Family Lineage
The Mau Family Line
Herbert Mau’s direct ancestry through his parents and grandparents, traced to the family’s East Prussian origins in Gumbinnen and Gleima. A few names are still being confirmed and are noted as such.
Origins in East Prussia
The Mau family’s roots are recorded in two places in the former East Prussia.
Gumbinnen, East Prussia
One of the family’s recorded places of origin in East Prussia (today Gusev, in the Kaliningrad region).
Gleima, East Prussia
The other recorded origin of the Mau family in the East Prussian homeland.
Direct Ancestry
Grandparents
August Mau
Father of Hermann Mau.
Johanna Kumbier
Kumbier was her maiden name; married name Mau
Mother of Hermann Mau.
Parents
Hermann Mau
Likely Hermann August Mau
Erna Mau
Recorded as Erna Botsch or Erna Brassart
This record
Herbert Mau
Names marked “recorded as” or “likely” are still being confirmed against the family records; they are kept here so the lineage stays accurate as research continues.