George H. Alwine, a dealer in building supplies in Omaha, is one of the most public-spirited residents and enthusiastic supporters of this city, convinced of its advantages and of its further opportunities through frequent visits to all of the large cities between New York and Denver. If all of her townsmen would give to Omaha the same loyal support her possibilities would be unlimited. Mr. Alwine is a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Greensburg, Westmoreland county, September 16, 1880. His father, Samuel Alwine, a native of Pennsylvania, represented an old pioneer family of that state, of German descent. He engaged in mechanical pursuits and is still active along that line in Greensburg. During the Civil war, while too young to become an enlisted man, he assisted in the transportation of troops then being conveyed by wagon and other means to various points of enlistment. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jessie B. Null, was born in Pennsylvania of German and French parentage and by their marriage they became the parents of seven children, of whom George H. was the third.
While spending his youthful days in his father's home George H. Alwine attended the public and high schools of Greensburg, completing his course by graduation with the class of 1899. He next entered Western University at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on attaining his majority started out in the business world, entering upon an apprenticeship in the Westinghouse shops in East Pittsburgh for the purpose of acquainting himself with the work of mechanical engineering. He served a four years' apprenticeship, after which he resigned his position there and made his way to the west, going first to a ranch at Dennison, Colorado, on which he remained for a year largely for the benefit and experience that he would derive from cowboy life. He afterward returned to Pittsburgh, where he took up civil engineering with the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. He next went to Chicago and was employed by the Illinois Steel Company in an engineering capacity, remaining in that connection for a year. He next came to Omaha for Swift & Company to superintend the construction of their first reinforced concrete building. He arrived on Labor day of 1906 and when his contract had been completed he left this city for the Black Hills, removing to Deadwood, South Dakota, as a representative of the Black Hills Development & Financial Company. He was there engaged in developing the old Iron Hill mine, but the company failed and Mr. Alwine returned to Omaha. Here he became connected with the Union Stock Yards Company as assistant chief engineer in the development of their water plant. He spent two years with that company and was next with Sunderland Brothers, who were engaged in handling building materials and supplies. He continued with that firm for a year in the capacity of specialty salesman, after which he established his present business under the name of the G. H. Alwine Company, handling building materials and contractors supplies. They sell the usual materials used in construction work in all kinds of buildings, from the small home to the skyscraper, and represent many leading manufacturers of the east. Within a brief period Mr. Alwine has in this connection built up a very satisfactory and growing business and today has one of the leading concerns of the kind in Omaha.
On the 27th of October, 1908, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Alwine was married to Miss Helen M. Keenan, who was born at Rapid City, South Dakota, a daughter of II. J. and Ada (Scherer) Keenan, who were pioneers of that state. Mr. Alwine is a republican and fraternally is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Deadwood, South Dakota. From the age of fifteen years dependent upon his own resources, his determination and ability have enabled him to overcome obstacles and surmount difficulties and step by step he has advanced until he is now in control of a large and profitable business. He believes that Omaha offers excellent opportunities and he champions and supports every movement tending to up build the city and extend its trade relations. He believes as well in the maintenance of high civic standards and endorses every measure that works for a greater and a better city.
Source: Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement 1917, By Arthur C. Wakeley
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ALWINE, George H.(w/Helen K.); 75; 21 Jun 1957 OWH morn p 50 @ West Lawn*
While spending his youthful days in his father's home George H. Alwine attended the public and high schools of Greensburg, completing his course by graduation with the class of 1899. He next entered Western University at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on attaining his majority started out in the business world, entering upon an apprenticeship in the Westinghouse shops in East Pittsburgh for the purpose of acquainting himself with the work of mechanical engineering. He served a four years' apprenticeship, after which he resigned his position there and made his way to the west, going first to a ranch at Dennison, Colorado, on which he remained for a year largely for the benefit and experience that he would derive from cowboy life. He afterward returned to Pittsburgh, where he took up civil engineering with the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. He next went to Chicago and was employed by the Illinois Steel Company in an engineering capacity, remaining in that connection for a year. He next came to Omaha for Swift & Company to superintend the construction of their first reinforced concrete building. He arrived on Labor day of 1906 and when his contract had been completed he left this city for the Black Hills, removing to Deadwood, South Dakota, as a representative of the Black Hills Development & Financial Company. He was there engaged in developing the old Iron Hill mine, but the company failed and Mr. Alwine returned to Omaha. Here he became connected with the Union Stock Yards Company as assistant chief engineer in the development of their water plant. He spent two years with that company and was next with Sunderland Brothers, who were engaged in handling building materials and supplies. He continued with that firm for a year in the capacity of specialty salesman, after which he established his present business under the name of the G. H. Alwine Company, handling building materials and contractors supplies. They sell the usual materials used in construction work in all kinds of buildings, from the small home to the skyscraper, and represent many leading manufacturers of the east. Within a brief period Mr. Alwine has in this connection built up a very satisfactory and growing business and today has one of the leading concerns of the kind in Omaha.
On the 27th of October, 1908, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Alwine was married to Miss Helen M. Keenan, who was born at Rapid City, South Dakota, a daughter of II. J. and Ada (Scherer) Keenan, who were pioneers of that state. Mr. Alwine is a republican and fraternally is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Deadwood, South Dakota. From the age of fifteen years dependent upon his own resources, his determination and ability have enabled him to overcome obstacles and surmount difficulties and step by step he has advanced until he is now in control of a large and profitable business. He believes that Omaha offers excellent opportunities and he champions and supports every movement tending to up build the city and extend its trade relations. He believes as well in the maintenance of high civic standards and endorses every measure that works for a greater and a better city.
Source: Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement 1917, By Arthur C. Wakeley
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ALWINE, George H.(w/Helen K.); 75; 21 Jun 1957 OWH morn p 50 @ West Lawn*
George H. Alwine, a dealer in building supplies in Omaha, is one of the most public-spirited residents and enthusiastic supporters of this city, convinced of its advantages and of its further opportunities through frequent visits to all of the large cities between New York and Denver. If all of her townsmen would give to Omaha the same loyal support her possibilities would be unlimited. Mr. Alwine is a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Greensburg, Westmoreland county, September 16, 1880. His father, Samuel Alwine, a native of Pennsylvania, represented an old pioneer family of that state, of German descent. He engaged in mechanical pursuits and is still active along that line in Greensburg. During the Civil war, while too young to become an enlisted man, he assisted in the transportation of troops then being conveyed by wagon and other means to various points of enlistment. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jessie B. Null, was born in Pennsylvania of German and French parentage and by their marriage they became the parents of seven children, of whom George H. was the third.
While spending his youthful days in his father's home George H. Alwine attended the public and high schools of Greensburg, completing his course by graduation with the class of 1899. He next entered Western University at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on attaining his majority started out in the business world, entering upon an apprenticeship in the Westinghouse shops in East Pittsburgh for the purpose of acquainting himself with the work of mechanical engineering. He served a four years' apprenticeship, after which he resigned his position there and made his way to the west, going first to a ranch at Dennison, Colorado, on which he remained for a year largely for the benefit and experience that he would derive from cowboy life. He afterward returned to Pittsburgh, where he took up civil engineering with the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. He next went to Chicago and was employed by the Illinois Steel Company in an engineering capacity, remaining in that connection for a year. He next came to Omaha for Swift & Company to superintend the construction of their first reinforced concrete building. He arrived on Labor day of 1906 and when his contract had been completed he left this city for the Black Hills, removing to Deadwood, South Dakota, as a representative of the Black Hills Development & Financial Company. He was there engaged in developing the old Iron Hill mine, but the company failed and Mr. Alwine returned to Omaha. Here he became connected with the Union Stock Yards Company as assistant chief engineer in the development of their water plant. He spent two years with that company and was next with Sunderland Brothers, who were engaged in handling building materials and supplies. He continued with that firm for a year in the capacity of specialty salesman, after which he established his present business under the name of the G. H. Alwine Company, handling building materials and contractors supplies. They sell the usual materials used in construction work in all kinds of buildings, from the small home to the skyscraper, and represent many leading manufacturers of the east. Within a brief period Mr. Alwine has in this connection built up a very satisfactory and growing business and today has one of the leading concerns of the kind in Omaha.
On the 27th of October, 1908, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Alwine was married to Miss Helen M. Keenan, who was born at Rapid City, South Dakota, a daughter of II. J. and Ada (Scherer) Keenan, who were pioneers of that state. Mr. Alwine is a republican and fraternally is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Deadwood, South Dakota. From the age of fifteen years dependent upon his own resources, his determination and ability have enabled him to overcome obstacles and surmount difficulties and step by step he has advanced until he is now in control of a large and profitable business. He believes that Omaha offers excellent opportunities and he champions and supports every movement tending to up build the city and extend its trade relations. He believes as well in the maintenance of high civic standards and endorses every measure that works for a greater and a better city.
Source: Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement 1917, By Arthur C. Wakeley
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ALWINE, George H.(w/Helen K.); 75; 21 Jun 1957 OWH morn p 50 @ West Lawn*
While spending his youthful days in his father's home George H. Alwine attended the public and high schools of Greensburg, completing his course by graduation with the class of 1899. He next entered Western University at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on attaining his majority started out in the business world, entering upon an apprenticeship in the Westinghouse shops in East Pittsburgh for the purpose of acquainting himself with the work of mechanical engineering. He served a four years' apprenticeship, after which he resigned his position there and made his way to the west, going first to a ranch at Dennison, Colorado, on which he remained for a year largely for the benefit and experience that he would derive from cowboy life. He afterward returned to Pittsburgh, where he took up civil engineering with the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. He next went to Chicago and was employed by the Illinois Steel Company in an engineering capacity, remaining in that connection for a year. He next came to Omaha for Swift & Company to superintend the construction of their first reinforced concrete building. He arrived on Labor day of 1906 and when his contract had been completed he left this city for the Black Hills, removing to Deadwood, South Dakota, as a representative of the Black Hills Development & Financial Company. He was there engaged in developing the old Iron Hill mine, but the company failed and Mr. Alwine returned to Omaha. Here he became connected with the Union Stock Yards Company as assistant chief engineer in the development of their water plant. He spent two years with that company and was next with Sunderland Brothers, who were engaged in handling building materials and supplies. He continued with that firm for a year in the capacity of specialty salesman, after which he established his present business under the name of the G. H. Alwine Company, handling building materials and contractors supplies. They sell the usual materials used in construction work in all kinds of buildings, from the small home to the skyscraper, and represent many leading manufacturers of the east. Within a brief period Mr. Alwine has in this connection built up a very satisfactory and growing business and today has one of the leading concerns of the kind in Omaha.
On the 27th of October, 1908, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Alwine was married to Miss Helen M. Keenan, who was born at Rapid City, South Dakota, a daughter of II. J. and Ada (Scherer) Keenan, who were pioneers of that state. Mr. Alwine is a republican and fraternally is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Deadwood, South Dakota. From the age of fifteen years dependent upon his own resources, his determination and ability have enabled him to overcome obstacles and surmount difficulties and step by step he has advanced until he is now in control of a large and profitable business. He believes that Omaha offers excellent opportunities and he champions and supports every movement tending to up build the city and extend its trade relations. He believes as well in the maintenance of high civic standards and endorses every measure that works for a greater and a better city.
Source: Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement 1917, By Arthur C. Wakeley
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ALWINE, George H.(w/Helen K.); 75; 21 Jun 1957 OWH morn p 50 @ West Lawn*
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