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PAULINE (HEINS) LAUN


Pauline (Heins) Laun

PAULINE (HEINS) LAUN


Pauline (Heins) Laun

PAULINE (HEINS) LAUN


Pauline (Heins) Laun

Marriage of Jacob B. Laun and Pauline Heins. Married Sept. 10, 1891 in 
civil ceremony in Kiel. Jacob B. Laun was born in Mequon, Ozaukee County 
of Henry Laun and Catherina Zorn.
Pauline Heins was born in the Town of Schleswig of Charles Heins and 
Dorothea Jensen.
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From death record:
Jacob Laun
Aug. 5, 1863-Oct. 1, 1942
Husband of Pauline Heins
Son of John H. Laun (born Germany) and Katherine Zahn 
   (born Germantown, Washington County)
Born Ozaukee County –manufacturer and merchant of lumber
Died from “coronary occlusion –chronic myocarditis –diffuse 
   arterio sclerosis –heart block”
Buried at the Kiel Cemetery
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Jacob B. Laun, Well Known Kiel Resident, Summoned
Kiel- Jacob B. Laun, 79, long a business and civil leader of Kiel,
died suddenly Thursday afternoon at his home after suffering a
heart attack, and though he had been in ill health for some time,
his death came as a shock to the community.
The late president of the J.B. Laun Lumber company was born in
Ozaukee county on August 5, 1863, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry
Laun. He received his early education in the Manitowoc Mission
House college and school at Ann Arbor, Mich. He started the lumber
yard at Kiel in 1884 and it was later incorporated under the name
J.B. Laun company.
In 1886 a lumber yard was started at Elkhart Lake with his brother,
Louis, as manager and later his partner. The organization later
became known as the Laun Lumber and Furniture company. Several years 
later a yard was started at New Holstein into which he later took his 
brother, A.A. Laun, as a partner. This company is now known as the 
A.A. Laun company.
In 1893 he started a large sawmill and general store at Wausaukee, Wis., 
with his brother, Louis Laun, that company being known as the Laun 
Brothers company. He was also one of the organizers of the Kiel Furniture 
company, which was started in 1892 at Kiel, later with a branch factory 
in Milwaukee in 1909, both plants employing a total of 350 men in normal 
times. Mr. Laun was president of this company for many years and chairman 
of the board of directors.
He helped organize the State Bank of Kiel in 1899, becoming a director 
and later its president. He was also interested in real estate, having 
laid out two subdivisions to Kiel, Laun's first and second additions, and 
later with a partner, a third subdivision was laid out known as the Laun 
and Schutlz addition.
For many years he was active in village politics, holding the offices of 
village president and trustee here. He was also a member of the Manitowoc 
county board from 1908 to 1914, and president of the Kiel Chamber of 
Commerce for a number of years. He belonged to the First Presbyterian 
church, of which he was an elder.
During his lifetime he travelled to all parts of the United States and made 
two trips to Europe. Bowling, travelling and over-seeing his farm near Kiel 
provided his main recreation.
Surviving are two sons, Albert L. Laun of Kiel and Carl H. Laun of River 
Forest, Ill.; one daughter, Mrs. Gilbert (Lucile) Thiessen of Pittsburg, 
Pa.; six grandchildren; two brothers, A.A. Laun of Kiel and Henry G. Laun 
of Wausaukee. His wife, the former Pauline Heins, whome he married on 
September 10, 1891, died June 2, 1938. Another brother, Louis, also preceded 
him in death.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the First 
Presbyterian church in Kiel. Details will be in Saturday's Press.
The Sheboygan Press – Friday, October 2, 1942 – P. 2
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Mrs. J. B. Laun Dies Thursday
Services Held Monday; Taught School Here at One Time
Mrs. J. B. Laun, nee Pauline Heins, died Thursday afternoon at the 
age of seventy-three, after an illness of a year and one-half. She 
was born in Kiel March 20, 1865, the daughter of Charles Hein, local 
pioneer merchant, and Dorothea Heins(sic). She attended the Kiel public 
school and the Oshkosh Normal school, and taught for several years in 
Kiel and Millhome.
She was married to Jacob B. Laun of here September 10, 1891. Survivors 
include her husband; two sons, Albert of here and Carl of Chicago; one 
daughter, Lucile, (Mrs. Gilbert Thiessen) of Pittsburgh, Pa.; five 
grandchildren: two brothers, Rudolph Heins of this city and Arthur Heins 
of Tigerton; and one sister, Miss Minnie Heins of here.
She was a charter member of the Kiel Frauenverein, of the Rebekah lodge, 
the First Presbyterian church and the Dorcas and Missionary Societies. 
She was active throughout her life in community affairs.
Funeral services were held at the family residence at 1:30 Monday afternoon 
and at the First Presbyterian church at 2:00 o'clock, with interment in 
the Kiel cemetery.  The Rev. Frank Zimmerman had charge of the services.
Pallbearers were Earl Lehner, W. A. Martin, Hugo A. Neumann, A. L. Kaemmer, 
Roland Greve, and E. M. Duecker.
The following were present at the last rites from out of town: Mrs. Gilbert 
Thiessen, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Laun and daughters of 
Chicago; Arthur Heins, Tigerton; Dr. A. R. Wittman and Walter Wittman, 
Merrill; A. W. Dassler and Miss Althea Dassler, Amasa, Michigan; Mr. and 
Mrs. H. M. Buswell, Crystal Falls, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Puchner, 
Wittenberg; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Puchner, Edgar; H. G. Laun and Miss Helen 
Laun, Wausaukee; Harold Laun, Chicago; Mrs. Eva Kratzsch, Mr. and Mrs. Robert 
Krueger, Mrs. Max Zaun, Robert G. Hayssen, Mrs. William Burch, Mr. and Mrs. 
H. McMicken, Miss Minnie Mohr, Miss Gerda Wittman, Mrs. M. Kalaher, Willard 
Kalaher, William Koehring, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hollensteiner, Fred Wright, 
and Mrs. Phylis Wright Markhoff, Milwaukee; Ernst Fischer and son, Thiensville; 
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Heins, Arthur Heins, and Mrs. Elmer Meyer, Green Bay; 
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schaefer, Cedarburg; Mr. and Mrs. William Guetzloe, Miss 
Bertha Klingholz, and Mrs. B. Richardson, Manitowoc; Mr. and Mrs. William 
Kohl, Mrs. Otto Kohl and Mr. and Mrs. William Heins, Sheboygan; Mrs. Adela 
Laun, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Laun, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Laun and Mrs. Mary Kaiser 
of Elkhart Lake; Arthur Imig, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Mueller, Mrs. A. H. 
Hayssen and William Hayssen, Sheboygan; Mrs. Fred Stoffregan and son Donald, 
Fond du Lac; Mrs. George Brickbauer and Miss Marie Brickbauer of Plymouth; 
H. L. Meyer, Hilbert; Mrs. Charles Schnell, Mrs. Henry Kroll, Mrs. Jennie 
Schwalbe, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Jensen, Miss Minnie 
Greve, Mrs. William Paulsen, Ar (rest missing) - June 1938
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From death record:
Pauline Laun nee Heins
March 20, 1865-June 2, 1938
Wife of Jacob B. Laun
Daughter of Charles Heins and Dorothea Jensen
Born Kiel
Died from “spastic colitis, July 1936 –myocarditis –arteriosclerosis”
Buried at Kiel Cemetery

MARGARET (OESAU) LAURENT


Margaret (Oesau) Laurent

Laurent, Margaret (30 Jan 1870 – 1 May 1950) 
Mrs. Margaret Laurent passed away on Monday morning, May 1st, 1950 at the 
Riverside Rest Home at Baraboo, Wis., where she has spent the past three 
and one-half years. Friends and neighbors extend their sympathy. 
(Worden Wavelets)
Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 05/04/1950
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(Also, in the same edition) 
Mrs. Frank Laurent, 80, formerly of Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), passed away 
Monday morning, May 1st at the Riverside Rest Home, Baraboo. Funeral services 
will be held at the Thorp Funeral Home at 2:00 on Thursday afternoon. Burial 
will be made in the East Thorp Cemetery. 
Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 05/04/1950

JOHN LAUSEN


John Lausen

b:  January 21, 1868  d: 1922
Son of Detlef Heinrich  and Martha Marie Thedens Lausen 
Husband of Mary Schmidt/1869-1925
Married June 5, 1897
Children:
James
Fred/1901-1972
Elizabeth
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Leading Manufacturer of New Holstein Answers Summons 
COMMUNI1YS GREAT LOSS 
Decedent a Business Career Reads Like a Romance 1922
John Lauson was born January 21, 1868, just west of the Village 
of New Holstein. When about eight years of age he moved to what 
is now the village of New Holstein with his parents, where his father 
engaged in the implement business. This apparently gave young 
Lauson the interest in and the ability with machinery which was to 
effect such a great change in his own life as well as virtually creating 
an entire community. In the year 1884 when but sixteen years old his 
mechanical inclination and skill led him to become associated 
with George Lauson, his uncle, and J. H. Optenberg in a small machine 
repair shop, located on the site now occupied by the grain elevator of 
Fred O. Iverson. This shop had for its motive power a windmill, and was 
completely destroyed by fire only a few years later. Not discouraged by 
adversity young Mr. Lauson and Mr. Optenberg rebuilt on the site now 
occupied by the shop and garage of the Meili-Blumberg Co., whiCh site 
and buildings with additions were occupied up to the year 1908, when 
the present plant was built. A few years later the partnership with Mr. 
Optenberg was dissolved and the business continued by Mr. Lauson alone, 
until the year 1899 when the firm was incorporated under the name of the 
John Lauson Mfg. Co. Associated actively in business with him during the 
next few years were his brother, H. D. Lauson and Mr. J. C Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt, 
however, severed his connection a few years later. 
The business career of Mr. Lauson reads like a romance. Born of parents 
in moderate circumstances, he had none of the advantages of a high education 
and was forced to go to work on the death of his father, when yet a mere boy. 
Starting with almost nothing, Mr. Lauson, during his all too short life, saw his 
efforts grow into a plant that ranks high among the industries in its line in the 
nation. While the active affairs of the company of late years have been largely 
handled by his associates, his integrity and fair dealing have gathered 
around him and developed, he was ever ready with his counsel and words of 
cheer, beloved by all of his many employees. 
Mr. Lauson was married on the 5th day of June, 1897, to Miss Mary Schmidt 
of New Holstein, Wisconsin. Two children, Fred, aged 21 and Elizabeth 19, 
lived to cheer their home, while the first born son, James, preceded his father 
into the great unknown. He is survived by his widow and children, his aged 
mother, Mrs. Martha Lauson, three brothers, H. D. Lauson who is associated 
in business with him. Edward and William, all residing at New Holstein, and 
one sister, Mrs Hugo Soldan of Milwaukee. 
He was a York and Scottish Rites Mason; a Schriner and a member of the 
Elks, E. F. U. and other fraternal organizations.

MARTHA (THEDENS) LAUSEN


Martha (Thedens) Lausen

From Calumet county marriage records:
 (v.1 p.99)
Married July 7, 1865 in religious ceremony in Town of New Hosltein
Detlef Heinrich Lausen
Son of Detlef Lausen and Anna Margaretha Frieberg
Farmer
Born Kurburg, Herzogthum, Schleswig, Germany
Martha Maria Thedens
Daughter of John Thedens and Christina Sievers
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From Calumet county death records:
Martha Lausen nee Thedens (v.10 p.44)
Wife of Detlof Lausen
Dec. 4, 1846-Dec. 31, 1936
Daughter of John Thedens and Christine Sievers (both born Germany)
Am not able to read the cause of death except for two words "probably thrombosis"
Buried at the New Holstein Cemetery
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Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Lauson, aged 90, a 
life-long resident of this vicinity who passed away at the home 
of her son, H. D. Lauson at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday evening, 
were held at Erbe-Hoffmann Funeral Home. Burial made in the 
local cemetery. 
The deceased was born December 4th, 1846 in Schleswig. 
Holstein, Germany, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Thedens. 
She immigrated to this country with her parents while an infant, and 
was among some of the first settlers here. On July 7, 1865 she was 
united in marriage to Detlef Lauson, and the couple made their home 
on a farm south of this city for twelve years, after which Mr. Lauson 
went into the implement business here. Mr. Lauson passed away in 
1894. During the summer months, Mrs. Lauson lived in her own home, 
and for the past three years has made her home with her son, H. D. 
Lauson during the winter months. She was ill only a short time when 
death claimed her. 
Survivors are three sons, Edward of Oshkosh, and Henry and William
of here. One son, John died in 1922, and a daughter, Mrs. Hugo Soldan 
died in 1934, and another daughter, Emma, died at the age of 2 years. 
Six grandsons acted as pallbearers, namely; Richard and James Lauson 
of Kiel, Jack Lauson of Portage, Henry Lauson of Madison, William 
Soldan of Milwaukee and Fred Lauson of this city. 
Tri-County Record --- January 7, 1937 
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(Note: This is spelled Lauson on their stones in the cemetery)