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Keebler-Weyl Baking Company
| Name | Keebler-Weyl Baking Company |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | North 22nd Street 258-268 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Backwarenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Die Angaben zur Gründung sind unklar: "Mr. Keebler ... at the age of 22 [= 1844] he established himself in
business" bzw. "The business of this enterprise was established in 1862 by the late John T. Rickets, by whom Godfrey Keebler was employed as foreman" - also Keebler um 1862 nicht selbständig? |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 157] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1822 |
Geburt von Gottfried Keebler (=Kiebler?) in Württemberg |
| 1832 |
Gottfried Keebler (=Kiebler?) kommt mit seinem Vater aus Württemberg in die USA und erlernt das Bäckerhandwerk |
| 02.02.1835 |
Geburt von Augustus Weyl in Columbia, Pa. |
| 1844 |
Gottfried Keebler macht sich von seinen Ersparnissen selbständig |
| Frühj. 1890 |
Gründung durch Augustus Weyl mit Gottfried Keebler als Teilhaber |
| Herbst 1890 |
Eintragung unter obiger Firma |
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Kommentar |
| Cracker-Kekse |
1890 |
Beginn |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The business of this enterprise was established in 1862 by the late John T. Rickets, by whom Godfrey Keebler was employed as foreman. At the death of Mr. Rickets, Mr. Keebler purchased the property and began business with three small ovens, to which he soon added a fourth and other improved machinery for the manufacture of assorted cakes, crackers, etc. The factory is located on lots Nos. 258 to 268 N. Twenty-second street; the building is three stories high, 70 x 80 feet, supplied with machinery of the most recent make driven by steam power, having all the appliances for kneading, mixing and rolling the dough. Some one hundred hands are employed, with a capacity of 300 barrels of flour per week. Mr. Keebler was born in Wurtcmburg in 1822, and came with his father to this country in 1832. At the age of 19 he began his career as a baker and at the age of 22 he established himself in business, having derived his capital from his earnings. He has been largely connected with the German social and business organizations of Philadelphia. He is a member of the Masonic order in which he takes an active interest. Mr. Augustus Weyl formed a partnership with Godfrey Keebler in the spring of 1890. In the fall of 1890 they were incorporated as the Keebler- Weyl Baking Company. Mr. A. Weyl is the oldest of five brothers, he was named for his father, a native of Steilizt and a
baker by trade, who emigrated from that place with his bride, Mary Hafner, and settled in Columbia, Pa., where the subject of this sketch was born February 2, 1835. He first learned the trade of morocco dressing, at which he earned a livelihood when quite a boy and a resident of Mt. Holly. He left Mt. Holly and went to Wilmington. Del., and engaged in the baking business with his father and brothers. At the age of 19 he went West, settling at St. Louis in 1864, where
he accepted the position of letter carrier. Finally he formed a partnership with Captain John T. Dozier, at which time they bought the Garneau Co.'s factory which they consolidated with their old place, establishing what was said to be the largest cracker factory in the world, and doing business under the firm name of Dozier-Weyl Cracker Company. In the fall of 1889, Captain Dozier died, and Mr. Weyl having amassed a snug little fortune sold his interest and also his name to L. D. Dozier and then returned to the Quaker City. Mr. Aug. Weyl is a brother to the late Henry Weyl, and is the only surviving male member of his family, and when he dies the family name will pass into oblivion. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 157] |
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