates from Baylor University (Music)

1980: (October 11): Hans Mayer born (son of Stephen Mayer)

1984 (February): Richard Mayer begins work at Texas Legislative Council

1984 (July 19): Summer Louise Johnson born (daughter of Norma Faison and step-daughter of Richard Mayer)

1984: (September 12): Irina Mayer born (daughter of Stephen Mayer)

1985: Ludwig Mayer publishes his collection of stories Umkämpfte Erde in Augsburg

1986: Norma Faison begins doctoral program at University of Texas at Austin

1988 (January 2): Richard Mayer and Norma Faison meet

1988: Ludwig Mayer republishes his collection of stories Umkämpfte Erde in Frankfurt

1990 (February): Richard Mayer begins work at University of Texas Computation Center

1990 (June 24): Henrietta Moskoff dies

1994 (August 1): Richard Mayer and Norma Louise Faison married

1995 (October 20): Ludwig Mayer dies

1999: Richard and Norma Mayer move to Monterey, California

1999 (July): Richard begins work at DLI

2000: Julius and Hazel move to Mt. Olivet Nursing Home

2002 (February 21): Hansi Ucko dies

2002 (December 23): Julius Mayer dies

2007 (June): Richard Mayer retires from DLI

2008 (February 25): Hazel Mayer dies

2011 (August 23): Richard Mayer becomes naturalized German citizen

2012 (May 14): Diane Kaplan dies

2012: Richard Mayer publishes The Embattled Ground, a translation of Ludwig Mayer's Umkämpfte Erde

2014: Richard Mayer republishes Ludwig Mayer's Umkämpfte Erde in Frankfurt

2016 (January 15): Hans Mayer and Amy Sadler married

2016 (June 24): Daphne Ellen Mayer born to Hans and Amy Mayer

2016 (July 1): Peter Ucko dies.

2017 (May 20): Irina Mayer and Grant Moran married

2017 (December 9): Quinn Ryder Mayer-Moran born to Irina Mayer and Grant Moran

2021 (May 17): Julien Kaplan Mayer born to Hans and Amy Mayer