Louis Ehrenfried

Louis Ehrenfried (* 1835 near Hamburg ; † February 26, 1897 in Auckland , New Zealand ) was a well-known New Zealand beer brewer and local politician of German origin.

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Louis Ehrenfried was born near Hamburg in 1835 to Jewish parents. The family made a living on the farm. Nothing is known about his childhood and education.

In the 1850s he and his brother Bernhard moved to the gold fields of the British colony of Victoria . In 1862, one year after the start of the gold rush in Otago , both brothers went to New Zealand with their sister Catherine to find their fortune in the gold fields of Dunstan . While their sister married the year they arrived in Dunedin , the two brothers tried a wide variety of business activities. Eventually they opened a shop for prospectors and miners. Hoping to succeed in raising sheep, they also acquired land in Mataura . But when they lost a significant number of sheep after a severe winter, they had to give up sheep farming. They were also out of luck in the West Coast gold fields . So when Louis Ehrenfried came to Auckland with his brother in 1868, he owed several thousand pounds.

A short time later, both brothers, who were considered inseparable, moved to Thames on the southwestern edge of the Coromandel Peninsula . With the knowledge and experience of brewing that they had brought with them from their parents' farm, they opened a brewery there . At that time, Thames was a thriving city thanks to the gold discoveries. Finally successful, their Ehrenfried Brothers Browery developed with almost 173,000 liters of beer in the first year of existence up to 1.5 million liters eleven years later and thus became one of the most successful companies in New Zealand at the time.

After the death of his brother, who was killed in a bull attack on their farm in Puriri in 1869, Louis Ehrenfried continued to run the brewery on his own until 1883 and expanded it in 1878 by purchasing the Albert Brewery .

Not only economically successful, Louis Ehrenfried also increased his social influence through membership in the Corinthian Lodge , a Masonic lodge , of which he became a founding member on October 5, 1876, and through his political commitment. Ehrenfried was Councilor of the city of Thames from 1874 to 1879 and took over the office of mayor of the city from 1879 to 1880.

In 1885, Ehrenfried bought the Auckland-based R. Whitson & Sons brewery, concentrating on the stronger growing market in the greater Auckland area. Ehrenfried was assisted in his brewery business by his nephew Arthur Mielziner Myers , son of Louis Myers and Catherine Ehrenfried , who stood by his side for over 15 years. With him he also brought the merger with the brewery Brown, Campbell and Co via the start-up The Campbell and Ehrenfried Company Ltd. on the way. But Ehrenfried died unexpectedly on February 26, 1897, before the company was founded. His nephew took over the company and merged with John Logan Campbell's brewery in Auckland in May 1897 . The company that would later become Lion Nathan began operations in 1898 and Myers became one of its three directors.

literature

James N. Bade : Louis Ehrenfried . In: James N. Bade (Ed.): The German Connection - New Zealand and the German-speaking Europe in the Nineteenth Century . Chapter 19 . Oxford University Press , Auckland 1993, ISBN 0-19-558283-7 , pp. 179-183 (English).
Mr. Louis Ehrenfried . In: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand . Auckland Provincial District - Volume II . Cyclopedia Company Ltd , Christchurch 1902 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ The Late Mr. Louis Ehrenfried . In: William McCullough (Ed.): Thames Star . Volume XXIX, Issue 8916 . Thames November 13, 1897, p. 2 (English, online [accessed July 28, 2011]).
↑ ^a ^b Death of Sir Louis Ehrenfried . In: Brett Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd (Ed.): Auckland Star . Volume XXVIII, Issue 47 . Auckland February 26, 1897, p. 5 (English, online [accessed July 28, 2011]).
↑ ^a ^b James N. Bade : Louis Ehrenfried . In: James N. Bade (Ed.): The German Connection - New Zealand and the German-speaking Europe in the Nineteenth Century . Chapter 19 . Oxford University Press , Auckland 1993, pp. 179 (English).
^ ^A ^b Lion Nathan Limited History . Funding Universe , accessed February 3, 2016 .
^ Corinthian Lodge No. 1655 - Lodge History . District Grand Lodge of North Island New Zealand, Auckland , 2015, accessed April 28, 2019 .
^ Mayors and Councilors of Thames . The Treasury , accessed July 28, 2011 .
^ ^A ^b The Campbell and Ehrenfried Company . In: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand . Volume II . Cyclopedia Company Limited , Christchurch 1902, p. 330 (English, online [accessed July 28, 2011]).

personal data
SURNAME	Ehrenfried, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand beer brewer and local politician of German-Jewish origin
DATE OF BIRTH	1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	February 26, 1897
Place of death	Auckland , New Zealand

[thstar_1-1] The Late Mr. Louis Ehrenfried . In: William McCullough (Ed.): Thames Star . Volume XXIX, Issue 8916 . Thames November 13, 1897, p. 2 (English, online [accessed July 28, 2011]).

[akstar_1-2] Death of Sir Louis Ehrenfried . In: Brett Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd (Ed.): Auckland Star . Volume XXVIII, Issue 47 . Auckland February 26, 1897, p. 5 (English, online [accessed July 28, 2011]).

[tgcjnb_1-3] James N. Bade : Louis Ehrenfried . In: James N. Bade (Ed.): The German Connection - New Zealand and the German-speaking Europe in the Nineteenth Century . Chapter 19 . Oxford University Press , Auckland 1993, pp. 179 (English).

[lionat_1-4] A ^b Lion Nathan Limited History . Funding Universe , accessed February 3, 2016 .

[glninz_1-5] Corinthian Lodge No. 1655 - Lodge History . District Grand Lodge of North Island New Zealand, Auckland , 2015, accessed April 28, 2019 .

[mcottt_1-6] Mayors and Councilors of Thames . The Treasury , accessed July 28, 2011 .

[cnzvec_1-7] A ^b The Campbell and Ehrenfried Company . In: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand . Volume II . Cyclopedia Company Limited , Christchurch 1902, p. 330 (English, online [accessed July 28, 2011]).