Born in Herford, Germany and Served as a Captain in Company F, 3rd Regiment, Infantry, Missouri Volunteers during the American Civil War.

According to his great-grandson, John Francis Lademan, he was from Germany and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was a brewer. He lost his brewing formula to Augusta Busch and his formula became the Budweiser brand.

History
Making Beer American
How Bohemian Lager Swept the Country
All About Beer Magazine - Volume 27, Issue 2
May 1, 2006

At the 1873 Vienna Exposition, Bohemian beers stole the show and captured top prizes. It’s not clear how many American brewers visited the event, but there is limited evidence that Adolphus Busch, secretary of E. Anheuser & Co. (later Anheuser-Busch), was there. If he missed the event, however, he heard about the show-stopper from another St. Louis beermaker, Otto Lademan, who owned Joseph Uhrig Brewing Company and who traveled to Vienna as the state of Missouri’s official representative. There he tasted Pilsener and another Bohemian lager, this one from Budweis.

Missouri Appeals Report, Volume 11
Page 148

Muench v. Valley National Bank

"That on November 4, 1879, said Robert Jacob delivered to defendant, for collection, a note made by Joseph Uhrig Brewing Company, for $1,345.58, which is hereto annexed as "Exhibit C," which was entered in book B, under said date and name of O. E. Lademan."
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Otto was a Beer maker in St. Louis and his compeditors were Adolphus Busch and Carl Conrad.

A beer similar to Budwiser had arrived in St. Louis with a label virtually identical to the one on Conrad's beers -a mock-Budweiser label with the words "The World Renowned Budweiser Lager beer." Conrad identified the perpetrator of the insult as Otto Lademan, president of Joseph Uhrig Brewing Company.

Although Otto Lademan had been brewing a new style beer for several years, he had discovered the appeal of Budweiser a year or so earlier on a trip to Denison, Texas, where his brewing company had an agent and sales facility. There a bartender there tried to pass off Conrad's brew as an imported Budweiser at a price of a dollar a bottle compared with the price at a time of a nickel for a scooner. Lademan examined the label, took a sip, and informed the bartender that the beer was a fake, but Otto Lademan recognized a good idea when he saw it, imitation or not.

When he returned to St. Louis, an Anheuser salesman working in Galveston territory ran into one of Lademan's traverors, a Mr. Lippenberg who had spotted Budweiser in California and telegraphed Lademan, urging him to create a label similar to Conrad's and make it look like Budweiser Beer".

Later in early May as Conrad and Adolphus Busch were on a buggy ride through downtown St. Louis and near the Union Depot at Eleventh Street and Chouteau, they spotted Lademan in his buggy. They stopped and started talking about Lademan's imitation Budweiser Lager beer. Conrad told him he was doing very wrong in making the imitation, but Lademan indignantly countering the accusation by pointing out that his triple-B trademark was entirely different from his rivals triple C and that Conrad was not entitled to claim the whole alphabet. Conrad then warned Lademan that he would have to suffer the consequences of a lawsuit. Lademan told him to "go ahead and crack the whip," that he, Lademan, had a much a right to manufacture Budweiser Beer as anyone in America and Conrad's was nothing more than a counterfeit and that his own Uhrig brand was not any better.

On May 15, 1878, Carl Conrad filed suit, charging Joseph Uhrig Brewing Company with "pirating" the Budweiser label and name in order to defraud the public. Josephn Uhrig Brewing, through Otto Lademan, denied the charge. Then jury ordered him to pay Conrad $4,175 in damages. Lademan appealed, but then new judge found that Lademan intended to deceive.

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Villa Uhlrik:

1727 North 34th Street (Located on North 34 th Street south of West Lisbon Avenue between Lisbon and West Walnut Street), Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Tax Key Number: 349-1405-000

Legal Property Description: LADEMANN'S SUBD IN NE ¼ SEC 24-7-21 BLOCK 1 LOTS 6-7 & S 35' LOT 5

Among the larger parcels was a 9-acre tract sold to Otto's father-in-law, St. Louis, Missouri brewer Franz Joseph Uhrig in 1853 and located at the very southwest corner of the quarter section on land with frontage on the new plank road.

Uhrig (? – July 2, 1874) was said to have been a river raftsman in his native Bavaria and continued in this occupation on the Susquehanna River when he settled in Baltimore, Maryland in 1836. Uhrig eventually operated a packet board "Pearl" on the Ohio River between St. Louis and Louisville. When a debt of $1,500 was repaid to him with a brewery instead of cash, Uhrig took on this new challenge and began producing beer in St. Louis. He began making trips to Milwaukee Allegedly to buy barley, but may have had relatives here as well. Another Uhrig family was settled in Milwaukee by the 1850's and may have been related. Uhrig's wife, Walburga, was related to the Uihlein family and may have also been related to August Krug, who founded in the late 1940's what would become Schlitz Brewery. We know that Krug was the Uihleins' maternal uncle and we know that as the various Uihlein brothers began emigrating to the United States in the 1850's and 1860's they spent time working at Uhrig's brewery before joining the Jos. Schlitz Brewery in 1971, which they later acquired. Franz Joseph Uhrig purchased his 9-acre tract in what was then the Town of Wauwatosa for $1,550 in 1853. He subsequently added a strip of land approximately 377 by 275 feet in dimension to the east of his estate purchased from Frederica and Charles J. Kern for $1,225 in 1863.

While the Uhrigs would continue to operate their brewery in St. Louis and have their primary residence there, they would summer at the Villa Uhrig here each year. It is thought that the present brick house was constructed shortly after the purchase of the land in 1853 although perhaps this residence replaced an earlier temporary structure on the site. Uhrig is said to have patterned the house after his residence in St. Louis while the grounds were patterned after a villa he had seen in Germany.

While today only the main residence survives, the estate once contained a stable-barn, garden pavilion, brick gardener's residence, and "eagle house" outhouse, along with a chicken house, a pheasant house, and a 3-story pump house with a windmill on top. A gravel road led from Lisbon Plank Road to a circular drive in front of the house and there was a brick footpath as well as a 20-foot tall iron fountain. Apple orchards, lilac bushes, an alee of poplars, and other gardens studded the bountiful grounds.

Living on the premises were Franz Joseph and his wife, Walburga, and their daughter, Josephine, and her husband Otto C. Lademann, a Civil War veteran, along with various grandchildren. It is not certain whether or not the Uhrig's son, August (1850-1878) and his wife and family also summered at the Lisbon Avenue estate.

Franz Joseph Uhrig died while summering here on July 2, 1878, and his body was shipped back to St. Louis for burial. That he associated with other Milwaukee brewers and prominent families is indicated by the procession that accompanied Uhrig's remains from the Best family burial vault to the railroad depot, which included Judge Mallory, Col. Jacobs, Sheriff McDonald and Messrs. Ehlers, Schoeffler, Deuster, Brand, Pritzlaff, Auer and other. Uhrig's will left Walburga the Milwaukee estate, the proceeds from the insurance policies, all household and kitchen furnishings, and an annual stipend of $6,000 to be paid out in four installments each year. She was also given rights to occupy the family homestead in St. Louis until her death although real estate was conveyed to Uhrig's daughter, Josephine Lademann and son, August. The children were likewise given joint ownership of all the brewery malt houses, the ice house, the Beer Cave (a public beer garden constructed atop storage caves), the brewery manufacturing equipment, the malt and hops in storage, as well as the horses, wagons, and beer on the premises. The only condition set was that they would pay the quarterly installments of the stipend. One interesting result of the probate proceedings was the discovery that her son, August, was actually an adopted child, surreptitiously substituted for her natural child, who died shortly after birth after Walburga herself hovered near death. The family physician had recommended to Franz Joseph that a newborn infant would be the only way to save his wife's life, and Franz Joseph complied out of deep love for his wife, choosing a newborn boy at a foundling home. Although a child of Irish parents, the Evening Wisconsin newspaper marveled at how August's Irish "social traits" had been obliterated by his German upbringing and how he learned to speak German and even married a German woman. Walburga found the news hard to accept, and it was reported she never quite got over the shock. August's early death at the age of 28 in 1878 probably accounts for the absence of his name in relation to Villa Uhrig.

The Lademanns and Walburga Uhrig continued to use Villa Uhrig as their summer home until around 1890 when the Lademanns made Milwaukee their permanent home. Josephine's son, Joseph U., became employed at the Second Ward Savings Bank, a financial institution nicknamed the "Brewers' Bank" since many of the directors including the Uihleins were involved in the brewing industry. Joseph U. eventually became a vice president and was in charge of the bank's Ninth Ward branch. Son Otto T., shown now and then in the directories, worked for the Wisconsin National Bank. Oscar E. Lademann (b. 1876) was a physician who trained at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated in 1897 and then worked for the Milwaukee County Insane Asylum for two years before taking postgraduate courses in Berlin and Vienna for four years. He returned to Milwaukee and served as an instructor at the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, edited the Medical Fortnightly, retained memberships in the St. Louis Medical Association, the Milwaukee Medical Society, and the Wisconsin State and American Medical Associations as well as membership in the American Association of Medical Editors. Oscar lived at Villa Uhrig and sometimes had his practice out of the west wing of the house and sometimes downtown, with offices on East Wisconsin Avenue. William F. Lademann (sometimes F. William) lived at Villa Uhrig also and worked for his relatives at the Schlitz Brewery. An Arnold Lademann, presumably another son, was a dentist; he is shown briefly living on the premises. Matriarch Walburga Uhrig retired permanently to Villa Uhrig in 1892.

The family by this time had sold off their holdings and business in St. Louis. The old homestead at 18th and Market Street in St. Louis became the site of the Union Depot built in 1894. Walburga died on March 26, 1897 at the age of 77 of bronchitis. Her remains were interred at the family plot in Bellefontaine in the St. Louis area. Her Milwaukee estate was appraised at $50,000 and, besides the villa, included household goods valued at $250, two horses valued at $25, on cow valued at $35, one carriage valued at $25, and one buggy valued at $50. The land now consisted of a 7 38/100 acre tract, two parcels having been sold off to Frederick Loenig, one in 1881 consisting of a 377 foot by 275 foot parcel and a 10-rod-wide strip in 1882, both at the east end the Uhrig estate. Interestingly, the property here went entirely to Josephine Lademann, Walburga's sole surviving child. Walburga's son's family in St. Louis must have been provided for out of the family's holdings there.

As Josephine and her husband grew older and development pressures began encroaching around the old estate, they decided to subdivide their property. The first parcel, Uhrig's Subdivision, was platted in 1903 with 31 lots and extended along the east side of North 35th Street and around to West Lisbon Avenue to a point midway between North 32nd and North 33rd Streets. Uhrig's Subdivision No. 2 was platted in 1905 and consisted of 12 lots on either side of North 33rd Street in mid-block. The family then incorporated the Villa Realty and Investment Company to which Josephine was assigned the remaining 2-023/1000 acres of the estate, which made up the land surrounding the house. This small plot was finally subdivided in September of 1910 into the 14 lot Lademann's Subdivision, and land was deeded to the City of Milwaukee for the cutting through of North 34th Street. Josephine's husband, Otto c. Lademann, died at the age of 72 on March 21, 1914, and Josephine herself passed away in 1921 or 1922.

Two Lademann sons, Oscar F. and Joseph U., became the officers of the Villa Realty and Investment Company and transferred lots 5, 6 and 7 and the south 35 feet of lot 4 in Lademann's Subdivision to their own ownership in 1924 and continued living on the premises. They eventually sold their homestead to the Universal Spiritual Alliance Church in June of 1943 and moved to 1961 North Summit Avenue. The house went through a succession of owners in the intervening decades and has been divided into apartments although the major interior spaces remain intact. The new owner, Mr. David Boucher, Jr., is interested in restoring Villa Uhrig.

Spouse of Otto Karl Bernhard Lademann:
Josephine Angela Uhrig (ABT 1845 Missouri - 1923 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)

Their Children:
1. Emma Sophia Lademann (AUGUST 21, 1866 Milwaukee - OCTOBER 1927 Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Emma married Frank Joseph Traunmiller (1859–1909) and they had the following children: Otto Traunmiller (1885–1888); Adele Traunmiller (1887–1954); Edna Traunmiller (1892–1893); Claire Josephine Lademan Traunmiller (1894–___).

Frank Joseph Traunmiller and Emma Sophie Lademan were the original owners of our home in St Louis, Missouri. Joseph became ill and died young. Emma had left him prior to his death. Shortly after his death Adele, the eldest daughter, married Charles A Shreiner, they had 2 children: Charles A Shreiner, Jr. and John J Shreiner. The younger daughter Claire lived with Adele and Charles for some time in St Louis. Jim Moll

2. Joseph Uhrig Lademann (JUNE 11, 1869 St. Louis, Missouri - MARCH 9, 1965 Newport Beach, Orange County, California). He married Harriet Hazel "Hattie" McCully (MARCH 6, 1867 Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin - JUNE 10, 1951 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and they had the following children: Joseph Uhrig Lademan Jr. (MARCH 26, 1899 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - FEBRUARY 2, 1990 Laguna Beach, Orange County, California) and Oscar Lademan (Abt. 1877 Wisconsin – ____).

3. Klara Auguste Lademan (JUNE 9, 1871 St. Louis, Missouri - MAY 31, 1893 Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

4. Otto Philo Lademann (ABT 1874 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 6 JANUARY 1950 St. Louis City, Missouri ). Otto married Julia Mary Dean (7 JULY 1877 St. Louis City, Missouri - 1 SEPTEMBER 1946 St. Louis City, Missouri) and they had the following children: Alice Lademan (16 MAY 1918 St. Louis City, Missouri - 1 JANUARY 1950 St. Louis City, Missouri).

5. Oskar Emil Lademan (OCTOBER 28, 1876 St. Louis, Missouri - ____).

6. Wilhelm Friedrich Lademan (1 AUGUST 1879 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - 16 APRIL 1927 Milwaukee, Holy Cross Cemetery Location: Block: 17 Section: B Row: Lot: 177 Grave: 1). Wilhelm married Natalie Duero (NOV 1888 Wisconsin - 14 DECEMBER 1978 Milwaukee, Holy Cross Cemetery Location: Block: 17 Section: B Row: Lot: 177 Grave: 2), daughter Matt Duero (1857–1934) and Mary Jaster Duero (1864–1935), and Wilhelm and Natalie had the following children: William Duero Lademan (11 APRIL 1918 Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri - 22 NOVEMBER 1995 Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland).

The Lademan Family Tree has his name as Wilhelm Friedrich Lademan, born Juy 7, 1879 in St. Louis and died April 16, 1927 in Milwaukee. He was from St. Louis. (He always went by the name "Bill", in accordance with a German custom of going by one's middle name rather than first name.) John Hansen: Bill lived from 1879 to 1927 (he died of throat cancer) and Natalie lived from 1888 to 1978 (she died in Connecticut living with her son Bill, I believe). Bill and Natalie married in Milwaukee at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church on July 7, 1917. I have several photos from the wedding.

7. Arndtvst (or Arndt) Karl (Arnold) von Stuben Lademann (OCTOBER 28, 1881 St. Louis, Missouri –____). He married Stella J. (1880–____) and they had the following children: Josephine A. Lademan (1914 Illinois – ___).

LADEMAN, Arndt, Death: 1924, Block C, Lot 198
LADEMAN, Josephine, Death: 1924, Block C, Lot 198

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Arndtvst Lademann
Age: 18
Birth Date: Oct 1881
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1900: Milwaukee Ward 19, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Street: Lisbon Ave
Sheet Number11
Family Number1
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Otto Lademann
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Josephine W Lademann
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Occupation: At School
Attended School: 9
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Household Members
Name Age
Otto Lademann 58 (born August 1851)(Occupation - Capitalist)
Josephine W Lademann 43 (wife born April 1846)
Wm F Lademann 20 (son born July 1879) (Occupation- Clerk, brew company)
Arndtvst Lademann 18 (son born Oct 1881 at school)
Walburga C Lademann 14 (daughter born March 1886 at school)

8. Walburga Charlotte Josephine (Wallie) Lademan (MARCH 20, 1886 St. Louis, Missouri - APRIL 1925). She married brewer William Gettelman (1911–1942) and they had the following children: Robert Gettelman (1914–____);