John Henry Lederer

b. 10 July 1874, d. 1928
  • John Henry Lederer was born on 10 July 1874 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • Charles F. Lederer and Caroline (?) appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1875 in Buffalo, New York, enumerated adjacent to Johanna Brauer's Garbe family.. Other members of the household included John Henry Lederer, August Lederer, Annetta Lederer, John Louis Lederer, Grace Hyatt, Johanna E. Garbe, Julius Henry Brauer and William F. Brauer. Son August is identified as Paul Lederer, age 22, and perhaps "Phebe Zeis" is daughter Johanna Lederer, wife of John Zeis.
  • John Louis Lederer and Grace Hyatt appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Detroit, Becker County, Minnesota. Other members of the household included John Henry Lederer.
  • John Louis Lederer and Grace Hyatt appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included John Henry Lederer, Grace A. Lederer, William August Lederer, Cora M. Lederer, Gilbert Elmer Louis Lederer, Annette Lederer, Charles E. H. Lederer and Richard Lederer.
  • He married Lauretta A. Carman.
  • The following appeared on 21 March 1900 in the Buffalo Evening News: Mrs. Cora Wilson, a young woman who formerly lived in this city, came here from Medina yesterday afternoon with a dead infant child wrapped under her shawl. She went to the Health Department and applied for a permit for the burial of the infant. Under the law the department could not issue a permit with[out] a transit permit from Orleans county, and the unfortunate young woman had to go back to the county to get the necessary document.
         Mrs. Wilson's case is a pitiable one. Her maiden name was Cora Lederer, and she married Edward Wilson in Medina about two years ago. They came to Buffalo to live, and during the first few months of their married life the young bride was extremely happy. Then her husband began to drink and grew weary of her. Finally he left her and nothing has been heard of him since.
         Mrs. Wilson went to live with her brother, John H. Lederer, at 252 Seneca street. Five months ago a baby was born there. Subsequently she went to the home of her parents at Medina. She secured employment in the village and earned enough money to care for herself and the child.
         Last week the little one fell ill of bronchial pneumonia and died early Sunday morning. Mrs. Wilson came to tis city with her child, as the family burial plot is in this city and she desired to have the remains rest there.
         To a News reporter who saw her after her return from Medina with the burial permit, she said:
         "It was stated in some of the Buffalo papers that I had been denied the sympathy of my parents and that was the reason of my coming to this city with the body of my infant. This is not true. On the contrary, my parents did everything they could for me. My mother is prostrated by the loss of the child, of whom she was very fond. I shall probably return to their home after the funeral."
         The funeral will take place at the home of her brother, 252 Seneca street, at 2:30 this afternoon.
  • The following appeared on 22 March 1900 in The Medina Tribune: A five months' old child of Mrs. Cora Wilson, who lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lederer, on Elm street, died on Monday. Mrs. Wilson claims that her husband deserted her in Buffalo some time ago, since which time she has been obliged to depend on her parents, who are in straightened circumstances, for support. After the death of her child, the mother, who was unable to give it a decent burial, wrapped the corpse in a shawl and carried in her arms to the depot, where she took the train for Buffalo to procure assistance from relatives there. Yesterday's Buffalo papers, in giving an account of the incident, blame Mrs. Wilson's parents and stated that the young woman had virtually been driven from home. This statement Mr. and Mrs. Lederer stoutly deny, and from facts learned it would seem they are justified in so doing.
  • The following appeared on 21 April 1910 in the Buffalo Courier: [Died] April 20, 1910, Grace Lederer, wife of John L. Lederer and mother of John, Grace, William, Cora, Gilbert, Annette, Charles and Arthur Lederer; aged 61 years. Funeral from her residence, No. 1567 Niagara Street, Friday afternoon, April 22d, at 2 o'clock, and from St. Mark's Episcopal Church at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.
  • John Henry Lederer registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Niagara County, New York, While living with his wife Lauretta at 40 Ranson Street in North Tonawanda, and employed in the assembly department of Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company at 1695 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Noted on the card: Two fingers missing on right hand, index & middle.
  • John Henry Lederer died in 1928.
  • Lauretta A. Carman became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Kenmore, Erie County, New York.
  • Last Edited: 17 Jun 2013

Family: Lauretta A. Carman b. 1875, d. 1950