Moses MAYER 1824 - 1904 | his parents
 & Ernestine MAYER 1829 - 1906  | her parents
of Neidenstein, Germany 
& Jersey City, NJ

     This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!! 

        Moses Mayer was born 1824 in Reichelsheim, Germany (or Neidenstein).
        He died 1904 in Jersey City, NJ.

Moses Mayer went around Cape Horn on his way to San Francisco and the gold fields, arriving in 1850. He came back across the continent and took a ship back to Germany. He married Ernestine and returned with her, his sister Caroline, Ernestine's brother Isaac who married Caroline, and Joseph H. Mayer. They came from Neidenstein together, sailing from Harve and arriving in New York on Nov 15, 1853 on the "Fortitude". Each was listed as Farmer. Moses was 29, Caroline his sister was 23, Ernestine was 25 and her brother Isaac was 20. Joseph H. born Jan. 27, 1834 was listed in the manifest as 18 instead of 19, and was Ernestine and Isaacs first cousin. The group of 5 were accompanied by Aaron Bamberger, age 27, and Sophie Bamberger, age 18, also from Neidenstein. 

Ernestine Mayer was born 1829 in Neidenstein, Germany daughter of Mordische (Marx) Mayer and his wife Jette (Yittle) Levy. She died in 1906 in Jersey City. NJ