Minette Buddecke was an actress. She was born about 1898 in St Louis, Missouri, USA, the daughter of William and Ella Buddecke.[1]
She was married to John George Lange and had 4 children:
Hope Lange
David Lange
Joy Lange
Minelda Lange
After husband John Lange's death in September 1942, the family stayed in New York City. Minette ran a restaurant on Macdougal Street near Washington Square Park from 1944 to 1956. The name was "Minette's of Washington Square", although some sources confuse it with "Minetta Tavern", an Italian restaurant on Macdougal Street founded in 1937. The entire family worked in the restaurant; the oldest daughter, Minelda, ran the cash register while Joy and Hope waited on tables.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M381-VHG : accessed 1 May 2021), Minette M Buddecke in household of William A Buddecke, Precinct 16 St. Louis city Ward 12, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 195, sheet 12B, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,894.
↑ Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M21F-TQJ : accessed 1 May 2021), Minnette M Buddecke in household of Wm A Buddecke, St Louis Ward 12, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 192, sheet 2B, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 816; FHL microfilm 1,374,829.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMPW-N4Q : accessed 19 October 2022), Minnette B Lange in household of John G Lange, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 172, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .