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ALBUM OF GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
WITH PORTRAITS
EIGHTH EDITION, REVISED AND EXTENDED
CHICAGO CALUMET BOOK & ENGRAVING CO. 1897
THE CALUMET PRESS
PRINTED BY
CALLUMET BOOK & ENGRAVING COMPANY
170-174 SOUTH CLINTON STREET
CHICAGO
GEORGE WITTBOLD. [page 713: ]
WITTBOLD, a florist, who resides at No. 1708 North Halsted Street, has been engaged in his present business since 1862, and has been a resident of the city of Chicago since 1857. He was born on the 25th of April, 1833, in the city of Hanover, Germany, and is the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Wittbold.
Frederick Wittbold was a florist, and after receiving his education in the schools of his native city, George Wittbold learned the details of his father's occupation. The former was very successful in this line of work, which he followed all his life. George Wittbold spent five years in the king's garden and there learned many valuable points in his trade. In 1857 he set sail for the United States from Bremen, in a steamship, and landed in New York. He came direct to Chicago, and upon arriving here, found employment with Ebenezer Peck, taking charge of his greenhouses for three years, and then spent two years in the service of L. B. McCaig.
In 1862 Mr. Wittbold established himself in business on the corner of North Avenue and North Clark Street, where he continued to prosper for many years. In 1867 he bought four acres of land on North Halsted Street, where he is now situated. Two years later he improved this land and built two small greenhouses, where he cultivated flowers for the city market.
Mr. Wittbold has confined his attention to palms and ferns for the past ten years, cultivating such varieties as can be successfully grown indoors, and in winter he has a large decorating trade. His plants are sent to most of the different states of this country, and to Canada. About two acres of his land are covered with glass, and he steadily employs a force of sixteen men. He has a salesroom at No. 512 North Clark Street, where he carries on a good retail trade, which has been established fifteen years. His is the oldest establishment of its kind in the city. Mr. Wittbold has always shown himself prudent and industrious, and has attended carefully to the details of his business, thus having little time for public affairs.
He was married in 1861 to Miss Emma Fricke, a native of Germany, who came to the United States when a child. She is a daughter of Henry C. Fricke, a sketch of whose life appears in these pages. Mr. and Mrs. Wittbold were the parents of eight children, namely: Henry, Fred, Gustav, Louis, Otto, Mary, Sophia and Helen. Four children died in infancy. Mr. Wittbold and his family are faithful members of the Lutheran Church.
ALBUM OF GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
WITH PORTRAITS
EIGHTH EDITION, REVISED AND EXTENDED
CHICAGO CALUMET BOOK & ENGRAVING CO. 1897
THE CALUMET PRESS
PRINTED BY
CALLUMET BOOK & ENGRAVING COMPANY
170-174 SOUTH CLINTON STREET
CHICAGO
GEORGE WITTBOLD. [page 713: ]
WITTBOLD, a florist, who resides at No. 1708 North Halsted Street, has been engaged in his present business since 1862, and has been a resident of the city of Chicago since 1857. He was born on the 25th of April, 1833, in the city of Hanover, Germany, and is the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Wittbold.
Frederick Wittbold was a florist, and after receiving his education in the schools of his native city, George Wittbold learned the details of his father's occupation. The former was very successful in this line of work, which he followed all his life. George Wittbold spent five years in the king's garden and there learned many valuable points in his trade. In 1857 he set sail for the United States from Bremen, in a steamship, and landed in New York. He came direct to Chicago, and upon arriving here, found employment with Ebenezer Peck, taking charge of his greenhouses for three years, and then spent two years in the service of L. B. McCaig.
In 1862 Mr. Wittbold established himself in business on the corner of North Avenue and North Clark Street, where he continued to prosper for many years. In 1867 he bought four acres of land on North Halsted Street, where he is now situated. Two years later he improved this land and built two small greenhouses, where he cultivated flowers for the city market.
Mr. Wittbold has confined his attention to palms and ferns for the past ten years, cultivating such varieties as can be successfully grown indoors, and in winter he has a large decorating trade. His plants are sent to most of the different states of this country, and to Canada. About two acres of his land are covered with glass, and he steadily employs a force of sixteen men. He has a salesroom at No. 512 North Clark Street, where he carries on a good retail trade, which has been established fifteen years. His is the oldest establishment of its kind in the city. Mr. Wittbold has always shown himself prudent and industrious, and has attended carefully to the details of his business, thus having little time for public affairs.
He was married in 1861 to Miss Emma Fricke, a native of Germany, who came to the United States when a child. She is a daughter of Henry C. Fricke, a sketch of whose life appears in these pages. Mr. and Mrs. Wittbold were the parents of eight children, namely: Henry, Fred, Gustav, Louis, Otto, Mary, Sophia and Helen. Four children died in infancy. Mr. Wittbold and his family are faithful members of the Lutheran Church.
bio from:
ALBUM OF GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
WITH PORTRAITS
EIGHTH EDITION, REVISED AND EXTENDED
CHICAGO CALUMET BOOK & ENGRAVING CO. 1897
THE CALUMET PRESS
PRINTED BY
CALLUMET BOOK & ENGRAVING COMPANY
170-174 SOUTH CLINTON STREET
CHICAGO
GEORGE WITTBOLD. [page 713: ]
WITTBOLD, a florist, who resides at No. 1708 North Halsted Street, has been engaged in his present business since 1862, and has been a resident of the city of Chicago since 1857. He was born on the 25th of April, 1833, in the city of Hanover, Germany, and is the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Wittbold.
Frederick Wittbold was a florist, and after receiving his education in the schools of his native city, George Wittbold learned the details of his father's occupation. The former was very successful in this line of work, which he followed all his life. George Wittbold spent five years in the king's garden and there learned many valuable points in his trade. In 1857 he set sail for the United States from Bremen, in a steamship, and landed in New York. He came direct to Chicago, and upon arriving here, found employment with Ebenezer Peck, taking charge of his greenhouses for three years, and then spent two years in the service of L. B. McCaig.
In 1862 Mr. Wittbold established himself in business on the corner of North Avenue and North Clark Street, where he continued to prosper for many years. In 1867 he bought four acres of land on North Halsted Street, where he is now situated. Two years later he improved this land and built two small greenhouses, where he cultivated flowers for the city market.
Mr. Wittbold has confined his attention to palms and ferns for the past ten years, cultivating such varieties as can be successfully grown indoors, and in winter he has a large decorating trade. His plants are sent to most of the different states of this country, and to Canada. About two acres of his land are covered with glass, and he steadily employs a force of sixteen men. He has a salesroom at No. 512 North Clark Street, where he carries on a good retail trade, which has been established fifteen years. His is the oldest establishment of its kind in the city. Mr. Wittbold has always shown himself prudent and industrious, and has attended carefully to the details of his business, thus having little time for public affairs.
He was married in 1861 to Miss Emma Fricke, a native of Germany, who came to the United States when a child. She is a daughter of Henry C. Fricke, a sketch of whose life appears in these pages. Mr. and Mrs. Wittbold were the parents of eight children, namely: Henry, Fred, Gustav, Louis, Otto, Mary, Sophia and Helen. Four children died in infancy. Mr. Wittbold and his family are faithful members of the Lutheran Church.
ALBUM OF GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
WITH PORTRAITS
EIGHTH EDITION, REVISED AND EXTENDED
CHICAGO CALUMET BOOK & ENGRAVING CO. 1897
THE CALUMET PRESS
PRINTED BY
CALLUMET BOOK & ENGRAVING COMPANY
170-174 SOUTH CLINTON STREET
CHICAGO
GEORGE WITTBOLD. [page 713: ]
WITTBOLD, a florist, who resides at No. 1708 North Halsted Street, has been engaged in his present business since 1862, and has been a resident of the city of Chicago since 1857. He was born on the 25th of April, 1833, in the city of Hanover, Germany, and is the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Wittbold.
Frederick Wittbold was a florist, and after receiving his education in the schools of his native city, George Wittbold learned the details of his father's occupation. The former was very successful in this line of work, which he followed all his life. George Wittbold spent five years in the king's garden and there learned many valuable points in his trade. In 1857 he set sail for the United States from Bremen, in a steamship, and landed in New York. He came direct to Chicago, and upon arriving here, found employment with Ebenezer Peck, taking charge of his greenhouses for three years, and then spent two years in the service of L. B. McCaig.
In 1862 Mr. Wittbold established himself in business on the corner of North Avenue and North Clark Street, where he continued to prosper for many years. In 1867 he bought four acres of land on North Halsted Street, where he is now situated. Two years later he improved this land and built two small greenhouses, where he cultivated flowers for the city market.
Mr. Wittbold has confined his attention to palms and ferns for the past ten years, cultivating such varieties as can be successfully grown indoors, and in winter he has a large decorating trade. His plants are sent to most of the different states of this country, and to Canada. About two acres of his land are covered with glass, and he steadily employs a force of sixteen men. He has a salesroom at No. 512 North Clark Street, where he carries on a good retail trade, which has been established fifteen years. His is the oldest establishment of its kind in the city. Mr. Wittbold has always shown himself prudent and industrious, and has attended carefully to the details of his business, thus having little time for public affairs.
He was married in 1861 to Miss Emma Fricke, a native of Germany, who came to the United States when a child. She is a daughter of Henry C. Fricke, a sketch of whose life appears in these pages. Mr. and Mrs. Wittbold were the parents of eight children, namely: Henry, Fred, Gustav, Louis, Otto, Mary, Sophia and Helen. Four children died in infancy. Mr. Wittbold and his family are faithful members of the Lutheran Church.
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