Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer (1815-1866)



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. They were also involved in an illegal lottery in Manhattan, called the "numbers game" or "policy dealing".

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).

Philadelphia to Manhattan
Oscar and Sophia 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 Sophia 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".

Death and burial
Oscar died in 1866 and he was buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, 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

External link

 * Findagrave: Oscar A.M. Lindauer