Simon Koshland (1825–1896) was a Kingdom of Bavaria-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 Franenthal |
| 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 edit
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 edit
Koshland 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 edit
Some of Koshland's descendants include:
- Simon Koshland
- Isidore Koshland
- Joseph Koshland (1854-1940)
- Marcus Simon Koshland (1858-1930)
- Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (1892-1979) m. Eleanor Haas
- Daniel E. Koshland Jr. m. Marian Koshland (née Elliot)(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
- Monica Ruth Geballe
- Jennifer Corinne Geballe
- Ernest Henry Geballe
- Phyllis Koshland Friedman
- Daniel E. Koshland Jr. m. Marian Koshland (née Elliot)(1921-1997)
- Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (1892-1979) m. Eleanor Haas
- Henrietta Koshland Sinsheimer (1860-????)
- Caroline Koshland Greenebaum (1863-1946)
- Frances “Fanny” Koshland (1865-1949) m. Abraham Haas (1847-1921)
- Walter A. Haas Sr. (1889-1979)
- Rhoda Haas Goldman (1924-1996) m. Richard Goldman
- John D. Goldman m. Marcia Koshland
- Aaron Goldman (1980-)
- Jessica Goldman Foung (1983-)
- Douglas E. Goldman m. Lisa Goldman
- Jennifer Goldman
- Jason Goldman
- Matthew Goldman
- Susan R. Gelman m. Michael Gelman
- Richard W. Goldman
- Daniel Sachs Goldman (1976-)
- John D. Goldman m. Marcia Koshland
- Peter E. Haas (1918-2005)
- Peter E. Haas Jr.
- Margaret Haas Jones
- Michael Stern Haas
- Walter A. Haas Jr. (1916-1995) m. Evelyn Danzig Haas (1917-2010)
- Rhoda Haas Goldman (1924-1996) m. Richard Goldman
- Charles Haas
- Ruth Haas Lilienthal
- Eleanor Haas Koshland
- Walter A. Haas Sr. (1889-1979)
- Montefiore T. Koshland (born 1868)
- Abraham Koshland (1869–1944)
- Jesse Koshland (1871–1966)
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
