Jacob H. (Jack) LAUER

• General Notes
  • after 1942, family founded the Jacob H. Lauer Family Circle, in memoriam Fannie Strauss, one goal of which was the establishment of a family plot, perhaps out on Long Island
    
    b. Russia (1918 death record, dtr Fannie's 1920 census)
    widowed < 28 Feb 1904 per arrival record (error?)
    immigrated to U.S. via Ellis Island on SS St. Louis 28 Feb 1904, headed to son Joseph's at 179 Forsyth St., 11-Wd, Manhattan
    prob. residing at 186 Allen St. on 20 Mar 1905 (poss match for wife's arrival record)
    residing at 328 N. 5th St., NY in May 1906 (arrival of son-in-law Isaac STRUZA, grandson Michael STRUZA)
    residing in tenement at 306 Riverdale Ave., Brooklyn, NY on 30 Jan 1918
    informant on 1918 death certificate was son Solly
    d. Brooklyn, NY
    buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery
    
    It was apparently Anne's mother's family, the Lauers, who led the way from London, all departing Southampton and arriving by way of Ellis Island.  Some of the Lauers were living in New York's Lower East Side before Anne was born.  Anne's uncle Joseph Lauer was residing at 179 Forsyth St. in the same neighborhood on February 28, 1904, when his father, Anne's maternal grandfather Jacob H. Lauer, arrived on the SS St. Louis.  Jacob was 54 years old, a widower, and a tinsmith by trade.  He was traveling with his 16-year-old daughter Sarah, and they gave Joseph's home as their destination.  On January 20, 1906, Anne's uncle Sollie Lauer arrived on the SS New York and headed for Jacob's home at 243 Stanton St., also on the Lower East Side.   Sollie's wife Celia and their three daughters  followed on April 16, 1906 on the SS Saint Paul.  Next were Anne's father Isaac and her brother Mike, who reached Ellis Island on May 6, 1906 on the SS Phildelphia.  Isaac and Mike gave their destination as the home of Jacob H. Lauer, at 328 N. 5th St. in Brooklyn, probably just across the Williamsburg Bridge, which opened to horse-drawn carriages, bicycles and pedestrians in December 1903.  (See period photo below left, of the nearby intersection of N. 7th St. and Havemeyer.  Privately-owned railway companies began to run elevated trains across the Williamsburg Bridge in 1905 or 1908; accounts differ. )  By summer 1906, Isaac and Mike had established themselves back on the Lower East Side, at 243-5 Stanton St. - which became the first American address for Anne, her brother Louis, and her mother Fannie.  (None of these buildings survives today.)  The family was reunited with Fannie and the children's arrival at Ellis Island on the SS St. Louis on July 29, 1906.  Anne was two years old.  Anne's grandfather, the Lauer family patriarch, was living in a tenement at 306 Riverdale Ave. in Brooklyn when he passed away on January 30, 1918.
    
    death record (1918):
    State of New York, Department of Health of The City of New York, Bureau of Records, Standard Certificate of Death, Registered No. 2659, 1. Place of Death, Borough of:  Brooklyn, No. 306 Riverdale Ave., Character of premises, whether tenement, private, hotel, hospital or other place, etc.:  Tenement, 2. Full Name:  Jacob Lauer, 3. Sex:  Male, 4. Color or Race:  White, 5. Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced (Write the Word):  Widowed, 6. Date of Birth:  (blank), 7. Age:  69 years, (blank) months, (blank) days, 8. Occupation:  Tinsmith, 9. Birthplace:  Russia, 9A. How long in U.S. (if of foreign birth):  12 yrs, 9B. How long resident in City of New York:  12 yrs, 10. Name of Father:  Louis Lauer, 11. Birthplace of Father:  Russia, 12. Maiden Name of Mother:  Anna Schwartz, 13. Birthplace of Mother:  Russia, 14. Special Information:  (blank), 15. Date of Death:  Jan. 30, 1918, 16. [...] I attended the deceased from Dec. 12 1917 to Jan. 30 1918, and I last saw him alive on the 30th day of Jan., 1918, that death occurred on the date stated above at 2 p.m., and that the cause of death was as follows:  Lymphatic Leukemia, duration (blank) yrs. 6 mos. (blank) ds., Contributory [causes]:  (blank).  (signed) 30 Jan 1918 Harold L. (D)ollinger, M.D., Address:  1865 Park Place, Filed:  Jan 30 1918, 17. Place of Burial:  Mt. Zion Cem, Date of Burial Jan 31, 1918, 18. Undertaker J. Ga(r)lick(?), Address:  42 Norfolk St.  (page 2) I hereby certify that I have been employed as undertaker by Mr. S. Lauer, the son of deceased.  This statement is made to obtain a permit for the burial or cremation of the remains of deceased Jacob Lauer, (signed) J. Ga(r)lick(?)
    
    source:  CMB, certified copy of original record, obtained from NYC Municipal Archives, 31 Chambers St., New York, NY  10007
    
    unable to locate in 1910 US Census; the only Jacob or J(xx) LAUER (soundex) in Kings, NY is ethnic German in h/hold of dtr Magdalena
    
    from 1906 arrival record of son-in-law Isaac STRUZA, grandson Michael STRUZA via Ellis Island:
    Arrived Ellis Island  6 May 1906 on the SS Philadelphia, sailing from Southampton; passage paid by father-in-law "Jacob LOWER"; Isaac had $10 with him, acc. to manifest.
    
    unlikely match for arrival record of wife Rebecca and 4/6 sons, see record notes for wife Rebecca ROSEN:
    
    SS St. Louis, arriving Ellis Island 20 Mar 1905, departing Southampton, (line 6) Rifke LAUER, age 50 (est b yr 1854), female, married, occup "wife," able to read/write, nationality Russian (ditto mark), race/people Hebrew (ditto mark), last perm residence Warsaw, final destination New York (ditto mark), in possession of ticket to final destination, passage paid by husband, in possession of 0 ("$10" crossed out), never before in U.S., going to join husband and father Jacob Lauer, 186 Ellen Street, New York, (no such street on MapQuest, probably Allen St., Lower East Side, Manhattan) (line 7) Itzchik Lauer (ditto mark on surname), age 15 (b est 1889), male, single, occup barber, able to read/write (ditto mark), nationality Russian (ditto mark), race/people Hebrew (ditto mark), last perm residence Warsaw (ditto mark), (line 8) Abraham Lauer (ditto mark on surname), age 11 (b est 1893), male, occup "school child," able to read/write (ditto mark), nationality Russian (ditto mark), race/people Hebrew (ditto mark), last perm residence Warsaw (ditto mark), (line 9) Moische Lauer (ditto mark on surname), age 9 (b est 1894), male, occup "school child" (ditto mark), able to read/write (ditto mark), nationality Russian (ditto mark), race/people Hebrew (ditto mark), last perm residence Warsaw (ditto mark), (line 10) Berl ("Izcol" crossed out) Lauer (ditto mark on surname), age 7 (b est 1897), male, occup "school child" (ditto mark), able to read/write (ditto mark), nationality Russian (ditto mark), race/people Hebrew (ditto mark), last perm residence Warsaw (ditto mark)
    
    source:  www.ellisisland.org
    
    arrival record:
    First Name: Jacob H.
    Last Name: Lauer
    Ethnicity: Russian Hebrew
    Last Place of Residence: London
    Date of Arrival: February 28, 1904
    Age at Arrival:  54y    Gender:  M    Marital Status:  W  
    Ship of Travel: St. Louis
    Port of Departure: Southampton
    Manifest Line Number: 0009
    
    other notes:  tinsmith, age 54, widower, able to read/write, traveling with dtr Sarah (age 16, single), not able to read/write, final destination New York, in possession of $0.50, going to stay with Jacob's son Joseph Lauer, 179 Forsyth St., New York (J. Wiecking, 2/06:  Forsyth Street odd-numbered houses are now the Sara Delano Roosevelt Park.)
    
    (not a match, too early) New York City Directory, 1890 has:
    Lauer Jacob, h 213 W. 40th
    ("h" appears to stand for "home")
    
    There is also a Joseph LAUER (age 20, single, occupation (sport?), ethnicity Russian, Hebrew), who arrived with Anna LAUER (age 46) on board the SS Havel from Southampton on 19 Sep 1895.
    
    poss match for birth record:
    Poland: Jewish Records Indexing of Vital Records Database (Births)
    about Josek Abraham Lauer
    Name: Josek Abraham Lauer
    Gender: Male 
    Birth Date: 14 Jun 1846
    Birth Place: Warsaw 
    Birth Registration Date: 1846 
    Father's Name: Lajzer 
    Father's Age: 24 
    Mother's Name: Chaja Szwartzberg 
    Mother's Age: 20 
    Other: district: 7,8 
    FILM: 689557 
    Line: 440 
    
    Source Information:  JRI-Poland Shtetl CO-OP Volunteers, comp. Poland: Jewish Records Indexing of Vital Records Database (Births) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Specific source information is provided with each record. This JRI-Poland data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org. JRI-Poland is an independent organization and its database is hosted by JewishGen.
    
    First Name: Louis
    Last Name: Lauer
    Ethnicity: Russia, English
    Last Place of Residence: London, England
    Date of Arrival: May 27, 1909
    Age at Arrival:  21y    Gender:  M    Marital Status:  S  
    Ship of Travel: Majestic
    Port of Departure: Southampton
    Manifest Line Number: 0007
    
    other notes from Louis' record:  previous address was 14 (New? How?) Rd. in London, had previously traveled to U.S. in 1906, to New York, now traveling to "26/28 Montgomery St., New York," height 5 feet 2 inches, complexion fair, hair fair, eyes grey, b. Grodno, Russia
    
    Also Wolf and Dorsh LAUER (age 50/48, teacher/wife, married, nationality Russian, Hebrew, last residence London),  who arrived with children (Louis 21 tailor, Yetta 18 furrier) on board the SS Majestic from Southampton on 27 May 1909.  To stay with Lou M. A. LAUER at 26/28 Montgomery St., NY.
    
    tidbits from 1901 England and Wales Census:
    1) Jacob Lower  21 (b. est. 1880), London Whitechaple London St George In The East Tin Plate Worker (too young, b. London v. Russia)
    2) Tiskind Lauer  46 Lody Poland Russian Subject London Battersea Street Hawker Sweets
    
    These jewishgen.org researchers are working on the surname Lauer in Poland (no hits for Russia):
    
    Number of hits: 5
    ( 4 Researchers )
    
    Surname Town Country Last
    Updated Researcher (JGID Code)
    Lauer Warszawa Poland Before 1997 Andrea Reis la Monica (#2467)
    1120 Jensen Avenue
    Mamaroneck, NY
    10543
    United States
    
    Click HERE to contact Andrea Reis la Monica (#2467)
    Lauer Gorlice Poland 22 Oct 1998 Click HERE to contact Chana Saadia (#17462)
    Lauer Nowy Sacz Poland 15 Jul 2002 Click HERE to contact Researcher #72008
    
    Lauer Bobowa Poland 15 Jul 2002
    Lauer Nowy Sacz Poland 29 May 2004 Click HERE to contact Annette Sabina Rosen-Apotheker (#104282) 

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