Louisa Rank
b. circa 1862
- Father: Johann Philipp Rank b. 6 May 1829, d. 6 June 1901
- Mother: Anna Maria Gluck b. circa 1835, d. between 1895 and 1900
- Louisa Rank was born circa 1862 in Minnesota.
- 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 Louisa Rank, Edward Rank, John P. 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, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Louisa Rank, Edward Rank, John P. Rank, Henry J. Rank, Louis Rank, Katie Rank and Mary Anna Rank. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
- 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 Louisa Rank, John P. Rank, Katie Rank, Henry J. Rank, Louis Rank, Mary Anna Rank, Frederick W. Rank and Otto Rank.
- She was a clerk in a drygoods store, 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 US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at 92 Nicollet Street. Other members of the household included Louisa Rank, Otto Rank. Also in the household were granddaughter Gertrude Swalland (age 12) and her father Peter Swalland.
- 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: 31 May 2012