Ernest F Lasche (1839 - 1895)

Born 22 Nov 1839 in Rosswein, Saxony, Germany

Husband of Minnie (Rolff) Lasche — married 23 Aug 1874 in Brooklyn, NY

Died 5 Sep 1895 at age 55 in Brooklyn, New York

Biography

Ernest Lasche came to the United States from Germany as a child (about 1855) and worked as a piano maker and editor before studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1880.^[1]

Ernest was also a musician "well known among German musicians in Brooklyn." He was a member of the Arion Singing Society, the Brooklyn Maennerchor, the Brooklyn Turnverein, and the Beethoven Singing Society.

Ernest Lasche married Minnie Rolff on 23 Aug 1874 in Brooklyn. His parents were Ernest Lasche and Maria Bruchmann. Her parents were Charles Rolff and Johanna Koch. ^[2] They do not appear to have had children before his death in 1895.

Ernest is buried in Milwaukee, WI. ^[3]

Census Records

1870 census, New York City, ward 18:

Ernest Lasche 30 M Germany Pianomaker

Eliza Lasche 30 F Germany R ^[4]

1875 Census, Brooklyn:

Ernest Lasche M 35 Germany Editor, naturalized

Minnie Lasche Wife F 20 Germany ^[5]

1892 Census, Brooklyn: Ernest Lasche 53 Germany Citizen Lawyer Minnie Lasche 38 Germany Alien^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary in the New York Herald, September 7, 1895 page 12
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24Z2-WSF : accessed 5 May 2016), Ernest Lasche and Minna Rolff, 23 Aug 1874; citing Marriage, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,543,913.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=lasche&GSiman=1&GScid=87956&GRid=116095606&
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12809-14013-39?cc=1438024 : accessed 19 Oct 2014), New York > New York > New York City, ward 18 > image 787 of 3122; citing NARA microfilm publication M593.
5. ↑ "New York, State Census, 1875," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNJH-BWV : accessed 19 Oct 2014), Minnie Lasche in household of Ernest Lasche, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; citing p. 49, line 3, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 1930216.
6. ↑ "New York, State Census, 1892," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11610-56309-58?cc=1529100 : accessed 19 Oct 2014), Kings > Brooklyn, Ward 18, E.D. 23 > image 7 of 10.