Lina Dauth

Lina Dauth was born in Westhofen, Germany on June 23, 1857 to Andreas and Elisabeth Dauth.¹Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Research On Jacob And Lina Fitting – Page 1.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-research-on-jacob-and-lina-fitting-page-1/. While her birthname was Karoline, she preferred the nickname Lena, spelled Lina in her later years.²“Deutschland, Hessen, Standesbücher 1874-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-WNH1 : 5 August 2017), Karoline Dauth in entry for Anna Fitting, 08 Aug 1892; citing Birth, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, 150. Geburtsnebenregister 1892, Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (Hesse State Archives, Marburg).³Dauth Family Archive. “1880 – Census – Louis Dauth Family.” Dauth Family Archive. March 12, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/1880-census-louis-dauth-family/.⁴Dauth Family Archive. “1947-07-18 – Fort Collins Coloradan – Caroline Dauth Obituary.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/1947-07-18-fort-collins-coloradan-caroline-dauth-obituary/. While attending school in Westhofen she helped her mother at home, learned how to cook, and assisted her father who worked as the town’s postmaster.⁵Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 18 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. May 30, 2022. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/elizabeth-fitting-family-history-page-18/. After primary school she attended Princess Alice vocational school in Darmstadt, where she specialized in millinery.⁶Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 18 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. May 30, 2022. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/elizabeth-fitting-family-history-page-18/. She soon after began working in a millinery parlor in Darmstadt.⁷Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 18 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. May 30, 2022. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/elizabeth-fitting-family-history-page-18/.

About this time, Lina married her childhood sweetheart Jacob Fitting in Antwerp, Belgium.⁸Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 18 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. May 30, 2022. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/elizabeth-fitting-family-history-page-18/. They set off to America in 1880 to join Lina’s siblings who had already immigrated to Colorado.⁹Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 18 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. May 30, 2022. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/elizabeth-fitting-family-history-page-18/. They initially stayed with Lina’s brother, Louis Dauth, in Fort Collins, before settling in Denver, first at a home near 17th and Larimer, and then at 583 Welton.¹⁰Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 18 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. May 30, 2022. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/elizabeth-fitting-family-history-page-18/.¹¹Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Research On Jacob And Lina Fitting – Page 1.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-research-on-jacob-and-lina-fitting-page-1/.¹²Dauth Family Archive. “1881 – Denver Directory – Entry for Jacob Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 22, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/1881-denver-directory-entry-for-jacob-fitting/. Lina had her first child, William, February 14th, 1881.¹³Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 14 – Caroline (Lena) Dauth Family Bible Notes.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-14-caroline-lena-dauth-family-bible-notes/. At their Welton home Karoline opened her first millinery parlor.¹⁴Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 3 – Family History By Elizabeth Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-3-family-history-by-elizabeth-fitting/.

During the 1880s they relocated several times, first at 724 1/2 Larimer, then 726 Larimer, and finally to a home they built in the Swansea neighborhood.¹⁵Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 19 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-6-family-history-by-anna-dauth/.¹⁶Dauth Family Archive. “1882 – Denver Directory – Entry for Lina Dauth and Jacob Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 22, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/1882-denver-directory-entry-for-lina-dauth-and-jacob-fitting/.¹⁷Dauth Family Archive. “1884 – Denver Directory – Entry for Lina And Jacob Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 22, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/1884-denver-directory-entry-for-lina-and-jacob-fitting/.¹⁸Dauth Family Archive. “1885 – Denver Directory – Entry for Lina And Jacob Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 22, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/1885-denver-directory-entry-for-lina-and-jacob-fitting/. In 1884 they had their second son Louis, born January 10th, 1884.¹⁹Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 14 – Caroline (Lena) Dauth Family Bible Notes.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-14-caroline-lena-dauth-family-bible-notes/. In 1885 Lina moved her millinery into a store at 344 Larimer.²⁰Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 19 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-6-family-history-by-anna-dauth/.Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 14 – Caroline (Lena) Dauth Family Bible Notes.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-14-caroline-lena-dauth-family-bible-notes/. On November 14th, 1887 they had their first daughter Lena, and on June 29th, 1889 their second daughter Elizabeth was born.²¹Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 14 – Caroline (Lena) Dauth Family Bible Notes.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-14-caroline-lena-dauth-family-bible-notes/.

By the end of 1889 the Fittings would sell their businesses and head back to Germany.²²Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 19 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-6-family-history-by-anna-dauth/.²³Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 1 – Family History By Elizabeth Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. May 30, 2022. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/elizabeth-fitting-family-history-page-1/. While there, Lina spent time with her parents and helped Jacob operate a grocery and notions store in Darmstadt.²⁴Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 20 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-20-family-history-by-eva-fitting/. The Fittings third daughter, Anna, was born August 8, 1892, in Darmstadt.²⁵Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 14 – Caroline (Lena) Dauth Family Bible Notes.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-14-caroline-lena-dauth-family-bible-notes/.

By the end of 1893 the Fittings had returned to Colorado.²⁶Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 19 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-6-family-history-by-anna-dauth/. Lina reopened her millinery near 14th and Market, and then in 1894 moved her business into the family’s Pioneer Iron and Wire Works building at 1437-1439 Market Street.²⁷Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 19 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-6-family-history-by-anna-dauth/.²⁸Dauth Family Archive. “1894 – Denver Directory – Entry for Lina And Jacob Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 22, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/1894-denver-directory-entry-for-lina-and-jacob-fitting/.Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 14 – Caroline (Lena) Dauth Family Bible Notes.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-14-caroline-lena-dauth-family-bible-notes/. The Fittings had their final child, Eva, September 4th 1895.²⁹Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 14 – Caroline (Lena) Dauth Family Bible Notes.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-14-caroline-lena-dauth-family-bible-notes/.

After the family moved into the second floor of the Pioneer Iron and Wire Works building, Lina began helping Jacob with his metal working business.³⁰Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 20 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-20-family-history-by-eva-fitting/. She took charge of the orders, managed the company’s bookkeeping, and ran the register.³¹Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 3 – Family History By Elizabeth Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-3-family-history-by-elizabeth-fitting/. Around 1900 the Fittings moved from the Pioneer Iron and Wire Works building, to a home at 624 Pennsylvania Avenue.³²Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 19 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-6-family-history-by-anna-dauth/.³³Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 20 – Family History By Eva Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-20-family-history-by-eva-fitting/.

In 1912 the family built a hotel on 15th Street between Larimer and Lawrence.³⁴Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 11 – Selections From “German Pioneers in Colorado”.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-11-selections-from-german-pioneers-in-colorado/. Around the early 1930s they built a second hotel at 1330 Lawrence, naming it the Lenna Hotel, possibly after Lina herself.³⁵Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 11 – Selections From “German Pioneers in Colorado”.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-11-selections-from-german-pioneers-in-colorado/. For several years Jacob and Lina lived in the Lenna Hotel, before moving into their final home at 2750 Filmore.³⁶Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Family History Notes – Page 11 – Selections From “German Pioneers in Colorado”.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-family-history-notes-page-11-selections-from-german-pioneers-in-colorado/.³⁷Dauth Family Archive. “1933 – Denver Directory – Entry for Lina And Jacob Fitting.” Dauth Family Archive. March 22, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/1933-denver-directory-entry-for-lina-and-jacob-fitting/.

Lina and Jacob were both continuously active in the family business, the Pioneer Iron and Wire Works, into their late eighties.³⁸Dauth Family Archive. “c. 1980s – Isabella Fraser Research On Jacob And Lina Fitting – Page 2.” Dauth Family Archive. March 13, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/document/c-1980s-isabella-fraser-research-on-jacob-and-lina-fitting-page-2/. Lina passed away July 18th, 1947 at the age of ninety.³⁹Dauth Family Archive. “1947-07-18 – Fort Collins Coloradan – Caroline Dauth Obituary.” Dauth Family Archive. March 14, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023. https://dauthfamily.github.io/article/1947-07-18-fort-collins-coloradan-caroline-dauth-obituary/. She is buried in Fairmount Cemetery beside Jacob.