Carolina Magdalena Niemand

b. 8 October 1858, d. 6 November 1927
  • Carolina Magdalena Niemand was born on 8 October 1858 in Speyer, Rheinpfalz.
  • She was known as Lena.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Niemand and Carolina Magdalena Niemand arrived in the Port of New York on 8 October 1881, aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Elbe from Bremen, traveling in steerage class.
  • She married Friedrich Wilhelm Laurier, son of Franz Peter Laurier and Luisa Hofstetter, on 12 December 1881 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, at St. Stephen's Catholic Church, with B. A. Baumeister officiating.. Witnesses were Henry [likely Fred's cousin] and Maria Eva Hofstetter [apparently the wife of Henry's brother George]..
  • The following appeared on 14 October 1882 in the Kentucky State Journal: Fred. Laurier, Director of the Kentucky Central Band, now engaged at the Fair, plays with a good deal more vim then he did before Tuesday Morning because he is a new pap of a new girl baby, the first born.  The girls at the young ladies table will go for him tonight to take a chance on everything on their table, because he now feels so rich.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Laurier and Carolina Magdalena Niemand appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, at 943 York. Other members of the household included Lena L. Laurier, Anna M. Laurier and Albert Jacob Laurier.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Laurier and Carolina Magdalena Niemand appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, at 943 York Street. Other members of the household included Anna M. Laurier and Albert Jacob Laurier.
  • Carolina Magdalena Niemand died on 6 November 1927 at age 69 in Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky, at 1433 North Fort Thomas Avenue . Hier death was officially witnessed by Friedrich Wilhelm Laurier.
  • She was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Campbell County, Kentucky.
  • Photographs of present-day Speyer.
  • Last Edited: 30 Jun 2013

Family: Friedrich Wilhelm Laurier b. 25 June 1858, d. 21 January 1936