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