Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer (1815-1866) circa 1850-1860

Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer (1815 - September 5, 1866) emigrated from Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1834. He along with his children operated a series of liquor and cigar stores in Manhattan, New York and Jersey City, New Jersey. Their cigar business was Lindauer and Company Tobacconists which manufactured and sold cigars throughout Manhattan and Hudson County, New Jersey. Download high resolution version (560x700, 122 KB)Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer (1815-1866) circa 1850-1860 Template:Pd-user This image needs to be renamed. ... Download high resolution version (560x700, 122 KB)Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer (1815-1866) circa 1850-1860 Template:Pd-user This image needs to be renamed. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ... Imperial Province of Elsass-Lothringen (497 Kb) Alsace-Lorraine (French: Alsace-Lorraine; German: Elsass-Lothringen) was the territory originally of the German empire, ceded to Louis XIV by the peace of Westphalia in 1648, but returned by France to the newly-unified Germany under the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt (which... Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Jersey City is a city located in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. ...

Birth, emigration, and marriage

Oscar was born in 1815 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine where his parents owned a department store. In 1834 he married Sophia Weber (1815-1891) and on their honeymoon they emigrated to Philadelphia in the United States. They had three children in Philadelphia: Charles Frederick Lindauer I (1835-1921) who married Anna Augusta Kershaw (1841-1931); John Jacob Lindauer (1841-1888) who married Nellie X (1853-1899) and worked as the cigar maker; and Louis Julius Lindauer (1842-1915) who married Mary Sheehan (1842-1888). City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ... Imperial Province of Elsass-Lothringen (497 Kb) Alsace-Lorraine (French: Alsace-Lorraine; German: Elsass-Lothringen) was the territory originally of the German empire, ceded to Louis XIV by the peace of Westphalia in 1648, but returned by France to the newly-unified Germany under the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt (which...

Philadelphia to Manhattan

Oscar and Anna moved from Philadelphia to New York around 1850 and their daughter, Eloise Lindauer I (1852-1944) was born there. Eloise would later marry William Arthur Ensko II (1850-1889) and have several children and grandchildren. Oscar and Anna lived on Houston Street in Greenwich Village in New York City and Oscar and his children operated a liquor vending business or an "exchange". Other entries in the City Directory list the children as "brokers". In 1866 he was living at 81 Grand Street in Manhattan and his occupation was listed as "exchange". Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also known as the West Village or simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ...

Death and burial

Oscar died in 1866 and he was buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York and his funeral notice appeared in the New York Herald on September 7, 1866.

Timeline

• 1815 Birth in Alsace
• 1834 Marriage to Sophia Weber
• 1834 Emigration to Philadelphia
• 1835 Birth of Charles Frederick Lindauer I
• 1841 Birth of John Jacob Lindauer
• 1842 Birth of Louis Julius Lindauer
• 1850 (circa) Move from Philadelphia to Manhattan
• 1852 Birth of Eloise Lindauer I
• 1866 Living at 81 Grand Street in Manhattan
• 1866 Death in Manhattan on September 7th

References

• New York Herald, September 7, 1866, Funeral Notice, Oscar Lindauer
• Brooklyn Eagle, June 2, 1889, Lindauer and Company, Tobacco

External link

• Findagrave: Oscar A.M. Lindauer

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