Anna Augusta Kershaw (1841-1931)



Anna Augusta Kershaw (1841-1931) aka Annie Kershaw was a housewife. (b. February of 1841; Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York, USA - d. September 24, 1931, 9:20 am; 38 Elm Place, Rye, Westchester County, New York, USA)

Ethnicity
She was 50% Dutch and 50% British as best can be determined.

Parents
The name of her parents comes from her death certificate and from her sister, Sarah's, marriage certificate.
 * Abraham Kershaw (1815-?)
 * Sarah Oldrin (1816-1894)

Birth
She was born near Glen Cove, New York on Long Island and may have been baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church in Wolver Hollow, Nassau County where there is an Abraham Kershaw listed in the records.

Siblings
Her siblings were named in the 1850 United States Census and again when she opened an account at the Freedman's Savings Bank in New York City. Peter wasn't listed in 1872 and it is assumed that he died before that year. Her father was also listed as dead. Her siblings and mother were listed as living in Somerville, New Jersey in 1872. Her siblings between the years 1850-1872 included:
 * Mary E. Kershaw (1837-?) who is not to be confused with the Mary E. Kershaw (1840-?) of Harligen, New Jersey
 * Isaac Kershaw (1840-?) who may be the same person as Isaac Kershaw (1838-1914)
 * Sarah Kershaw (1843-1922) who married Matthew Williamson (1824-1884) and after his death married William W. Young (1817-?).
 * Amy Kershaw (1847-aft1872)
 * Peter Kershaw (1849-bef1872)

Marriage
Anna's parents moved to Manhattan from Long Island around 1850 and Anna married Charles Frederick Lindauer I (1835-1921) in 1857. Charles was listed as a broker with his brother, John Lindauer, in Manhattan in the 1869 city directory; a cigar seller in Manhattan in the 1880 census and working at a hotel in the 1900 census in Rye, New York. Charles was born in Philadelphia to Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer (1815-1866) and Sophia Weber (1815-1891).

Children

 * Eloise Lindauer II (1861-1935) was born in Manhattan and married an insurance worker named Max S. Freudenberg I (1858-1921).
 * William Lindauer (1866-aft1879).
 * Arthur Oscar Lindauer (1867-1944) who was born in New Jersey, remained a bachelor and was a circus trapeze performer and an actor.
 * Ada Lindauer (1868-c1895) aka Ada Lindauer I, who was born in Manhattan and married Charles L. Schoenfeld II (1858-aft1920).
 * Anna Lillian Lindauer (1873-1956) was born in Manhattan and married 88\Ira Lowe (1870-bef1910) in Rye, New York, and then had 2 children and 3 grandchildren who have not been located yet.
 * Harry Chauncey Lindauer I (1877-1923) was born in New Jersey and married Hannah Cecilia Shea (1884-?) and had at least one child but no grandchildren and then Harry died of syphilis at age 46.
 * LeBaron Hart Lindauer (1879-1945) was born in Manhattan and later married Catherine Harney (1878-1966) and had no children.

New York to New Jersey
In 1870 Charles and Anna were living with his widowed mother in Manhattan, and in 1880 they were living at 51 8th Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. Their new son-in-law, Max Freudenberg, was living in the house with them. Arthur Oscar Lindauer does not appear on the 1870 US census living with Charles and Anna, even though he would be three years old in that year. This may be an omission or Arthur may have had another woman as his mother.

Rye, New York
Anna and her husband, Charles, moved from Hoboken, New Jersey to Rye in Westchester County, New York around 1894-1895 and from at least 1910 until 1921 they were living at 209 Locust Avenue in Rye. The house at 209 Locust Avenue no longer exists.

Death of husband
Charles died in 1921 and Anna, now a widow, was photographed in August 1929 at a family gathering in Rye.

Death
Anna died of bronchitis in 1931 at the home of her son, LeBaron, at 38 Elm Place in Rye.

Burial
She was buried in Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, New York with her husband.

Obituary
Her obituary was not found in the Rye Chronicle but may appear in another local paper.

Timeline

 * 1841 Birth in Glen Cove, New York.
 * 1850 United States Census living in New York City.
 * 1857 (circa) Marriage to Charles Frederick Lindauer I (1835-1921) in New York.
 * 1860 United States Census (not found)
 * 1870 United States Census living in New York City.
 * 1880 United States Census living in Hoboken, New Jersey.
 * 1885 New York Census living in Hoboken, New Jersey.
 * 1900 United States Census living at 38 Elm Place in Rye, Westchester County, New York.
 * 1910 United States Census living at 38 Elm Place in Rye, Westchester County, New York.
 * 1910 United States Census living at 38 Elm Place in Rye, Westchester County, New York.
 * 1920 United States Census living at 38 Elm Place in Rye, Westchester County, New York.
 * 1925 New York Census living at 38 Elm Place in Rye, Westchester County, New York.
 * 1930 United States Census living at 38 Elm Place in Rye, Westchester County, New York.
 * 1931 Death on September 24, 1931 9:20 am, 38 Elm Place in Rye, Westchester County, New York.
 * 1931 Burial in Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, New York.

Research

 * Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) writes "Charles may have had children with other women. Her husband Charles Lindauer may have fathered children with other women. Grover Cleveland Lindauer (1885-1968) aka Grover Cleveland Dunne; and Louis Miller both have a "Charles" as their father on their birth certificates, but different mothers. Both children originally took the mother's last name as their own. Both children also show up living in the Lindauer home in Rye, New York on the census of 1900, and both appear in a photograph labeled: "Grover and brother Louis". Another son, Arthur Oscar Lindauer, does not appear in the 1870 census living with Anna Kershaw, so he may have another mother. In the 1870 US Census of New York, "Charles Lindauer, age 30, born in New York" appears as the husband to "Caroline" of France. Caroline was Caroline Ritter, aka Carrie Ritter. Living a few blocks away is "Charles Lindauer, age 30, born in Pennsylvania" living with Anna Kershaw. Charles Lindauer and Caroline's daughter, Charlotte, is buried in the Lindauer plot with Charles' mother and father. All the evidence points to Charles being a polygamist; or fathering children with multiple women. The alternative theory is that there are two Charles Lindauers, living in close proximity, both the same age that may be related as cousins. No information found to date solves this puzzle. What would solve the mystery would be a death certificate for the second Charles Lindauer, if he really exists, or DNA evidence from descendants."