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After the birth of her son in 1900, she delved for decades into her ancestry, discovering in triumph that her mother's forebears, the Morrisons, could be traced to Scottish chieftains and Norse kings. But one of her brothers reached a different conclusion: that the Morrisons were solid Scottish immigrants, and the Etniers came from honest German peasant stock. She was interested in architecture, valued objects that other neglected, and was obsessed with fanciful costume.
 
After the birth of her son in 1900, she delved for decades into her ancestry, discovering in triumph that her mother's forebears, the Morrisons, could be traced to Scottish chieftains and Norse kings. But one of her brothers reached a different conclusion: that the Morrisons were solid Scottish immigrants, and the Etniers came from honest German peasant stock. She was interested in architecture, valued objects that other neglected, and was obsessed with fanciful costume.
   
On September 3, 1944, Etnier died in New York City.
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On September 3, 1944, Etnier died in New York City.
   
 
== Family ==
 
== Family ==

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Austin (Etnier), Laura

Laura Ann Etnier.

Laura Ann Etnier (March 17, 1864 - September 3, 1944) was a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Etnier was born on March 17, 1864 in a brick house in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of David Etnier, Jr. and Hannah Jane Morrison. In 1877, when she was 13 years old, her father left his wife and seven children to go off on an unprofitable quest to California to look for gold. Her mother died a year later and she was taken in by her aunt. She was encouraged to broaden her view of the world, being sent off on holidays at the New Jersey shore. She was educated at the Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport. Her uncle's death in 1890 left her large sums of money and she became financially independent. She traveled with her sister in the United States and to Europe in 1895. Their year-long trip took them throughout the continent and to North Africa. She even spent the winter of 1895-96 in Berlin, making excursions to Dresden, Nuremberg, and Munich. On April 6, 1896, she was one of the spectators who watched the first Athens Olympic Games.

After the birth of her son in 1900, she delved for decades into her ancestry, discovering in triumph that her mother's forebears, the Morrisons, could be traced to Scottish chieftains and Norse kings. But one of her brothers reached a different conclusion: that the Morrisons were solid Scottish immigrants, and the Etniers came from honest German peasant stock. She was interested in architecture, valued objects that other neglected, and was obsessed with fanciful costume.

On September 3, 1944, Etnier died in New York City.

Family[]

Etnier married Arthur Everett Austin, Sr. on June 6, 1899 at the Holland House Hotel in New York City.