Simon Koshland (1825–1896) was a Bavarian-born American businessman, and wool merchant.[1] He is the patriarch of the Koshland and Haas family of San Francisco.[2][3]
Simon Koshland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1825 |
| Died | 1896 (aged 71) |
| Resting place | Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Known for | co-founder of Koshland Brothers |
| Spouse | Rosina Frauenthal |
| Children | 9 |
| Family | Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (grandson) Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (great-grandson) Douglas Koshland (great-great grandson) John D. Goldman (great-great grandson) Douglas E. Goldman (great-great grandson) Abraham Haas (son-in-law) |
Biography
editSimon Koshland was born in Ichenhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria in 1825.[2] In 1850, he immigrated to Sacramento via Panama with his older brother where they opened a general merchandise store.[2] In 1862, he moved to San Francisco after his store was burned down in a flood where he and his brother opened a wool house named Koshland Brothers.[2] The company eventually morphed into Koshland & Sons and became the leading wool house in America.[2]
Koshland retired in the 1890s; his sons and sons-in-law continued the family business.[2]
Personal life
editKoshland married Rosina Franenthal of Philadelphia; they had 8 children: Isidore, Joseph, Marcus, Henrietta, Caroline, Frances, Montefiore, Abraham, and Jesse. His daughter Frances married Abraham Haas, and his son Marcus had a son, Daniel E. Koshland Sr., who married Eleanor Haas, the daughter of Abraham Haas.
He was a member of Ohabai Shalome Congregation; and later Temple Emanu-El.[2] He died in 1896,[2] and is buried at Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma, California.
Descendants
editSome of Koshland's descendants include:
- Simon Koshland (1825–1896) m. Rosina Frauenthal (1829–1911)
- Isidore Koshland (1852–1870)
- Joseph Koshland (1855–1940)
- Marcus Simon Koshland (1858–1925) m. Corrine M. Schweitzer (1867–1953)
- Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (1892–1979) m. Eleanor Haas (1900–1959)
- Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (1920–2007) m. Marian Elliott (1921–1997)
- Ellen Koshland
- Phyllis "Phylp" Koshland
- James Koshland
- Gail Koshland
- Douglas Koshland (1953–) m. Mary Porter
- Frances "Sissy" Koshland (1921–2019) m. Theodore H. Geballe (1920–2021)
- Gordon Theodore Geballe
- Alison Frances Geballe
- Adam Phillip Geballe (1951–)
- Monica Ruth Geballe
- Jennifer Corinne Geballe
- Ernest Henry Geballe
- Phyllis Koshland Friedman (1923–2019) m. Howard A. Friedman (1919–1988)
- Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (1920–2007) m. Marian Elliott (1921–1997)
- Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (1892–1979) m. Eleanor Haas (1900–1959)
- Henrietta "Nettie" Koshland Sinsheimer (1860–1926)
- Caroline "Carrie" Koshland Greenebaum (1863–1946)
- Frances “Fannie” Koshland (1865–1949) m. Abraham Haas (1847–1921)
- Charles Haas (c.1888–)
- Walter A. Haas Sr. (1889–1979) m. Elise Stern (1893–1990)
- Walter A. Haas Jr. (1916–1995) m. Evelyn Danzig (1917–2010)
- Robert D. Haas (1942-)
- Walter J. Haas
- Peter E. Haas (1918–2005) m. Josephine Baum (1914–2014)
- Peter E. Haas Jr. (1947–)
- Margaret Haas Jones
- Michael Stern Haas (1953–2003)
- Rhoda Haas Goldman (1924–1996) m. Richard Goldman (1920–2010)
- John D. Goldman (1949–) m. Marcia Koshland
- Aaron Goldman (1980–)
- Jessica Goldman Foung (1983–)
- Douglas E. Goldman (1952–) m. Lisa Goldman
- Jennifer Goldman
- Jason Goldman
- Matthew Goldman
- Susan R. Gelman m. Michael Gelman
- Richard W. Goldman (1947–1989) m. Susan Sachs
- Daniel Sachs Goldman (1976–)
- William "Bill" Sachs Goldman (1979–2017)
- John D. Goldman (1949–) m. Marcia Koshland
- Walter A. Haas Jr. (1916–1995) m. Evelyn Danzig (1917–2010)
- Ruth Haas Lilienthal (1891–1975) m. Philip Nettre Lilienthal Jr. (1889–1961)
- Eleanor Haas Koshland (1900–1959) m. Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (1892–1979)
- Montefiore T. Koshland (1867–1889)
- Abraham Koshland (1869–1944) m. Estelle Wangenheim (1878–1960)
- Jesse Koshland (1871–1966) m. Edith R. Guggenhime (1887–1977)
References
edit- ^ Rosenbaum, Fred (2011-06-28). Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area. Univ of California Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-520-27130-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Simon Koshland, Pioneer Jewish Wool Merchant of San Francisco". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ The Jews of San Francisco, by Martin A. Meyer, Ph.D., Emanu-El, San Francisco, June 1916
