Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Photo of Miss Minnie Klause circa 1899



Here is another lost family photo that I found at the The Charleston Antique Mall.

This is Miss Minnie Klause according to what is written on the back side of this photo.  If this little girl is ten years old or younger, them I may have found the right Minnie.

The photographer was Alfred Bennefeld from St. Louis, Missouri. According to a list of Early St. Louis Photographers his shop was located at the corner of Dorcas St & Carondelet Av. starting in 1880. It doesn't say how long he was there, but according to the Missouri State Archives he died 21 May 1900 in Jackson County. So I estimate the photo to be taken around 1899/1900.


Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910
Name: Minnie Claus
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1890
Birth County: St Louis
Birth Location: St Louis
Race/Ethnicity: White
Gender: F (Female)
Mother's Name: Minnie
Father's Name: William

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. 
Original data: Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm]. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives.  


Name:      Minnie Klaus
Home in 1900:     St Louis Ward 12, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Age:     10
Birth Date:     Oct 1885
Birthplace:     Missouri
Race:     White
Gender:     Female
Relationship to Head of House:     Daughter
Father's Name:     William
Father's Birthplace:     Missouri
Mother's Name:     Minnie
Mother's Birthplace:     Missouri
Marital Status:     Single

Household Members:    
Name     Age
William Klaus     45
Minnie Klaus     40
Clara Klaus     16
Minnie Klaus     10
Rosie Klaus     6
Mathew Klaus     4

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: St Louis Ward 12, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll  T623_894; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 190.


Name:      Minnie Klaus
Age in 1910:     19
Estimated birth year:     abt 1891
Birthplace:     Missouri
Relation to Head of House:     Daughter
Father's Name:     William
Father's Birth Place:     Germany
Mother's Name:     Wilhelmen
Mother's Birth Place:     Germany
Home in 1910:     St Louis Ward 14, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Gender:     Female

Household Members:   
Name     Age
William Klaus     57
Wilhelmen Klaus     50
Clara Klaus     26
Minnie Klaus     19
Rosa Klaus     16
Mattio Klaus     14
Alfonse Klaus     9
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: St Louis Ward 14, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll  T624_818; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 222; Image: 107.

Name:      Minnie Klaus
Home in 1920:     St Louis Ward 14, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Age:     29
Estimated birth year:     abt 1891
Birthplace:     Missouri
Relation to Head of House:     Daughter
Father's Name:     William
Father's Birth Place:     Missouri
Mother's Name:     Wilhelmina
Mother's Birth Place:     Missouri
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Sex:     Female
Able to read:     Yes
Able to Write:     Yes

Household Members:   
Name     Age
William Klaus     64
Wilhelmina Klaus     55
Clara Klaus     32
Minnie Klaus     29
Rose Klaus     27
Matthew B Klaus     23
Alphons T Klaus     19

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: St Louis Ward 14, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll  T625_955; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 289; Image: 1003.

Name:      Minnie Klaus
Home in 1930:     St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
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Age:     39
Estimated birth year:     abt 1891
Relation to Head of House:     Daughter
Father's Name:     William
Mother's Name:     Mina
Race:     White

Household Members:   
Name     Age
William Klaus     75
Mina Klaus     70
Clara Klaus     47
Minnie Klaus     39
Rose Klaus     34
Mathew Klaus     32
Alfonse Klaus     29

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll  1232; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 400; Image: 98.0.

Hopefully there is a Klause family relative who would like to claim this photo.


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