Ludwig Aaron Goose
Ludwig Aaron Gans , also Ludwig Ahron Gans (* July 17, 1794 in Celle ; † June 27, 1871 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German entrepreneur and co-founder of the company Leopold Cassella & Comp.
Life
Ludwig Ahron Gans, son of Philipp Ahron Gans and Fanny Hanau, came from the Gans, a Jewish trading family that had lived in Celle for over 150 years.
In 1814 the younger, active Jewish traders were denied trading permits by the mayor and council of Celles. Gans used his family connections and chose Frankfurt am Main as a new professional location.
He was accepted into the Judengasse in Frankfurt am Main by the Goldschmidt family and joined the Cassel & Reiss grocery store as an apprentice in 1814 . The co-owner of that company, David Löb Cassel (1766–1847), had taken the citizen's oath and called himself Leopold Cassella from 1812 .
From 1820 Ludwig Ahron Gans managed the business of Leopold Cassella & Comp as an authorized signatory . The Compostellhof in Frankfurt am Main was now the storage facility of the company, which now trades in dyes.
In 1828 Ludwig Ahron married Gans Rosette Goldschmidt (1805–1868), niece and adopted daughter of Leopold Cassella (married to Nannette Reiss), and in the same year became a partner in the company (in 1848 Gans became sole owner of Leopold Cassella & Comp.). The couple had six children: Henriette (Heidelbach), Marianne (Löwengard), Friedrich (Fritz) Ludwig, Pauline ( Weinberg ), Adolf and Leo Gans.
The eldest son Friedrich Ludwig von Gans joined the company as an apprentice in 1847, the year Leopold Cassella died. Leo Gans , the youngest son, set up the Frankfurt aniline paint factory of Gans and Leonhardt in Fechenheim (now Frankfurt) in 1870 .
Ludwig Ahron Gans died in 1871. His grave is in the Jewish cemetery on Rat-Beil-Strasse in Frankfurt am Main.
literature
- Angela von Gans, Monika Groening: The family Gans 1350-1963 . Verlag Regionalkultur, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-89735-486-9 .
- B. Streich: Jews in Celle. Biographical sketches from three centuries . Celle 1996.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goose, Ludwig Aaron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goose, Ludwig Ahron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1871 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |