Theodor Guilleaume

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Johann Theodor Guilleaume (* May 7, 1812 in Denklingen , † September 25, 1879 in Bonn ) was a German hemp and wire rope manufacturer.

Life

Theodor Guilleaume was born on May 7, 1812 in Denklingen as the son of the pharmacist, chemist and Cologne city councilor Karl Guilleaume (1789-1837) and his wife Christina Felten (1788-1853).

The father Karl Guilleaume was a son of Christoph Guilleaume (1741-1804), who worked as a notary in Solingen , Hilden and Haan , and his wife Theresia Bock. The mother Christina Felten was a daughter of the Cologne master rope master and factory owner Theodor Felten (1747-1827) and his wife Elisabeth Fischer.

Theodor and Henriette Guilleaume's grave

In 1834, Theodore married in Ahrweiler Wilhelmine Dahmen from Ahrweiler (1811-1838), daughter of Carl August Dahmen and his wife Sibylle Knieps. In December of the same year, their son Franz Carl Guilleaume (1834–1887) was born. Four years after the marriage and the birth of the son, the 27-year-old wife Wilhelmine died in 1838.

In 1844 Theodor entered into a second marriage with Henriette Büttgen (1823-1902) from Cologne, daughter of Johann Heinrich Büttgen and Josefa Seydlitz. This marriage comes from the Secret Commerce Councilor Franz Johann Guilleaume (1848–1914).

Guilleaume died in 1879 at the age of 67. His grave is on the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (HWG, between lit. K + L).

Act

In 1837 Guilleaume took over the ropes business founded by his grandfather Theodor Felten (later Felten & Guilleaume ), which he had already expanded as a publisher. In 1838 he switched the still largely artisan business to production using steam engines and introduced the factory-made production of wire ropes , which he improved by being the first to use hemp souls and to set up rules for the correct pitch lengths. He also invented the flat wire rope. In 1853 he manufactured the first German telegraph cable , which was laid through the Vistula and Nogat near Dirschau . He had 30 convicts from the Brauweiler penitentiary manufacture ropes and set up his own rope colony “Theodorshöhe” near Cologne-Wahn , initially for 50 hand spinners who later also made wire ropes. In 1857 a wire drawing shop was set up , and in 1859 a wire rolling mill was set up in Cologne.

Theodor Guilleaume was temporarily the owner of the Aggertal cave .

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personal data
SURNAME Guilleaume, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guilleaume, Johann Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, hemp and wire rope manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Thinkers
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1879
Place of death Bonn