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John H AUGUSTINE

Male 1851 - 1941  (89 years)


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  • Name John H AUGUSTINE 
    Birth Jul 1851  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Born in the Alsace-Lorraine region which was part of France at the time of his birth. His death certificate shows his date of birth as 14 June 1853.
    Gender Male 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1941-MN-018640 
    Occupation Grocer 
    Death 11 Feb 1941  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial St. Anthony of Padua Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He is Jean Augustin, age 6, who arrived in New York on November 24, 1856, aboard the Havre which had sailed from Le Havre, France.

      A John H Augustine lived in the town of Saukville, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, in that state’s 1875 census. (FamilySearch)

      Shown as John H. Augustine in a 1930 Dunbar family photo.

      In the 1880 census, John Augustin and Lena, wife, live in Saukville in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, with 70 year-old Peter and 68 year-old Lisebeth Firmer or Fimer (may also be Zimmer) and the Firmers’ granddaughter, Helena Kraemer, 22. John and Lena are both 29 years old, John was born in France and Lena in Wisconsin. John is a tinsmith. Living with them are Gertrude Schneider, 9, step-daughter, and John Schneider, 7, step-son.

      The Minnesota Land Records show a John H Augustine purchased 160 acres through the Crookston land office on 3 Apr 1883. The land description was: 1 SE 5th PM No 157 N 48 W 28. The U.S. General Land Records contains the deed which identifies this John H Augustine as “of Marshall County, Minnesota.”

      In the 1885 Minnesota state census, the family lived in Argyle, Marshall County, Minnesota. J. Augustin, 36, was born in France. His wife, 35 year-old L. Augustin, was born in Wisconsin. Their oldest child, “G. Augustin”, a 15 year-old daughter, was born in Wisconsin. Next was 12 year-old “J. Augustin”, a 12 year-old son, also born in Wisconsin. (These were Lena’s children with Schneider.) Then there were listed the three children that John and Lena had: F. Augustin, a 4 year-old daughter born in Minnesota, F. Augustin, a 2 year-old son born in Minnesota, and Lina Augustin, a 1 year-old daughter born in Minnesota.

      In the 1894 and 1895 Omaha city directories, John H Augustine had a flour and feed business at 1001 N 24th.

      In the 1896 and 1897 and 1898 Omaha city directories, John H Augustine was a grocer on the northeast corner of 30th and V. He lived at 562 S 30th.

      The 1899 Omaha city directory has John as a grocer at 563 S 30th.

      In the 1900 Omaha city directory, John has a meat business at 3901 Q.

      He and his family were living at 3889 O Street in South Omaha City, Douglas County, Nebraska, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1st). John is a grocer and came to the U.S. in 1857.

      In the 1901 Omaha city directory, he is engaged in general merchandise at 3805 Q.

      In the 1902 Omaha city directory, he is engaged in “general merchandise” and lives at 3805 Q Street.

      In the 1905 Omaha city directory, he is still at 3805 Q but with no occupation.

      In the 1906 city directory, he is still at 3805 Q.

      In the 1907 city directory, he is still at 3805 Q.

      In the 1908 Omaha city directory, he and “Hall Augustine” reside at 3805 Q.

      In the 1909 Omaha city directory, he, as Jno H, is at 3805 Q along with his son Martin G, and two other Augustines: Hall and Gertrude S, a seamstress.

      In the 1921 Minneapolis city directory, John is a clerk and lives with his son Frank at 3756 29th Avenue S.

      In the 1940 census, he was an “inmate” at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. He was 86, married, and had lived in Minneapolis in 1935.

      John died at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. He had been at that home for a little over two years and in Minneapolis for 4 years. His occupation had been tinsmith. He died from a cerebral hemorrhage.

      According to Terese Augustine Hall in 1998:

      John was born in France in 1851 and was buried at St. Anthony's in Minneapolis but no date given. John and Lena arrived in Argyle around 1877. Lena was born in Germany. John opened the first tin shop in Argyle. After seven years, the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska about 1898. Lena died about 1912 in Chicago. There were 2 step children, Gertie & John Schnieder. They had 3 children, Frank who died in 1951; Flavia who died in Omaha in 1937 and Martin who died in Chicago in 1917.
    Person ID I5117  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2017 

    Father François AUGUSTIN,   b. Abt 1815, Alsace-Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1894, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Susanna JERHOME,   b. 14 Sep 1815, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1903, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Family ID F12705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lena LANSBERG,   b. 14 Jun 1853, Grafton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1913, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 21 Aug 1880  Polk County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • per MOMS; as John H Augustine and Lena Schneider
    Children 
     1. Flavian AUGUSTINE,   b. Aug 1881, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1909, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     2. Francis Charles (Frank) AUGUSTINE,   b. 13 Oct 1882, Argyle, Marshall County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1951, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     3. Adeline (Lina) AUGUSTINE,   b. Apr 1884, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1937, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     4. Martin G AUGUSTINE,   b. 19 Sep 1890, Argyle, Marshall County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1918, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F4365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2010 

    Family 2 Anna BULL 
    Family ID F12772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart