Minnie (Binnard) Richter, 1882-1966
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Minnie5 Binnard (Bendet4, Mosiek3, Jacob2, Lewin1) was born in Washington Territory in December 1882.[1] The 1900 census shows her at age 17, still in school and living with her parents in Colfax.[2]
Minnie was residing in Portland, Oregon, likely with her sister, Rachel Levinson, when her mother died in December 1904. The Colfax Gazette announced that Minnie and her sister Birdie, who was living in Spokane, would return to Colfax to keep house for their father.[3] After her father’s marriage to Emma Liebes in 1906,[4] Minnie continued to live at home. In 1908 the newspaper reported on a birthday party given for her by her father and stepmother: A very enjoyable and unique birthday party was given by Mr. and Mrs. B. Binnard, at their residence, 211 Lake street, a few evenings ago, in honor of their daughter Minnie. Music and cards were enjoyed by the guests until 12 p.m., when all assembled in the dining room and partook of a sumptuous repast. During the evening one of the guests, George Van Allen of Detroit, Mich., introduced the latest eastern innovation, a game played with cards, called “Klip-Klip.” It was during the “wee sma’” hours that the guests departed, each assuring the hostess of their enjoyably spent evening.[5] In 1910 Minnie accompanied her parents to Los Angeles, where her father was advised to go for his health. He died there 26 January 1911.[6] Later that year Minnie traveled to Chicago for a visit.[7] On 15 December the Colfax Gazette announced her engagement to Milton “Beckroth” of Chicago. The wedding was scheduled to take place on New Year’s Day at the home of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Rothchild, in Chicago.[8] The groom’s name was actually Milton Bachrach. He was born in 1865,[9] making him about 17 years older than Minnie. His father, Moses, was a wholesale liquor dealer in Quincy, Illinois.[10] By the age of 22 Milton himself was in business selling liquor and cigars in Quincy.[11] He later became the proprietor of a saloon in Kenawee, Illinois.[12] The marriage between Minnie and Milton never occurred. Three weeks after the engagement was announced, the newspaper reported that the wedding had been postponed because of the death of the groom’s sister.[13] Milton died in 1927 and is buried in Quincy.[14] Minnie returned to Washington and married David Richter on 13 October 1912 in Spokane. The ceremony was performed in the East room of Davenport’s, a Spokane restaurant, by Rev. Dr. David Levine. The newspaper stated that “the wedding was informal because of the family still being in mourning, and only immediate relatives of the bride were present.” These included her stepmother, brother, three sisters, and nephew Max Levinson.[15] David Richter was born 4 October 1875[16] in Austria.[17] His parents were Ignatz Richter and Sallie Kraus.[18] Ignatz Richter had a long and varied career. In the early 1900s he managed Richter’s Baths at Arverne, a resort on Long Island.[19] He owned a grocery store in Manhattan, and later worked for a ticket agency owned by his son-in-law, Joseph Leblang. He died in 1948 at the age of 102.[20] David and Minnie’s daughter related that as a teenager David worked at his father’s grocery store, carrying ice to tenement apartments. At the age of 16 he ran away, getting as far as Chicago before his money ran out.[21] He became a traveling salesman and was in this occupation at the time of his marriage to Minnie.[22] In 1913 David was a partner in a short-lived wholesale liquor business, Fisher and Richter, in San Diego with Minnie’s nephew Victor B. Fisher.[23] A year later, in January 1914, he, his brother-in-law, Joseph Leblang, and Hy Kohn announced the incorporation of the Richter, Leblang Company “to handle pens, novelties and general merchandise.” Their office was at 501 Cathedral Parkway in New York.[24] They also had an office in the Pacific Building in San Francisco and sold their wares in the Liberal Arts Palace at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.[25] David’s next job was paper box salesman. After a time the owner of the company decided to retire and David took over the factory.[26] The business, called it Richter Manufacturing Company, was located at 312 Mills Building in San Francisco.[27] David employed Minnie’s brother, Dan Binnard,[28] and her nephew, Victor B. Fisher,[29] as traveling salesmen. The three men reported the company as their place of employment in September 1918 when they all registered for the draft. On the form David, age 43, is described as tall, with medium build and grey eyes and hair.[30] David and Minnie returned to New York City, where he continued manufacturing paper boxes.[31] In 1929 he was one of 140 individuals and corporations who were indicted for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. The Richter Manufacturing Company was charged with supplying cartons for counterfeit bottles of whiskey.[32] What penalty, if any, he paid is not known. Through the influence of Minnie’s nephew, Victor B. Fisher, David became the Missouri representative for the Brown Forman distillery. He and Minnie resided in St. Louis for several years before returning to New York. During World War II they lived with Minnie’s sister Birdie Binnard in Los Angeles, then returned to New York.[33] David died 26 January 1964[34] and Minnie on 24 December 1966.[35] Their resting place is not known. Child: 1. Living ___________________________ [1] 1900 U.S. census, Precinct No. 36, Colfax City, Whitman County, Washington, enumeration district 95, sheet 12B, dwelling 250, family 251, entry for Minnie, daughter, household of Ben B. Binnard; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 July 2012); Family History Library microfilm 1241753. [2] Ibid. [3] “Will Make Home in Colfax,” Colfax Gazette (Colfax, Washington), 17 Feb 1905, p. 2. [4] "Ben is Wed," Colfax Gazette, 4 May 1906, p. [2] [5] “The Social Side,” Colfax Gazette, 18 December 1908, p. 2. [6] “Death of Ben Binnard,” Colfax Gazette, 27 January 1911, p. [1]. [7] “Personal News Notes of the City,” Colfax Gazette, 1 December 1911, p. 5. [8] “Engagement Announced,” Colfax Gazette, 15 December 1911, p. 7. [9] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database entry (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2013), entry for Milton Bachrach, Memorial 90993644, Records of Valley of Peace Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois;” created by mlmann61. [10] 1870 U.S. census, 1st Ward, City of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, page 14, dwelling 125, family 125, entry for Moses Bachrach; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 July 2012); Family History Library microfilm 545686. [11] Stone’s Quincy City Directory for 1887-88 (Quincy, Illinois: H.N. Stone & Co., 1887), 61. [12] 1910 U.S. census, Kewanee City, Kewanee Township, Henry County, Illinois, enumeration district 135, sheet 15A, dwelling 14, family 15, entry for Milton M. Bachrach, roomer, household of Frederick W. Godsall; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 July 2012); Family History Library microfilm 1374305. [13] “Personal News Notes of the City,” Colfax Gazette, 5 January 1912, p. 5. [14] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database entry (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2013), entry for Milton Bachrach. [15] “Colfax Girl Married Here,” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), 14 October 1912, p. 5. [16] “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZKS-GRM : accessed 04 Mar 2014), David Richter, 1917-1918; citing San Francisco City no 12, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); Family History Library microfilm 1544261. [17] Ancestry.com. Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, David Richter and Minnie Binnard, 1912. [18] Ibid. [19] “Ignatz Richter, Arverne Pioneer, Is Buried at 102,” Brooklyn Eagle, 24 September 1948, p. 11. [20] “Ignatz Richter, 102, Long at Leblang’s,” New York Times, 23 September 1948, p. 29. [21] [Private], to Mildred Starr, letter, 27 October 2002. [22] Ancestry.com. Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004, David Richter and Minnie Binnard, 1912. [23] San Diego City and County Directory, 1913 (San Diego, California: San Diego Directory Co., 1913), 366, 812, 1363. [24] “Notes of the Trade,” The American Stationer, volume 75, no 3 (January 17, 1914), 11. [25] “Instructions for Filling and Guarantee,” Richter-Leblang Co., San Francisco, California. Instructions included with pen. [26] [Private] to Mildred Starr, letter, 27 October 2002. [27] “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” David Richter. [28] “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZKS-NRQ : accessed 23 February 2014, Dan Binnard, 1917-1918; citing San Francisco City no 13, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.): Family History Library microfilm 1544260. [29] “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZK3-49N : accessed 28 Feb 2014), Victor B. Fisher, 1917-1918; citing San Francisco City no 13, California, Nited States, NARA microfilm publication M1509, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); Family History Library microfilm 1544263. [30] “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” David Richter. [31] 1920 U.S. census, New York City, New York County, New York, enumeration district 1486, sheet 23B, dwelling 27, family 590, entry for David Richter digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 July 2012); NARA microfilm T625, roll 1226. [32] “140 Indicted Here in Whiskey Plot,” The Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York), 18 June 1929, p. [1]. [33] [Private] to Mildred Starr, letter, 27 October 2002. [34] “Deaths,” New York Times, 27 January 1964, p. 23. [35] “Deaths,” New York Times, 26 December 1966, p. 21. |