Lena L. Laurier
b. 11 October 1882, d. 6 May 1968
- Father: Friedrich Wilhelm Laurier b. 25 June 1858, d. 21 January 1936
- Mother: Carolina Magdalena Niemand b. 8 October 1858, d. 6 November 1927
- Lena L. Laurier was born on 11 October 1882 in Kentucky.
- 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.
- She married Daniel Wilson McDonald, son of John McDonald and Alice Dixon, on 23 July 1904 in Clermont County, Ohio, with Presybterian minister Rev. Howard Billman officiating.. At the time of their marriage the groom was an electrician residing in Cincinati, and the bride was a resident of New Richmond, Claremont County. Lena's name was recorded as Louise Laurier in the marriage record..
- Daniel Wilson McDonald and Lena L. Laurier appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Columbia, Hamilton County, Ohio, at 5538 Section Street.
- Lena L. Laurier appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in New York City, Borough of Manhattan, New York, at 11 Dominick Street living in a large boarding house, divorced and recorded as Lena Laurier.
- She was a bookkeeper, according to the 1920 census.
- She and Daniel Wilson McDonald were divorced sometime between 1910 and 1918.
- She appeared in the '1926-1927 Covington & Newport, Kentucky, City Directory in the household of Albert Jacob Laurier at 1433 North Fort Thomas Avenue; in Fort Thomas. Albert is listed as a piano tuner, and Fred as a musician. The same information appears in the 1928-1929 directory, in which Lena Laurier also is listed at that address.
- The following appeared on 11 March 1930 in the Los Angeles Times: The following notices of intention to marry were issued yesterday, Name and age given. . . . Wolter - Laurier. Fred Wolter, 59; Lena L. Laurier, 47.
- She married Ferdinand Wolter, son of (?) Hilbert, in 1930.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Laurier appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at 110 East Avenue 42. Other members of the household included Lena L. Laurier, Ferdinand Wolter.
- She was employed as a clerk in an insurance office, according to the 1930 census.
- Ferdinand Wolter and Lena L. Laurier appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at 6640 Elgin Street.
- Lena L. Laurier became a widow at the 16 June 1941 death of her husband Ferdinand Wolter.
- Lena L. Laurier died on 6 May 1968 at age 85 in Los Angeles County, California.
- Last Edited: 30 Jun 2013