Milton Florsheim

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Milton S. Florsheim (1868 - December 22, 1936), was the chairman of the board and founder of Florsheim Shoes. Florsheim was connected with the American Jewish Committee and the Jewish Charities of Chicago.

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From the 1870 federal census, Milton Florsheim lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, with his father, mother, and brother. The family at the time consisted of:

• Head Sigmond Florsheim 34
• Wife Henrietta Florsheim 23
• Son Milton Florsheim 2
• Son Felix Florsheim 2 months

From the 1880 federal census, Milton Florsheim lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, with hisfather, mother, and sibllings. The family at the time consisted of:

• Head Siegman Florsheim 45
• Wife Henrietta Florsheim 34
• Son Milton Florsheim 12
• Son Phelix Florsheim 10
• Daughter Florence Florsheim 8
• Son Louis Florsheim 6
• Daughter Cora Florsheim 4

Milton S. Florsheim founded the Florsheim & Company in 1892. Milton and his father, Sigmund Florsheim made their first shoes in Chicago.

From the 1930 federal census, Milton S. Florsheim lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, with his wife and four lodgers. The family at the time consisted of:

• Head Milton S Florsheim 61
• Wife Gertrude S Florsheim 57
• Lodger Otho S Fasig 34
• Lodger Dora K Frank 66
• Lodger Rose K Foreman 64
• Lodger Mary E Heyd 60

Milton Florsheim died and his son Irving Florsheim took over heading the company in 1936. His other son Harold Florsheim became president in 1946 as the elder brother became chairman.

Found in The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago:

"Florsheim, Milton S., pres. and treas. The Florsheim Shoe Co.; born Chicago, July 27, 1868; son Sigmund and Henriette (Nusbaum) Florsheim; ed. pub. school; married Chicago, 1894, Gertrude, daughter Henry Stern; children: Irving, Harold. Father established retail shoe store, 1865, and later was of Greenselder, Florsheim & Co.; firm dissolved, 1862, when joined in organizing Florsheim & Co., which was succeeded by The Florsheim Shoe Co., mfrs. of men's shoes, of which is pres. and treas. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Shoe and Leather Assn. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Lake Shore Country, Hamilton, Standard, Ravisloe. Recreation: golf. Residence 3143 Grand Boul. Office: Adams and Clinton Sts." (239 via https://books.google.com/books?id=riITAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5&source=gbs_se...).