A son of Henry Blumenauer (1831-1897) and Anna M. Smith (1836-1918), Henry was born about 1860 in Cumberland, MD. In the census of 1880 the family are in Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA. Seventeen year old Harry is clerking at a bookstore. On 31 Jan. 1884 in Cedar Rapids, he married Mary L. (Mamie) Harris; he was her second husband (she would have several more). By 1889, he was in Dubuque, IA, where the City Directory lists his residence as 99 Broadway.
Five years later, he was in Minneapolis, MN, where he married 27-year old Victoria Emma Schaaf on 15 Aug. 1894. Emma was a cigar maker who had worked in the industry since leaving the family farm in Murdock when she was about 20. The City Directory of that year lists John as a clerk of the Northern Pacific Railroad, living at 240 12th Ave. N. He was the Financial Secretary of the American Railway Union and held the post until 1895, when he was arrested for attempted embezzlement (or extortion); see the attached newspaper article concerning this.
The 1895 directory for Minneapolis says that he has "moved to St. Paul." On 5 June 1895, John Blumenauer "disappeared" and was never subsequently found.
On 22 Sept. 1902, seven years having passed, allowing for him to be legally declared dead, his wife instituted a court action to recover a claim on a membership certificate which he held in the Royal Arcanum, a life insurance company. (See article.)
Five years later, he was in Minneapolis, MN, where he married 27-year old Victoria Emma Schaaf on 15 Aug. 1894. Emma was a cigar maker who had worked in the industry since leaving the family farm in Murdock when she was about 20. The City Directory of that year lists John as a clerk of the Northern Pacific Railroad, living at 240 12th Ave. N. He was the Financial Secretary of the American Railway Union and held the post until 1895, when he was arrested for attempted embezzlement (or extortion); see the attached newspaper article concerning this.
The 1895 directory for Minneapolis says that he has "moved to St. Paul." On 5 June 1895, John Blumenauer "disappeared" and was never subsequently found.
On 22 Sept. 1902, seven years having passed, allowing for him to be legally declared dead, his wife instituted a court action to recover a claim on a membership certificate which he held in the Royal Arcanum, a life insurance company. (See article.)
A son of Henry Blumenauer (1831-1897) and Anna M. Smith (1836-1918), Henry was born about 1860 in Cumberland, MD. In the census of 1880 the family are in Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA. Seventeen year old Harry is clerking at a bookstore. On 31 Jan. 1884 in Cedar Rapids, he married Mary L. (Mamie) Harris; he was her second husband (she would have several more). By 1889, he was in Dubuque, IA, where the City Directory lists his residence as 99 Broadway.
Five years later, he was in Minneapolis, MN, where he married 27-year old Victoria Emma Schaaf on 15 Aug. 1894. Emma was a cigar maker who had worked in the industry since leaving the family farm in Murdock when she was about 20. The City Directory of that year lists John as a clerk of the Northern Pacific Railroad, living at 240 12th Ave. N. He was the Financial Secretary of the American Railway Union and held the post until 1895, when he was arrested for attempted embezzlement (or extortion); see the attached newspaper article concerning this.
The 1895 directory for Minneapolis says that he has "moved to St. Paul." On 5 June 1895, John Blumenauer "disappeared" and was never subsequently found.
On 22 Sept. 1902, seven years having passed, allowing for him to be legally declared dead, his wife instituted a court action to recover a claim on a membership certificate which he held in the Royal Arcanum, a life insurance company. (See article.)
Five years later, he was in Minneapolis, MN, where he married 27-year old Victoria Emma Schaaf on 15 Aug. 1894. Emma was a cigar maker who had worked in the industry since leaving the family farm in Murdock when she was about 20. The City Directory of that year lists John as a clerk of the Northern Pacific Railroad, living at 240 12th Ave. N. He was the Financial Secretary of the American Railway Union and held the post until 1895, when he was arrested for attempted embezzlement (or extortion); see the attached newspaper article concerning this.
The 1895 directory for Minneapolis says that he has "moved to St. Paul." On 5 June 1895, John Blumenauer "disappeared" and was never subsequently found.
On 22 Sept. 1902, seven years having passed, allowing for him to be legally declared dead, his wife instituted a court action to recover a claim on a membership certificate which he held in the Royal Arcanum, a life insurance company. (See article.)
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