Immigrated 1857.
Married: 16 July 1864 in Milwaukee, WI to Marie Dorothea Carolina Henriette BRANDHORST, aka Henriette BRANDHORST (1841-1924).
Children:
Amelia [Amalie] Christine Brumder (29 Apr 1865-8 Mar 1959); married a MAYER,
Ida Johanna BRUMDER (27 Apr 1867-26 Aug 1935); married Hugo K. MAERKER or MERKER,
William or Charles Frederick BRUMDER (8 Oct 1868-4 Jun 1929); married Thekla UIHLEIN (15 Jun 1879-1947),
Emma Dorothea BRUMDER (12 Jul 1870-????),
Alfred William BRUMDER (16 Apr 1871-29 Aug 1871),
Alfred Julius BRUMDER (9 Apr 1874-24 Apr 1897),
Henriette Mathilde BRUMDER (28 May 1875-10 Aug 1875),
Ella BRUMDER (6 Mar 1876-18 Apr 1876),
George Fredrick BRUMDER (27 May 1878-1991),
Herman Otto BRUMDER (21 May 1880-4 Jan 1950); married Myrtle E. UNKNOWN.
Herbert Paul BRUMDER (21 Jul 1885-????).
"George Brumder, monarch of the German-American Press, emigrated from Alsace, France in 1857. Gained prominence in the late 1800s as publisher of the world's largest German language newspaper empire, consisting of 10 daily and weekly publications at a time when 1/3 of Americans were from Germany and 1/2 of the population of the Midwest was of German extraction."
"Mr. Brumder was rich and influential. He owned and ran a number of German newspapers; the Brumder [Germania] Building was named after him. That building is still in downtown Milwaukee."
"1932 the last German language newspaper, the daily "Milwaukee Herold," printed by the Brumder family on October 1st."
Newspaperman, businessman, b. Breuschwickersheim, Alsace-Lorraine, France. He migrated to Milwaukee in 1857 where he became a bookseller, bookbinder, and publisher. In 1873 he began publication of Die Germania, a German Lutheran newspaper with Republican leanings, which became influential and widely circulated. In 1891, during the Bennett law agitation, Brumder made the newspaper a daily, and in 1897 he united it with the Abend Post. After 1906, when he bought control of the Herold, he controlled all of the Milwaukee German newspapers. He also owned German language papers in Chicago and Lincoln, Neb., as well as in several Wisconsin towns. He was president of the Germania National Bank (1903- 1910) and of the Concordia Fire Insurance Company (1897-1909).
A. J. Aikens and L. A. Proctor, eds., Men of Progress. Wis. (Milwaukee, I897); W. G. Bruce, ed., Hist. of Milwaukee (3 vols., Chicago, 1922); E. B. Usher, Wis. (8 vols., Chicago, 1914); Milwaukee Journal, May 9, 1910, June 5, 1929.
[Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin biography]
Married: 16 July 1864 in Milwaukee, WI to Marie Dorothea Carolina Henriette BRANDHORST, aka Henriette BRANDHORST (1841-1924).
Children:
Amelia [Amalie] Christine Brumder (29 Apr 1865-8 Mar 1959); married a MAYER,
Ida Johanna BRUMDER (27 Apr 1867-26 Aug 1935); married Hugo K. MAERKER or MERKER,
William or Charles Frederick BRUMDER (8 Oct 1868-4 Jun 1929); married Thekla UIHLEIN (15 Jun 1879-1947),
Emma Dorothea BRUMDER (12 Jul 1870-????),
Alfred William BRUMDER (16 Apr 1871-29 Aug 1871),
Alfred Julius BRUMDER (9 Apr 1874-24 Apr 1897),
Henriette Mathilde BRUMDER (28 May 1875-10 Aug 1875),
Ella BRUMDER (6 Mar 1876-18 Apr 1876),
George Fredrick BRUMDER (27 May 1878-1991),
Herman Otto BRUMDER (21 May 1880-4 Jan 1950); married Myrtle E. UNKNOWN.
Herbert Paul BRUMDER (21 Jul 1885-????).
"George Brumder, monarch of the German-American Press, emigrated from Alsace, France in 1857. Gained prominence in the late 1800s as publisher of the world's largest German language newspaper empire, consisting of 10 daily and weekly publications at a time when 1/3 of Americans were from Germany and 1/2 of the population of the Midwest was of German extraction."
"Mr. Brumder was rich and influential. He owned and ran a number of German newspapers; the Brumder [Germania] Building was named after him. That building is still in downtown Milwaukee."
"1932 the last German language newspaper, the daily "Milwaukee Herold," printed by the Brumder family on October 1st."
Newspaperman, businessman, b. Breuschwickersheim, Alsace-Lorraine, France. He migrated to Milwaukee in 1857 where he became a bookseller, bookbinder, and publisher. In 1873 he began publication of Die Germania, a German Lutheran newspaper with Republican leanings, which became influential and widely circulated. In 1891, during the Bennett law agitation, Brumder made the newspaper a daily, and in 1897 he united it with the Abend Post. After 1906, when he bought control of the Herold, he controlled all of the Milwaukee German newspapers. He also owned German language papers in Chicago and Lincoln, Neb., as well as in several Wisconsin towns. He was president of the Germania National Bank (1903- 1910) and of the Concordia Fire Insurance Company (1897-1909).
A. J. Aikens and L. A. Proctor, eds., Men of Progress. Wis. (Milwaukee, I897); W. G. Bruce, ed., Hist. of Milwaukee (3 vols., Chicago, 1922); E. B. Usher, Wis. (8 vols., Chicago, 1914); Milwaukee Journal, May 9, 1910, June 5, 1929.
[Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin biography]
Immigrated 1857.
Married: 16 July 1864 in Milwaukee, WI to Marie Dorothea Carolina Henriette BRANDHORST, aka Henriette BRANDHORST (1841-1924).
Children:
Amelia [Amalie] Christine Brumder (29 Apr 1865-8 Mar 1959); married a MAYER,
Ida Johanna BRUMDER (27 Apr 1867-26 Aug 1935); married Hugo K. MAERKER or MERKER,
William or Charles Frederick BRUMDER (8 Oct 1868-4 Jun 1929); married Thekla UIHLEIN (15 Jun 1879-1947),
Emma Dorothea BRUMDER (12 Jul 1870-????),
Alfred William BRUMDER (16 Apr 1871-29 Aug 1871),
Alfred Julius BRUMDER (9 Apr 1874-24 Apr 1897),
Henriette Mathilde BRUMDER (28 May 1875-10 Aug 1875),
Ella BRUMDER (6 Mar 1876-18 Apr 1876),
George Fredrick BRUMDER (27 May 1878-1991),
Herman Otto BRUMDER (21 May 1880-4 Jan 1950); married Myrtle E. UNKNOWN.
Herbert Paul BRUMDER (21 Jul 1885-????).
"George Brumder, monarch of the German-American Press, emigrated from Alsace, France in 1857. Gained prominence in the late 1800s as publisher of the world's largest German language newspaper empire, consisting of 10 daily and weekly publications at a time when 1/3 of Americans were from Germany and 1/2 of the population of the Midwest was of German extraction."
"Mr. Brumder was rich and influential. He owned and ran a number of German newspapers; the Brumder [Germania] Building was named after him. That building is still in downtown Milwaukee."
"1932 the last German language newspaper, the daily "Milwaukee Herold," printed by the Brumder family on October 1st."
Newspaperman, businessman, b. Breuschwickersheim, Alsace-Lorraine, France. He migrated to Milwaukee in 1857 where he became a bookseller, bookbinder, and publisher. In 1873 he began publication of Die Germania, a German Lutheran newspaper with Republican leanings, which became influential and widely circulated. In 1891, during the Bennett law agitation, Brumder made the newspaper a daily, and in 1897 he united it with the Abend Post. After 1906, when he bought control of the Herold, he controlled all of the Milwaukee German newspapers. He also owned German language papers in Chicago and Lincoln, Neb., as well as in several Wisconsin towns. He was president of the Germania National Bank (1903- 1910) and of the Concordia Fire Insurance Company (1897-1909).
A. J. Aikens and L. A. Proctor, eds., Men of Progress. Wis. (Milwaukee, I897); W. G. Bruce, ed., Hist. of Milwaukee (3 vols., Chicago, 1922); E. B. Usher, Wis. (8 vols., Chicago, 1914); Milwaukee Journal, May 9, 1910, June 5, 1929.
[Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin biography]
Married: 16 July 1864 in Milwaukee, WI to Marie Dorothea Carolina Henriette BRANDHORST, aka Henriette BRANDHORST (1841-1924).
Children:
Amelia [Amalie] Christine Brumder (29 Apr 1865-8 Mar 1959); married a MAYER,
Ida Johanna BRUMDER (27 Apr 1867-26 Aug 1935); married Hugo K. MAERKER or MERKER,
William or Charles Frederick BRUMDER (8 Oct 1868-4 Jun 1929); married Thekla UIHLEIN (15 Jun 1879-1947),
Emma Dorothea BRUMDER (12 Jul 1870-????),
Alfred William BRUMDER (16 Apr 1871-29 Aug 1871),
Alfred Julius BRUMDER (9 Apr 1874-24 Apr 1897),
Henriette Mathilde BRUMDER (28 May 1875-10 Aug 1875),
Ella BRUMDER (6 Mar 1876-18 Apr 1876),
George Fredrick BRUMDER (27 May 1878-1991),
Herman Otto BRUMDER (21 May 1880-4 Jan 1950); married Myrtle E. UNKNOWN.
Herbert Paul BRUMDER (21 Jul 1885-????).
"George Brumder, monarch of the German-American Press, emigrated from Alsace, France in 1857. Gained prominence in the late 1800s as publisher of the world's largest German language newspaper empire, consisting of 10 daily and weekly publications at a time when 1/3 of Americans were from Germany and 1/2 of the population of the Midwest was of German extraction."
"Mr. Brumder was rich and influential. He owned and ran a number of German newspapers; the Brumder [Germania] Building was named after him. That building is still in downtown Milwaukee."
"1932 the last German language newspaper, the daily "Milwaukee Herold," printed by the Brumder family on October 1st."
Newspaperman, businessman, b. Breuschwickersheim, Alsace-Lorraine, France. He migrated to Milwaukee in 1857 where he became a bookseller, bookbinder, and publisher. In 1873 he began publication of Die Germania, a German Lutheran newspaper with Republican leanings, which became influential and widely circulated. In 1891, during the Bennett law agitation, Brumder made the newspaper a daily, and in 1897 he united it with the Abend Post. After 1906, when he bought control of the Herold, he controlled all of the Milwaukee German newspapers. He also owned German language papers in Chicago and Lincoln, Neb., as well as in several Wisconsin towns. He was president of the Germania National Bank (1903- 1910) and of the Concordia Fire Insurance Company (1897-1909).
A. J. Aikens and L. A. Proctor, eds., Men of Progress. Wis. (Milwaukee, I897); W. G. Bruce, ed., Hist. of Milwaukee (3 vols., Chicago, 1922); E. B. Usher, Wis. (8 vols., Chicago, 1914); Milwaukee Journal, May 9, 1910, June 5, 1929.
[Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin biography]
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