Adolph Lankering (January 9, 1851 – February 4, 1937) was the
mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
The Mayor of the City of Hoboken is the head of the executive branch of government of Hoboken, New Jersey, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the Municipal corporation#Municipal charters, municipal charter and L ...
from 1902 to 1906. He was the postmaster for Hoboken starting in 1916.
Biography
He was born on January 1850 in
Verden an der Aller
Verden an der Aller (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Veern''), also called Verden (Aller) or simply Verden, is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the river Aller. It is the district town of the district of Verden in Lower Saxony and an independent munici ...
,
Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Han ...
to Heinrich Lankering and Matilde Germann. In 1869 he served in the
German Army
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and in 1871 he became the army
paymaster
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.
In 1875, he migrated to
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, where he worked for Sandhagen & Co. in the cigar trade. He married Louise Fistedt of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
, in 1883 in Chicago. He moved to
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 i ...
, and founded the Lankering Cigar Co. with his two brothers.
He was the police commissioner for Hoboken in 1900. He was elected the
mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
The Mayor of the City of Hoboken is the head of the executive branch of government of Hoboken, New Jersey, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the Municipal corporation#Municipal charters, municipal charter and L ...
, from 1902 to 1906.
He died on February 4, 1937, at Christ Hospital in