Simon Koshland

Simon Koshland
Simon Koshland
Born	1825; Ichenhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	1896 (aged 71)
Resting place	Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California)
Nationality	American
Occupation	businessman
Known for	co-founder of Koshland Brothers
Spouse	Rosina Frauenthal
Children	9
Family	Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (grandson); Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (great-grandson); Douglas Koshland (great-great grandson); John D. Goldman (great-great grandson); Douglas E. Goldman (great-great grandson); Abraham Haas (son-in-law)

Simon Koshland (1825–1896) was a Bavarian-born American businessman, and wool merchant.^[1] He is the patriarch of the Koshland and Haas family of San Francisco.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Simon Koshland was born in Ichenhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria in 1825.^[2] In 1850, he immigrated to Sacramento via Panama with his older brother where they opened a general merchandise store.^[2] In 1862, he moved to San Francisco after his store was burned down in a flood where he and his brother opened a wool house named Koshland Brothers.^[2] The company eventually morphed into Koshland & Sons and became the leading wool house in America.^[2]

Koshland retired in the 1890s; his sons and sons-in-law continued the family business.^[2]

Personal life

Koshland married Rosina Franenthal of Philadelphia; they had 8 children: Isidore, Joseph, Marcus, Henrietta, Caroline, Frances, Montefiore, Abraham, and Jesse. His daughter Frances married Abraham Haas, and his son Marcus had a son, Daniel E. Koshland Sr., who married Eleanor Haas, the daughter of Abraham Haas.

He was a member of Ohabai Shalome Congregation; and later Temple Emanu-El.^[2] He died in 1896,^[2] and is buried at Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma, California.

Descendants

Some of Koshland's descendants include:

Simon Koshland (1825–1896) m. Rosina Frauenthal (1829–1911)
- Isidore Koshland (1852–1870)
- Joseph Koshland (1855–1940)
- Marcus Simon Koshland (1858–1925) m. Corrine M. Schweitzer (1867–1953)
  - Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (1892–1979) m. Eleanor Haas (1900–1959)
    - Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (1920–2007) m. Marian Elliott (1921–1997)
      - Ellen Koshland
      - Phyllis "Phylp" Koshland
      - James Koshland
      - Gail Koshland
      - Douglas Koshland (1953–) m. Mary Porter
    - Frances "Sissy" Koshland (1921–2019) m. Theodore H. Geballe (1920–2021)
      - Gordon Theodore Geballe
      - Alison Frances Geballe
      - Adam Phillip Geballe (1951–)
      - Monica Ruth Geballe
      - Jennifer Corinne Geballe
      - Ernest Henry Geballe
    - Phyllis Koshland Friedman (1923–2019) m. Howard A. Friedman (1919–1988)
- Henrietta "Nettie" Koshland Sinsheimer (1860–1926)
- Caroline "Carrie" Koshland Greenebaum (1863–1946)
- Frances “Fannie” Koshland (1865–1949) m. Abraham Haas (1847–1921)
  - Charles Haas (c.1888–)
  - Walter A. Haas Sr. (1889–1979)
    - Walter A. Haas Jr. (1916–1995) m. Evelyn Danzig (1917–2010)
      - Robert D. Haas (1942-)
      - Walter J. Haas
    - Peter E. Haas (1918–2005) m. Josephine Baum (1914–2014)
      - Peter E. Haas Jr. (1947–)
      - Margaret Haas Jones
      - Michael Stern Haas (1953–2003)
    - Rhoda Haas Goldman (1924–1996) m. Richard Goldman (1920–2010)
      - John D. Goldman (1949–) m. Marcia Koshland
        Aaron Goldman (1980–)
        
        Jessica Goldman Foung (1983–)
      - Douglas E. Goldman (1952–) m. Lisa Goldman
        Jennifer Goldman
        
        Jason Goldman
        
        Matthew Goldman
      - Susan R. Gelman m. Michael Gelman
      - Richard W. Goldman (1947–1989) m. Susan Sachs
        Daniel Sachs Goldman (1976–)
        
        William "Bill" Sachs Goldman (1979–2017)
  - Ruth Haas Lilienthal (1891–1975) m. Philip Nettre Lilienthal Jr. (1889–1961)
  - Eleanor Haas Koshland (1900–1959) m. Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (1892–1979)
- Montefiore T. Koshland (1867–1889)
- Abraham Koshland (1869–1944) m. Estelle Wangenheim (1878–1960)
- Jesse Koshland (1871–1966) m. Edith R. Guggenhime (1887–1977)

References

^ Rosenbaum, Fred (2011-06-28). Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area. Univ of California Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-520-27130-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Simon Koshland, Pioneer Jewish Wool Merchant of San Francisco". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
^ The Jews of San Francisco, by Martin A. Meyer, Ph.D., Emanu-El, San Francisco, June 1916

[1] Rosenbaum, Fred (2011-06-28). Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area. Univ of California Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-520-27130-2.

[JMAW-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Simon Koshland, Pioneer Jewish Wool Merchant of San Francisco". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

[3] The Jews of San Francisco, by Martin A. Meyer, Ph.D., Emanu-El, San Francisco, June 1916

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