Thank you for your welcome, my grandma was Bessie Deaville and sadly died a few years ago but left some written details of the family. Her mum was Alice Deane ( on the 1901 census you can see her as Alice Dean Mellor ), there is a transcript error on Ancestry ( Alice Dean Melton ). Alice was born just before her mum married John dean and for some reason was raised by her grand parents George W Mayer and Betty (Elizabeth ) Mellor. Alice`s mum was Margaret Elizabeth Mellor ( the birth cert for her shows no father again ).
When my gran was a young girl she remembers some official men coming to the house with something to do with the Mayer fortunes, this I think was around the 1920s. Alice burnt the papers they had on the fire and told them to leave. It might of had something to do with her being born illegitimately. There might also of been a connection with George W Mayer passing away at the same time.
The first contact of the mayer connection which led me to finding Alice on Ancestry was a John mayer staying over as a relative to Elizabeth's father Solomon Mellor. I`ve linked up with others on Ancestry for the other family members .
There is an Ann Mayer as George`s Sister, but from the information gained from others she dies in infancy.
If you can help me with the family tale or any other information I would be very grateful as i`ve being searching for some time into the Mayer`s Millions.
Regards mark and Julie
