When Edna Cinderella Lauer was born on 11 January 1893, in Salem Township, Warren, Ohio, United States, her father, Christopher Lauer, was 36 and her mother, Caroline K. Bott, was 28. She lived in Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 30 July 1961, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in California, United States.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German lūre, German Lauer ‘crafty or cunning person, cheat’ (apparently originally ‘one with narrowed eyes’). This surname is also found in France (mainly Lorraine, also Alsace).
German: occupational name for a tanner, Middle High German lōwer, from lō ‘tannin’, which is extracted from the bark of trees.
South German: habitational name from Lauer in Franconia, named from the stream on which it stands.
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