Simon Koshland
Simon Koshland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1825 |
| Died | 1896 (age 71) |
| Resting place | Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Known for | co-founder of Koshland Brothers |
| Spouse(s) | Rosina Franenthal |
| Children | Isidore Koshland Joseph Koshland Marcus Simon Koshland Henrietta Koshland Sinsheimer Caroline Koshland Greenebaum Frances Koshland Haas Montefiore T. Koshland Abraham Koshland Jesse Koshland |
| 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) |
Simon Koshland (1825–1896) was a Kingdom of Bavaria-born American businessman, and wool merchant.[1] He is the patriarch of the Koshland family of San Francisco.[2][3]
Biography[]
Simon 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[]
Koshland was married Rosina Franenthal of Philadelphia; they had 8 children: Isidore Koshland; Joseph Koshland (1854–1940); Marcus Simon Koshland (1858–1930); Henrietta Koshland Sinsheimer (born 1860); Caroline Koshland Greenebaum (1863–1946); Frances Koshland Haas (1865–1949); Montefiore T. Koshland (born 1868); Abraham Koshland (1869–1944); and Jesse Koshland (1871–1966).
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. His daughter Frances married Abraham Haas and his son Marcus married Eleanor Haas, the daughter of Abraham Haas.
References[]
- ^ 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
- 1825 births
- American company founders
- People from Günzburg (district)
- 1896 deaths
- Bavarian emigrants to the United States
- Businesspeople from California
- Koshland family
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- Burials at Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California)