LAUVER

Minnie Alice Lauver was my Great Grandmother.  This line is one of my most interesting to research.  Again, I was blessed with much information passed down from my Great Grandfather Joseph Thompson Gist and Grandfather Walter Gist.  Minnie was born in Millerstown, PA. in 1866. I discovered a very old photo album holding sixty photos.  Many are of the Gists and some are obviously of the Lauvers.  I have posted some of the probable Lauver photos on this page.  Never know, might find new cousins!

The Lauver Line (my directs are bolded):

Balzar Laver, born 1733 - died 1774 -- married Elizabeth Bowman, born 1736 - died 1784 Michael Lavour, born Aug. 11, 1757 -died Dec. 11, 1839 -- married Anna Kendig, born Aug. 26, 1760 - died Feb. 27, 1828 -parents of Henry Lauver Henry Lauver, born Aug. 30, 1790 - died June 6, 1878 --married Anna Nancy Acker, born Nov. 1, 1800 - died Jan. 23, 1866. Henry and Anna had the following children:  Catherine ,  Anna , Mary , Peter Lauver, John, Henry, and Frances. Peter Lauver, born July 19, 1826 - died May 26, 1903 -- married Susanna Keagle, born Sept. 13, 1823 - died Aug. 15, 1887.  Peter later married Judeth Diehl Long, born Sept. 5, 1833 - died Jan. 21, 1914. Peter and Susanna had the following children:  Louisa, Margaret, Milton, Maurice, Emma Louise, Laura, Lewis, Minnie Alice , and Cloyd Morgan: Louisa, born in 1850, married Isaac Burrows (possibly Burris), born Aug. 28, 1838 and died Feb. 14, 1910.  Louisa is buried in Pleaseantville, New Jersey. Margaret (Margaretta) , born 1852, married Charles Emerson of Chicago, Illinois. Milton H., born Dec. 22, 1853 and died April 3, 1923, married  Sarah Lovina Long.  They had nine children. Maurice (Morris) E, born June 23, 1856 and lived only until May 13, 1877. Emma Louise (Mary E.), born Feb. 15, 1858 and died May 22, 1959 -- married Isaac Stahlsmith (several different spellings found).. Lewis Eber, born 1858 or 1860 and died Dec. 23, 1919.  Lewis settled in Springfield, Ohio and was a saloon keeper there in 1892-1894. Laura M., born 1862.  Apparently never married. Cloyd Morgan (Morgan C.), born May 30, 1864 and died Sept. 20, 1866.  Buried in the Auker Cemetery. Minnie (Mina) Alice, born April 12, 1866 in Millerstown, PA. and died Oct. 16, 1909 in Enid, OK. --married Joseph Thompson Gist

WHO WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, MINNIE ALICE LAUVER?

Minnie was born in Millerstown, PA.  She lived in Springfield, Ohio in 1888, St. Louis, MO. in 1890.  She lived in Amite City, Louisiana in 1891 and worked as a court reporter for the 18th Judicial District.  Family notes indicate that she had a married sister living in Louisiana as well, unknown which sister though. She had met Joseph Thompson Gist, my great grandfather, while in Ohio and they began a long distance romance until 1892 when she moved to Topeka, where he was living at the time. In 1893, after they were married, Joseph settled land near present day Enid, OK. during the Cherokee Strip Land Rush.  They farmed the land, he had a feed and coal shop and music store, and became a lawyer there.  Minnie had several children.  She passed away in 1909 at a young age. I am lucky to have many of their original courtship letters as well as letters sent back home describing their adventures in Oklahoma Territory.

Lauver Photo Gallery Click on the photo for a larger version

I am convinced that these photos are of Lauvers.  My research has given me hunches on who some of these folks are.  Enjoy!