Adam Gimbel (1817 - 1896)

Born 15 May 1817 in Biedesheim, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1896 at age 79 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Adam was born in 1817 in Erbes-Büdesheim near Alzey (Worms). Adam Gimbel migrated to America in 1834 and travelled to Vincennes, Indiana, USA.^[1] He was in Philadelphia by 1870.^[2][3]

Adam Gimbel opened his first department store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1887. His sons opened a second store in Philadephia, and later another store in Manhattan. Gimbels was at one time the largest department store retail corporation in the world.^[4]

Personal Life

In 1847, he married Fridolyn Kehn-Weiler; they had fourteen children, eleven of whom lived to adulthood. His seven sons, Jacob, Ellis, Isaac, Charles, Louis, Daniel, and Benedict, all worked in the family business. Every family business meeting was opened by a reading from the Book of Proverbs.

He passed away June 28, 1896 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[5] He was buried June 30, 1896, in Mt. Sinai Cemetery.^{[6][7] [8]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FL-CKM : 30 December 2015), Adam Gimbel, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5J-WR4 : 17 October 2014), Adam Gimbel, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 145, family 1065, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,896.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJ8-P6H : 10 August 2016), Adam Gimbell, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 223, sheet 326B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1173; FHL microfilm 1,255,173.
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Gimbels," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbels (accessed November 19, 2016).
5. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKDT-1XX : 9 December 2014), Adam Gimbel, 28 Jun 1896; citing p 338, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,011,824.
6. ↑ >"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKSR-W8N : 9 December 2014), Adam Gimbel, 28 Jun 1896; citing cn 27207, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,863,644.
7. ↑ Adam Gimbel on Find A Grave: Memorial #121859169 retrieved 14 January 2017 by Karen Tobo
8. ↑ URL (https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/121859169/adam-gimbel)

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