Minnie Jahnke

Minnie Augusta Jahnke (October 11, 1872 – March 14, 1954) was an American jeweler, based in Richmond, Virginia.

Minnie Jahnke
A black-and-white photograph of a white woman's face; she is wearing round eyeglasses
Minnie A. Jahnke, from a 1923 newspaper
Born
Minnie Augusta Jahnke

October 11, 1872
Bon Air, Virginia
DiedMarch 14, 1954
Richmond, Virginia
OccupationJeweler
Years active1900 to 1953

Early life

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

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

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
  1. Troubetzkoy, Ulrich (1953-02-08). "Jahnke Road Honors Jeweler". The Times Dispatch. p. 89. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 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.
  3. Trimmer, Lillian Franklin (1942-11-25). "She Lives with Jewels". The Times Dispatch. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "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.
  5. "Jahnke & Co. (advertisement)". The Times Dispatch. 1923-12-02. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Richmond Women Outside the Home: Minnie A. Jahnke". The Times Dispatch. 1927-06-23. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Shopping with Deb". The Times Dispatch. 1943-06-06. p. 38. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. 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.
  9. "13th Anniversary is Celebrated by Quota Club". The Times Dispatch. 1937-01-27. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Quota Club Meets". The Times Dispatch. 1927-11-07. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Quota Club Will Meet at Bon Air". The Times Dispatch. 1929-06-09. p. 38. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Business Women to Meet". The Times Dispatch. 1925-09-06. p. 46. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Mrs. W. A. Porter Addresses Quota Club". The Times Dispatch. 1937-09-22. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Local Quota Club Picks Mrs. Harrow, Miss Jahnke". The Times Dispatch. 1932-05-24. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Minnie Jahnke, Long a Jeweler, Dies Here at 81". The Times Dispatch. 1954-03-15. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. Jahnke family papers. Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia. 1879. OCLC 29552154.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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