Minnie Jahnke
Minnie Jahnke | |
|---|---|
 Minnie A. Jahnke, from a 1923 newspaper | |
| Born | Minnie Augusta Jahnke October 11, 1872 Bon Air, Virginia |
| Died | March 14, 1954 Richmond, Virginia |
| Occupation | Jeweler |
| Years active | 1900 to 1953 |
Minnie Augusta Jahnke (October 11, 1872 – March 14, 1954) was an American jeweler, based in Richmond, Virginia.
Early life[edit]
Minnie Augusta Jahnke was born at "Shady Echo", her family's farm in Bon Air, Virginia, one of the ten children of Albert Franz Jahnke and Mary Beaufort Chalkley Jahnke.[1] Her father was a jeweler,[2] trained in Germany before he arrived in the United States. Several of her brothers were also jewelers.[3][4]
Career[edit]
When her brother died in the 1930s, Minnie Jahnke took over the family's jewelry shop in Richmond, where she had already worked for many years.[5][6] She was known for buying, selling, and appraising antique gold, silver, clocks, gemstones, and other heirlooms, for prominent Southern families.[3][7] She closed the business in 1952.[1]
Minnie Jahnke was an active member of the Second Presbyterian Church in Richmond,[8] and a charter member[6][9] of Richmond's Quota Club[10][11] and the Business and Professional Women's Club,[12] involved in clubwork at the local and national levels.[13][14]
Personal life[edit]
Jahnke died in 1954, aged 81 years, at a hospital in Richmond.[15] A road near Richmond is named for the Jahnke family of jewelers.[1] The Jahnke family papers are held at the Valentine Museum in Richmond.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Troubetzkoy, Ulrich (1953-02-08). "Jahnke Road Honors Jeweler". The Times Dispatch. p. 89. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ezekiel, Herbert Tobias; Lichtenstein, Gaston (1917). The History of the Jews of Richmond from 1769 to 1917. H. T. Ezekiel. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-7222-4673-3.
- ^ a b Trimmer, Lillian Franklin (1942-11-25). "She Lives with Jewels". The Times Dispatch. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Time Keepers of the City for Over Half a Century". The Times Dispatch. 1923-01-21. p. 48. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jahnke & Co. (advertisement)". The Times Dispatch. 1923-12-02. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Richmond Women Outside the Home: Minnie A. Jahnke". The Times Dispatch. 1927-06-23. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Shopping with Deb". The Times Dispatch. 1943-06-06. p. 38. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blanton, Wyndham Bolling (1945). The Making of a Downtown Church: The History of the Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia, 1845-1945. John Knox Press. p. 255.
- ^ "13th Anniversary is Celebrated by Quota Club". The Times Dispatch. 1937-01-27. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Quota Club Meets". The Times Dispatch. 1927-11-07. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Quota Club Will Meet at Bon Air". The Times Dispatch. 1929-06-09. p. 38. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Business Women to Meet". The Times Dispatch. 1925-09-06. p. 46. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. W. A. Porter Addresses Quota Club". The Times Dispatch. 1937-09-22. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Local Quota Club Picks Mrs. Harrow, Miss Jahnke". The Times Dispatch. 1932-05-24. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Minnie Jahnke, Long a Jeweler, Dies Here at 81". The Times Dispatch. 1954-03-15. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jahnke family papers. Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia. 1879. OCLC 29552154.
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External links[edit]
- Laura Smith, "Albert F. Jahnke Pocket Watch Survives in Richmond VA" Sunday Historical (January 24, 2015); a blog post about a pocket watch made by the Jahnkes, with photographs
