August H Widau was born in Dearborn Co IN and lived
his entire life around New Trenton IN (Franklin Co.)
August Widau married Barbara Singer Sintz about 1898.
She was a widow with 3 sons: Harry, George, and Frank.
Gus and Barbara Widau had son Chester Widau b: 1899
and daughter Lavina Barbara b: 1907. It was written in
Lavina's obituary that she had a deceased twin brother.
In the early 1900s, Gus Widau was the proprietor of the
Widau Hotel & Dance Hall in New Trenton IN. New Trenton
is a town a few miles northwest of Cincinnati OH along the
Whitewater River. It is written in a New Trenton history:
"Widau Hotel & Dance Hall: This postcard* dates around 1910.
Salesmen would arrive on the passenger trains from the big cities
(mainly Cincinnati) and room at the hotel. Usually they'd rent a
horse from Gus and ride their routes from town to nearby Rockdale,
Sharptown, Drewersburg, South Gate, St. Leon and others, selling
their wares. There was only one phone listed in New Trenton in the
1910 Harrison directory and it was for the Gus Widau Hotel."
*Postcard not shown.
his entire life around New Trenton IN (Franklin Co.)
August Widau married Barbara Singer Sintz about 1898.
She was a widow with 3 sons: Harry, George, and Frank.
Gus and Barbara Widau had son Chester Widau b: 1899
and daughter Lavina Barbara b: 1907. It was written in
Lavina's obituary that she had a deceased twin brother.
In the early 1900s, Gus Widau was the proprietor of the
Widau Hotel & Dance Hall in New Trenton IN. New Trenton
is a town a few miles northwest of Cincinnati OH along the
Whitewater River. It is written in a New Trenton history:
"Widau Hotel & Dance Hall: This postcard* dates around 1910.
Salesmen would arrive on the passenger trains from the big cities
(mainly Cincinnati) and room at the hotel. Usually they'd rent a
horse from Gus and ride their routes from town to nearby Rockdale,
Sharptown, Drewersburg, South Gate, St. Leon and others, selling
their wares. There was only one phone listed in New Trenton in the
1910 Harrison directory and it was for the Gus Widau Hotel."
*Postcard not shown.
August H Widau was born in Dearborn Co IN and lived
his entire life around New Trenton IN (Franklin Co.)
August Widau married Barbara Singer Sintz about 1898.
She was a widow with 3 sons: Harry, George, and Frank.
Gus and Barbara Widau had son Chester Widau b: 1899
and daughter Lavina Barbara b: 1907. It was written in
Lavina's obituary that she had a deceased twin brother.
In the early 1900s, Gus Widau was the proprietor of the
Widau Hotel & Dance Hall in New Trenton IN. New Trenton
is a town a few miles northwest of Cincinnati OH along the
Whitewater River. It is written in a New Trenton history:
"Widau Hotel & Dance Hall: This postcard* dates around 1910.
Salesmen would arrive on the passenger trains from the big cities
(mainly Cincinnati) and room at the hotel. Usually they'd rent a
horse from Gus and ride their routes from town to nearby Rockdale,
Sharptown, Drewersburg, South Gate, St. Leon and others, selling
their wares. There was only one phone listed in New Trenton in the
1910 Harrison directory and it was for the Gus Widau Hotel."
*Postcard not shown.
his entire life around New Trenton IN (Franklin Co.)
August Widau married Barbara Singer Sintz about 1898.
She was a widow with 3 sons: Harry, George, and Frank.
Gus and Barbara Widau had son Chester Widau b: 1899
and daughter Lavina Barbara b: 1907. It was written in
Lavina's obituary that she had a deceased twin brother.
In the early 1900s, Gus Widau was the proprietor of the
Widau Hotel & Dance Hall in New Trenton IN. New Trenton
is a town a few miles northwest of Cincinnati OH along the
Whitewater River. It is written in a New Trenton history:
"Widau Hotel & Dance Hall: This postcard* dates around 1910.
Salesmen would arrive on the passenger trains from the big cities
(mainly Cincinnati) and room at the hotel. Usually they'd rent a
horse from Gus and ride their routes from town to nearby Rockdale,
Sharptown, Drewersburg, South Gate, St. Leon and others, selling
their wares. There was only one phone listed in New Trenton in the
1910 Harrison directory and it was for the Gus Widau Hotel."
*Postcard not shown.
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