Heinrich Gossler

Johann Heinrich Gossler

Johann Heinrich Gossler (born March 29, 1805 in Hamburg ; † September 10, 1879 there ) was a German merchant and banker .

Life

After attending school at the Johanneum in Hamburg, Gossler was sent to America by his father Johann Heinrich Gossler in 1828 to maintain and expand the trade relations of the Joh.Berenberg, Gossler & Co. company . After returning to Hamburg, he first moved with his wife into a rented apartment on Holzdamm, in order to move into his own house on the Esplanade in 1833 . In addition, Gossler owned a domicile in Niendorf , which the family used during the summer months.

After his father's death in 1842, Gossler continued to run the company Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. together with his brother Wilhelm . The company developed well and survived the economic crisis of 1857 . As a result of the crisis, there were differences between the two brothers about the direction of business. His brother preferred to restrict himself to the trade in goods , whereas Gossler wanted to act as a merchant banker as before . Gossler's brother Wilhelm then left the company after 23 years with the company and established a trading company under his own name. Gossler now mainly operated banking business and thus avoided competition with his brother. The company was on its way to becoming a private bank . On July 1, 1864, Gossler's oldest son, Johann, joined the company as a partner. In addition to the Boston branch that had been in existence since 1833 , Gossler founded a branch in New York in 1869 . He was involved in joint stock banks, shipping companies and industrial companies. Gossler was considered a risk taker, had success and was one of the richest men in Hamburg at the time. After his death he left more than 18 million marks .

Gossler was often involved in voluntary work in Hamburg. In 1850 he was a member of the state house of the Erfurt Union Parliament . He was active in various offices in the St. Jacobi Church and was a member of several deputations and commissions of the Hanseatic city. In addition, Gossler served as the Hawaiian Consul General from 1853 to 1876 .

family

Johann Heinrich Gossler was a son of the Hamburg Senator Johann Heinrich Gossler (1775–1842) and his wife Marianne Schramm (1777–1824). His brothers were Hermann Gossler (1802–1877), Ernst Gossler (1806–1889), Wilhelm Gossler (1811–1895) and Gustav Gossler (1813–1844). His sister Emilie (1799–1875) married the businessman Johannes Amsinck (1792–1879), his sister Susanne Helene (1808–1893) was married to the Hamburg Senator Ami de Chapeaurouge (1800–1860).

On August 25, 1829, Johann Heinrich Gossler married the American Mary Elizabeth Bray (1810–1886) in Boston . They had five daughters and two sons. The daughter Frances Eliot (1832-1859) married the lawyer and later Senate Syndic Hermann Ludwig Behn . The daughter Susanna Katharina (1835–1901) was married to the shipbuilder and ship owner Martin Garlieb Amsinck (1831–1905). His son, John (1839-1913), later Freiherr von Berenberg-Gossler , was chief of the bank Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co . The youngest son John Henry Gossler (1849–1914) was a businessman in Hamburg. The daughter Marianne (1830–1908) was married to the merchant Friedrich Wilhelm Burchard (1824–1892). Their son, the future Mayor of Hamburg Johann Heinrich Burchard , was Gossler's grandson.

literature

• Renate Hauschild-Thiessen: Gossler, Heinrich . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 2 . Christians, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , pp. 152-153 .
• Bernhard Koerner: German gender book . tape 19 . Starke, Görlitz 1911, p. 32-34 .
• Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. A manual: Members, officials, life data, parliamentary groups (= publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Large series, Vol. 6). Urban & Fischer, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-437-31128-X , pp. 152-153.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Gender Book . Volume 210, p. 24.