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Minnie Lauer (Cabinet card by H.A. Beard, Waukegan, Illinois
On the verso is the following, in ink: Compliments of Minnie Lauer, 4 and 6 West Market Street, Tiffin, Ohio. Minnie Amelia Lauer was born in 1868 in Ohio, the daughter of John Lauer (1826-1898) and Barbara Demuth (1828-1902), both German immigrants. The couple had settled in Tiffin, Ohio by the time of the 1860 Census, and would remain there for their entire lives. They had 10 children, five of whom were alive in 1900. John was a grocer, and in the 1900 census, three of sons were grocers in Tiffin. Minnie does not seem to have married, and in the 1880 through 1910 censuses, she was living with her parents or in 1910 with her brother, who was also single. Minnie passed away in July 1945 and is buried in Tiffin, Ohio. Although it is only speculation, there were German-born Lauers in Illinois, and Minnie may have been visiting them when she had this photograph taken by Henry Ashford Beard.
Photographer Henry A. Beard was born 5 January 1852 in Bristol, England, the son of Henry (born circa 1806) and Grace (born circa 1820) Beard. Henry came America circa 1872 and settled in Illinois; he was already a photographer before he arrived. He married a Mary Ellen Porter (5 July 1958 - 29 January 1917) circa 1879. In 1874 he was listed in a Chicago directory as a portrait painter, but all later references list him as a photographer. Censuses from 1900 through 1920 have him residing in Chicago, although by 1920 he had retired. Downtown Chicago is about 40 miles from Waukegan. Henry passed away on 11 January 1923.
Minnie Lauer (Cabinet card by H.A. Beard, Waukegan, Illinois
On the verso is the following, in ink: Compliments of Minnie Lauer, 4 and 6 West Market Street, Tiffin, Ohio. Minnie Amelia Lauer was born in 1868 in Ohio, the daughter of John Lauer (1826-1898) and Barbara Demuth (1828-1902), both German immigrants. The couple had settled in Tiffin, Ohio by the time of the 1860 Census, and would remain there for their entire lives. They had 10 children, five of whom were alive in 1900. John was a grocer, and in the 1900 census, three of sons were grocers in Tiffin. Minnie does not seem to have married, and in the 1880 through 1910 censuses, she was living with her parents or in 1910 with her brother, who was also single. Minnie passed away in July 1945 and is buried in Tiffin, Ohio. Although it is only speculation, there were German-born Lauers in Illinois, and Minnie may have been visiting them when she had this photograph taken by Henry Ashford Beard.
Photographer Henry A. Beard was born 5 January 1852 in Bristol, England, the son of Henry (born circa 1806) and Grace (born circa 1820) Beard. Henry came America circa 1872 and settled in Illinois; he was already a photographer before he arrived. He married a Mary Ellen Porter (5 July 1958 - 29 January 1917) circa 1879. In 1874 he was listed in a Chicago directory as a portrait painter, but all later references list him as a photographer. Censuses from 1900 through 1920 have him residing in Chicago, although by 1920 he had retired. Downtown Chicago is about 40 miles from Waukegan. Henry passed away on 11 January 1923.