Aaron Fleishhacker
Aaron Fleishhacker | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 4, 1820 |
| Died | February 19, 1898 (age 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founder of A. Fleishhacker & Co. |
| Spouse | Deliah Stern |
| Children | 8, including Herbert Fleishhacker |
Aaron Fleishhacker (February 4, 1820 – February 19, 1898) was a German-born American businessman who founded paper box manufacturer, A. Fleishhacker & Co.[1] He had been active during the Gold Rush with the formation of Comstock silver mines.[2]
Biography
Aaron Fleishhacker was born on February 4, 1820 to a Jewish family in Kingdom of Bavaria.[3][4][5][6]
In 1845, he immigrated to the United States first settling in New Orleans where he opened a retail store and then briefly to New York City before moving to San Francisco in 1853.[3] He moved around the region selling his wares to miners traveling to Sacramento, Grass Valley, Oregon, Virginia City, Nevada and Carson, Nevada.[3]
He then returned to San Francisco, where he founded A. Fleishhacker & Co. with two manufacturing plants, one that made paper and one that made cardboard boxes.[7][3] The company was nicknamed the "Paper Bag House" and the company became the largest box manufacturer in the West.[6]
Death and legacy
He died on February 19, 1898 in San Francisco, California.[3]
The Fleishhacker Pool (or Delia Fleishhacker Memorial Building) was a public saltwater swimming pool in San Francisco, dedicated to the family.[7]
Fleishhacker was a founding member of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco.[3] He sat on many leadership boards and was active with the 1939 New York World's Fair, the San Francisco Zoo, and Mount Zion Hospital (now UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion).[7] Fleishhacker made many donations and offered financial support, especially within the city of San Francisco, including to the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Parks Commission, the San Francisco Museum of Art (now San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), and the American Conservatory Theater (ACT).[7]
Personal life
In 1857, he married Deliah Stern of Albany, New York; they had eight children, six of whom survived to adulthood: Carrie Fleishhacker Schwabacher (married to Ludwig Schwabacher), Emma Fleishhacker Rosenbaum (married to S. D. Rosenbaum), Mortimer Fleishhacker (1866–1953), Herbert Fleishhacker (1872–1957), Belle Fleishhacker Scheeline (married to S. C. Scheeline), and Blanche Fleishhacker Wolf (married to Frank Wolf).[3][8]
References
- ^ Heymont, George (2013-07-13). "They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ^ Zinko, Carolyne (2016-08-03). "Delia Fleishhacker Ehrlich, noted SF philanthropist, dies at 85". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Aaron Fleishhacker & Sons, Mortimer & Herbert: Jewish Pioneer Merchants, Manufacturers, Bankers and Philanthropists of San Francisco". Jewish Museum of the American West.
- ^ Meyer, Martin A. (1916). The Jews of San Francisco. Congregation Emanu-El.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Fred (2000). Visions of Reform: Congregation Emanu-El and the Jews of San Francisco, 1849-1999. Judah L. Magnus Museum.
- ^ a b Levy, D. Blethen Adams. "VIPS in San Francisco: 1800s: Fleishhacker". The Maritime Heritage Project.
- ^ a b c d Zerin, Edward (2006). Jewish San Francisco. Arcadia Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-7385-4683-4.
- ^ Fleishhacker, David. "A Journey of Discovery: The Fleishhacker Family From The Argonaut". San Francisco Historical Society.
