Johann Philipp Rank

Johann Philipp Rank

• Father: Ludwig Heinrich Rank b. circa 1802
• Mother: Katharina Friedrika Bickel b. circa 1805

• Johann Philipp Rank was born on 6 May 1829 in Obergimpern, Baden, according to Evangelische Kirche records.
• He was known as John in the United States.
• Ludwig Heinrich Rank and Katharina Friedrika Bickel arrived in the Port of New York on 12 July 1843, accompanied by Johann Philipp Rank, Jacob Rank, Ludwig Rank and Sophia Rank aboard the Brig Historian from Rotterdam.
• He was a labourer, according to the 1851 census.
• Ludwig Heinrich Rank and Katharina Friedrika Bickel appeared in the 12 January 1852 provincial census of "Canada" in Wellesley, Waterloo, Canada West (later Ontario). Other members of the household included Johann Philipp Rank, Jacob Rank, Ludwig Rank, Sophia Rank, Peter Rank and Catherine Rank.
• He married Anna Maria Gluck in 1859.
• Johann Philipp Rank and Anna Maria Gluck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Saint Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota, enumerated next to brewer Gottlip Gleuik, age 31, and his family -- possibly Mary's brother.. Other members of the household included Edward Rank. Also in the household was Baden-born John G. Rank, age 4, whose origins are not yet known.
• He was a brewer, according to the 1860 census.
• Johann Philipp Rank appeared in the 1865 Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory at 1st between Hennepin & Utah listed as John P. Rank, saloon.. The identity of Gottfried Rank is not yet known.
• Johann Philipp Rank and Anna Maria Gluck appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 June 1865 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Edward Rank, John P. Rank, Louisa Rank and Katie Rank. Apparently there was an earlier child named Lewiss born before the 1865 census, and died before the birth of son Louis about 1867.
• Johann Philipp Rank and Anna Maria Gluck, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Saint Anthony, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Edward Rank, John P. Rank, Henry J. Rank, Louis Rank, Louisa Rank, Katie Rank and Mary Anna Rank. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
• He was a nurseryman, according to the 1870 census.
• Johann Philipp Rank and Anna Maria Gluck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Other members of the household included John P. Rank, Louisa Rank, Katie Rank, Henry J. Rank, Louis Rank, Mary Anna Rank, Frederick W. Rank and Otto Rank.
• He was a wholesale liquor dealer, according to the 1880 census.
• Johann Philipp Rank and Anna Maria Gluck appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 May 1885 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Louisa Rank, Katie Rank, Henry J. Rank, Louis Rank, Mary Anna Rank, Frederick W. Rank and Otto Rank.
• Johann Philipp Rank appeared in the 1888 Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory at 92 Nicollet listed as a dealer in wines and liquors at 3 North 1st, and listed as his clerks are sons Henry and Louis..
• Johann Philipp Rank and Anna Maria Gluck appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 June 1895 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at 92 Nicollet Street. Other members of the household included John P. Rank, Martha Moritz, Louis Rank and Otto Rank.
• Johann Philipp Rank became a widower at the between 1895 and 1900 death of his wife Anna Maria Gluck.
• Johann Philipp Rank appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at 92 Nicollet Street. Other members of the household included Louisa Rank and Otto Rank. Also in the household were granddaughter Gertrude Swalland (age 12) and her father Peter Swalland.
• Johann Philipp Rank died on 6 June 1901 at age 72 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• He was interred at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
• The following appeared on 10 June 1901 in The Minneapolis Journal: The funeral of John P. Rank, who died Thursday, took place yesterday at 2 p. m., from the St. Anthony Turner hall, and will be under the auspices of the Turner society, of which the deceased was a member. The interment will be at Lakewood cemetery.
• John P. Rank, a native of Germany, was born in 1829. He came to the United States in 1843, and remained eleven years with his parents on a farm in Canada. In 1854, he came to Minneapolis and worked in the woods one winter, the year following engaged in the grocery business. In 1863, he bought a building in which he kept saloon until it burned in 1868. He erected a new building on that site, and in 1874 again opened a saloon where he now is. He married Miss Mary Gluck in 1859, Edward, John, Louisa, Kate, Henry, Louis, Anna, Frederick and Otto, are the children.
       -- from History of Hennepin County and The City of Minneapolis, published 1881.

• Last Edited: 23 Oct 2014