Simon Koshland
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Born1825
Died1896 (aged 71)
Resting placeHome of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California)
Occupationbusinessman
Simon Koshland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1825 |
| Died | 1896 (aged 71) |
| Resting place | Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California) |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Known for | co-founder of Koshland Brothers |
| Spouse | Rosina Frauenthal |
| Children | 9 |
| Family | Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (grandson) Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (great-grandson) Douglas Koshland (great-great grandson) John D. Goldman (great-great grandson) Douglas E. Goldman (great-great grandson) Abraham Haas (son-in-law) |
Simon Koshland (1825–1896) was a Bavarian-born American businessman, and wool merchant.[1] He is the patriarch of the Koshland and Haas family of San Francisco.[2][3]
Simon Koshland was born in Ichenhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria in 1825.[2] In 1850, he immigrated to Sacramento via Panama with his older brother where they opened a general merchandise store.[2] In 1862, he moved to San Francisco after his store was burned down in a flood where he and his brother opened a wool house named Koshland Brothers.[2] The company eventually morphed into Koshland & Sons and became the leading wool house in America.[2]
Koshland retired in the 1890s; his sons and sons-in-law continued the family business.[2]
