Baruch Benjamin Lindauer

Death: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N34R-YMH : 10 March 2018), Benjamin Lindauer, 06 Aug 1922; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,877,386.

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<p>General Notes: Lindauer Bros. & Co.</p><p>Back in 1859 in Joliet, Baruch (Benjamin) Lindauer (b. 1839) had crossed Morris</p><p>Einstein's path. Lindauer, a weaver by profession, had just arrived from Jebenhausen,</p><p>and at that time was engaged in peddling goods between Chicago and Joliet, where</p><p>Einstein may have employed his services. He later entered the employ of Martin</p><p>Clayburgh, subsequently Einstein's partner in business. In 1861 Lindauer established</p><p>himself as a dealer in general merchandise in Mount Carmel, Illinois. In 1866 he</p><p>returned to Chicago, and in1867 the wholesale clothing firm of Rohrbach, Lindauer &</p><p>Co. was founded by Ulrich Rohrbacher (b. 1838), Lindauer, and Liebman Levi (b.</p><p>1813), all from Jebenhausen. In the old country Lindauer had attended the Academy</p><p>of Weaving in Reutlingen and then had been the manager of the textile factory owned</p><p>by his uncles, J. & S. Einstein, in Jebenhausen. His professional skill and experience</p><p>now greatly benefited the company, which also embarked on the manufacture of</p><p>woolen goods.</p><p>The far-reaching family relations in the dry goods business may have been a valuable</p><p>asset in the development of their business: Leopold Rohrbacher (b. 1834) and Morris</p><p>Rosenheim (b. 1833), who at that time had established a major dry goods business in</p><p>Peoria, Illinois, and other relatives and former neighbors were among their more</p><p>important business partners.</p><p>In 1869 Ulrich Rohrbacher left the firm, and Mayer E. Lindauer (b. 1837) took his</p><p>place. After the great fire of 1871, which caused the firm a loss of $152,000, business</p><p>was resumed at the residence of Mayer E. Lindauer,</p><p>"where a cutting table was improvised from the door of a coal shed, supported on</p><p>trestles, in order that employment might be at once furnished to their workpeople."</p><p>In 1874 Seligman Lindauer (b. 1845), another brother, became a partner. In 1886</p><p>Lindauer Bros. & Co. ranked "as one of the largest establishments in the West"; in</p><p>their manufacturing department alone, they employed about 400 people.</p><p> </p><p>http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/YE-BRzUMxXVbDovJB1Gk6r4FL3cbgF4lhQxTXW...</p><p> </p>Jebenhausen Yahoo Group: Descendants of Manasse Maier Lindauer File, p 27 of 68

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