Joseph Liebmann

Joseph Liebmann (born December 20, 1831 in Aufhausen , † March 26, 1913 in New York ) was a German entrepreneur and one of the presidents of Liebmann's Sons Brewery in Brooklyn .

Life

Liebmann's father Samuel Liebmann was the owner of the Schmiedelfeld Castle estate . In 1840 the family moved to Ludwigsburg and ran the “Zum Stern” inn with an attached brewery. Because of his political attitude, the father decided to emigrate to America . In 1850, 19-year-old Joseph was sent to America. It was his job to build a new home for the family. He chose Williamsburg .

The rest of the Liebmann family followed in 1854. In the same year, Samuel Liebmann signed a one-year lease for the Maasche Brewery on Meserole Street, which he took over as head. It was renamed S. Liebmann Brewery. After the lease expired, Samuel Liebmann and his sons built a new brewery under the same name on the corner of Forest and Bremen Street in Bushwick .

In 1868 Liebmann opened the Obermeyer and Liebmann Havana Brewery with his brother-in-law David Obermeyer. This operated independently of the Liebmann brewery in the following years and was connected to it in 1924.

After their father's death in 1872, his sons took over management of the brewery and renamed it S. Liebmann's Sons Brewery. In the years that followed, the Liebmann brothers changed positions as Chief Executive Officers each year. Joseph Liebmann was primarily responsible for financial matters.

In 1876 Liebmann was a member of the committee responsible for organizing the brewery exhibition at the Centennial Exhibition .

His daughter Sadie married the hop trader Samuel S. Steiner in 1895. This family relationship contributed to the rise of the company.

In 1903 the Liebmann brothers withdrew from active business and handed over management of the company to six of their sons.

In addition to his work for the brewery, Liebmann was President of Bushwick Savings Bank and General Manager of the Kings County Trust Company for 27 years. He was also a member of the Brooklyn Board of Education from 1882 to 1885.

family

Joseph Liebmann married Rosa Königsberger († January 4, 1910 ). The marriage had four children:

• Adolph Liebmann (born January 23, 1866 )
• David Liebmann (born October 24, 1863 )
• Ida Liebmann (born June 25, 1871 )
• Sadie Liebmann (born December 25, 1868 in New York ; † May 20, 1939 ), who married the hop trader Samuel S. Steiner on March 21, 1895.

literature

• Bernhard Purin : "My Beer is Rheingold - the dry Beer". The Liebmanns, Hermann Schülein and Miss Rheingold . In: Lilian Harlander, Bernhard Purin (ed.): Beer is the wine of this country. Jewish brewing stories , Volk Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-86222-211-7 , pp. 207––229.

swell

• The Originators of Rheingold Beer , accessed August 15, 2014.
• Carl Schlegel: Schlegel's American Families of German Ancestry , p. 236ff. Available online on Google Books , accessed August 12, 2014.
• The Liebmann Family and the New York Society for Ethical Culture , accessed August 15, 2014.
• Jewish Genealogy in Southern German Research Fragmants - Leibmann family