Carl Hauselt

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Carl Hauselt , also Charles Hauselt (born May 20, 1828 in Thalmässing , † February 7, 1890 in New York City ) was a German-American entrepreneur in the leather trade and philanthropist .

Life

Carl Hauselt came from a humble background. As a teenager he became an apprentice at the Doerr & Reinhart tannery in Worms . As an autodidact , he learned French and English. Promoted by the German Revolution of 1848/1849 , he decided to leave Germany and, with the help of a relative who advanced him money and a bundle of leather entrusted to him by the tannery, moved to the USA.

In New York he quickly established himself in the leather trade and as a representative of Doerr & Reinhart. In 1855 he married Marie, b. Clipper. Hauselt lost most of his newly earned wealth in the economic crisis of 1857 , but was soon able to make up for what he had lost thanks to his solid business base and subsequently became one of New York's largest leather dealers, a merchant prince in the New York leather trade .

Manhattan 1880, with Castle Garden Immigration Station in the foreground

In 1856 Carl Hauselt became a member of the German Society of New York, which elected him to its board of directors three years later. In 1880 he became its president and remained so until his death. He campaigned in many ways for the rights and social needs of German immigrants, was commissioner of the New York immigration authorities in Castle Garden and a supporter and board member of various German-American social institutions, particularly the Wartburg children's home in Mount Vernon (New York) . In 1876 he co-founded the law enforcement association Legal Aid Society .

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In the early 1880s, he took his nephew Charles E. Hauselt († 1938) and his son-in-law Oscar Scherer (1856-1923) as partners in the company. In 1898 Charles E. Hauselt left and Oscar Scherer and Albert G. Scherer took over the company as Oscar Scherer & Brother . They specialized in dyed goatskin .

In 1886 Carl Hauselt received the Order of the Prussian Crown III. Class in recognition of his services to Germanness and for the protection of German immigrants.

Carl Hauselt's funeral took place on February 16 at Steinway Hall ; he was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx , with Carl Schurz serving as one of the honorary pallbearers. Alois Faller was also buried in his family grave.

literature

  • Louis Paul Betz: Sheets from the life of Carl Hauselt gratefully dedicated to his memory. o. O. o. J. ( digitized version )

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank Wayland Norcross: A History of the New York Swamp. New York: Chiswick 1901 pp. 138f
  2. ↑ Today Wartburg Adult Care Community
  3. ↑ Oscar Scherer in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ Day 1 - A midday visit to Alois Faller at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY
personal data
SURNAME Hauselt, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hauselt, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American entrepreneur in the leather trade and philanthropist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Thalmassing
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1890
Place of death New York City