In 1900, the Hallers were living on Colfax Street in Blair, Nebraska. W.D. was a druggist, and Frances cared for the home. A German servant, Anna Clausen, helped Frances with housework, cooking and laundry.
The 1900 US Census lists:
W.D. Haller, 54,b.Apr 1846,Wis, head, druggist
Frances Haller, 43,b.Dec 1852,Ill, wife
Marie F. Haller, 7,b.Aug 1892,Neb, dau., at school
Bernard Haller, 10,b.Oct 1889,Neb, son, at school
Jacob Haller, 48,b.Apr 1852,Wis, bro., retired farmer
Anna Clausen, 25,b.1875,Germany, servant
Hon. W.D. Haller
Blair, Nebraska,
Republican representative from the eleventh district, was born in 1847, and reared on a farm in southeastern Wisconsin. At the age of nineteen he began working in a drug store of Dr. J.H. Cooper, of Burlington, Wisconsin. After several years, with another young man, he came west and began business for himself, in which he has been very successful. In 1871 he located at Blair, which is still his home, and engaged in the drug business. Mr. Haller is a member of the State Pharmaceutical Association, and is president of the Haller Proprietary Company. He is also of high rank in the Masonic lodge. What his fellow citizens think of him is shown by the fact that he has been elected mayor several times. Mr. Haller was elected to the legislature two years ago, and was re-elected to the house the present session. He gives close attention to the proceedings of the house and frequently occupies the floor. Mr. Haller is a member of the committees on constitutional amendments, insane hospital, medical societies and apportionment.
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Sources: Holy Cross cemetery records; National Archives; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Mary Bateman (#47166961); Biographical sketch and photo from p. 129 of Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State. Compiled by the Federal Writers Project, 1939 “Biographical Sketches”, and courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings and a copy of the article on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska Note: The birth year is from the 1900 US Census and from his tombstone
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In 1900, the Hallers were living on Colfax Street in Blair, Nebraska. W.D. was a druggist, and Frances cared for the home. A German servant, Anna Clausen, helped Frances with housework, cooking and laundry.
The 1900 US Census lists:
W.D. Haller, 54,b.Apr 1846,Wis, head, druggist
Frances Haller, 43,b.Dec 1852,Ill, wife
Marie F. Haller, 7,b.Aug 1892,Neb, dau., at school
Bernard Haller, 10,b.Oct 1889,Neb, son, at school
Jacob Haller, 48,b.Apr 1852,Wis, bro., retired farmer
Anna Clausen, 25,b.1875,Germany, servant
Hon. W.D. Haller
Blair, Nebraska,
Republican representative from the eleventh district, was born in 1847, and reared on a farm in southeastern Wisconsin. At the age of nineteen he began working in a drug store of Dr. J.H. Cooper, of Burlington, Wisconsin. After several years, with another young man, he came west and began business for himself, in which he has been very successful. In 1871 he located at Blair, which is still his home, and engaged in the drug business. Mr. Haller is a member of the State Pharmaceutical Association, and is president of the Haller Proprietary Company. He is also of high rank in the Masonic lodge. What his fellow citizens think of him is shown by the fact that he has been elected mayor several times. Mr. Haller was elected to the legislature two years ago, and was re-elected to the house the present session. He gives close attention to the proceedings of the house and frequently occupies the floor. Mr. Haller is a member of the committees on constitutional amendments, insane hospital, medical societies and apportionment.
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Sources: Holy Cross cemetery records; National Archives; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Mary Bateman (#47166961); Biographical sketch and photo from p. 129 of Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State. Compiled by the Federal Writers Project, 1939 “Biographical Sketches”, and courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings and a copy of the article on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska Note: The birth year is from the 1900 US Census and from his tombstone
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