Paul Guenther (industrialist)
Johannes Paul Guenther (born May 13, 1860 in Geithain , † January 17, 1932 in Rockaway , New Jersey ) was a German-American industrialist.
Life
Paul Guenther was the only child of Bruno, a trained weaver, and Therese Guenther. Originally, May 12th was erroneously listed as the birthday in the birth register of the Nikolaikirche ; at the request of his father, the date was corrected to May 13th a few days later. He was baptized on May 27, 1860. He attended school through eighth grade and was confirmed in 1874 . From 1874 to 1878 he received training in the hosiery school in Limbach, which was newly founded in 1869 . After his training he lived in different places, in Burgstädt, Chemnitz and Thalheim . In Thalheim he worked in a newly founded stocking factory, in the Thalheimer "Eisenhammer".
He emigrated February 20, 1890 from Bremerhaven with the express steamer SMS "Saale" to New York in the United States of America . There he lived in Dover ( New Jersey ) and worked locally as a stocking maker. Six years after his arrival in the USA, he married Olga Mechel, who was also of German descent. The daughter Margarethe is born in 1897. She should remain that one child.
As early as 1896, Paul Guenther founded a small knitting factory in Paterson near Dover. The company did very well. He had three employees and produced silk stockings. Soon the premises became too small and he moved to a larger building. The first own factory was opened in the mid-1890s. The Guenther company grew through acquisitions of other companies. At the height of his business he had over 1,000 employees. In 1927 he sold his company to the Gotham Group.
Paul Guenther was a member of many organizations, including a board member of the National Union Bank in Dover and a member of the Republican Club of New York. He also received an honorary doctorate from Princeton University .
In his hometown of Geithain he emerged as the founder of the school named after him.
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literature
- Gottfried Senf: Paul Guenther and his school in Geithain . Ed .: Förderverein der Paul-Guenther-Schule Geithain eV Engelsdorfer Verlag Leipzig, Leipzig 2016, ISBN 978-3-96008-477-8 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Paul Guenther on rootsweb.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guenther, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geithain |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1932 |
| Place of death | Rockaway , New Jersey |