Hi Mary: The 1875 Pictorial St Louis shows the brewery as Excelsior Brewery, C. Koehler, proprietor. Situated at 2211 S. 7th St. No date of beginning shown. Mentions starting capital of $125,000. "Turns out about 1,200 barrels yearly. Eighteen production hands are employed. Five wagons are daily employed for city delivery while outside trade in ahead of local consumption." Some research shows that in the early 50s, Camp Street Brewery that had been owned by Joseph Uhrig between 18th & 19th on Market (his brother Franz ran "Uhrig's Cave" - a famous 'beergarten' ca 1852 - near Jefferson & Lucas Ave. It stored it's Camp's beer in the cool limestone caves underneath the garden.). Later, the brewery had somehow come into control of his partner, Kraul. After Kraul's death, Caspar Koehler and Petrer Saussenthaler added substantialy to these buildins and made capital improvements. The buildings were later removed to make room for the new Union Depot (prior to Union Station- 1875). The brewery was then united with the Winklemyers Union Brewery (est. 1845) at 17th & Market. Koehler's sons later founded the Columbia Brewery after the retirement of their father. Good hunting Gry Stoltman Mercerville, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Reeves" <kay_r2@yahoo.com> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] Excelsior Brewery > Dear Mary, > > There were between 40-53 breweries in existence in the mid to late 1800's in St. Louis. I learned this doing some research on my great-grandfather who worked as a clerk in the office at the Lemp Brewery (strange family, the Lemps). A few of my other family members were listed as having been brewey workers in census info too. I vaguely remembered Excelsior as having been listed and looked it up again. Excelsor was in business from 1876-1899, after which time in was absorbed by St. Louis Brewers. Found the article at the web address below. > > www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/beer.htm > > Kay > > Shamrock1020@aol.com wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I have learned that my g.g.grandfather was a proprietor for the Excelsior > Brewery in St. Louis. Has anyone heard of this brewery??? This would have > been in 1876 or so. > > Thanks. > > Mary > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > LATIN-WORDS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in Latin from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old Latin words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:LATIN-WORDS-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:LATIN-WORDS-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-SURNAMES-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German surnames, given names, etc. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Am enjoying all these brewery stories. I live in St. Louis County, but grew up in Illinois. Betty in St. Louis Co. Gary Stoltman <stopan@optonline.net> wrote: Hi Mary: The 1875 Pictorial St Louis shows the brewery as Excelsior Brewery, C. Koehler, proprietor. Situated at 2211 S. 7th St. No date of beginning shown. Mentions starting capital of $125,000. "Turns out about 1,200 barrels yearly. Eighteen production hands are employed. Five wagons are daily employed for city delivery while outside trade in ahead of local consumption." Some research shows that in the early 50s, Camp Street Brewery that had been owned by Joseph Uhrig between 18th & 19th on Market (his brother Franz ran "Uhrig's Cave" - a famous 'beergarten' ca 1852 - near Jefferson & Lucas Ave. It stored it's Camp's beer in the cool limestone caves underneath the garden.). Later, the brewery had somehow come into control of his partner, Kraul. After Kraul's death, Caspar Koehler and Petrer Saussenthaler added substantialy to these buildins and made capital improvements. The buildings were later removed to make room for the new Union Depot (prior to Union Station- 1875). The brewery was then united with the Winklemyers Union Brewery (est. 1845) at 17th & Market. Koehler's sons later founded the Columbia Brewery after the retirement of their father. Good hunting Gry Stoltman Mercerville, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Reeves" To: Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] Excelsior Brewery > Dear Mary, > > There were between 40-53 breweries in existence in the mid to late 1800's in St. Louis. I learned this doing some research on my great-grandfather who worked as a clerk in the office at the Lemp Brewery (strange family, the Lemps). A few of my other family members were listed as having been brewey workers in census info too. I vaguely remembered Excelsior as having been listed and looked it up again. Excelsor was in business from 1876-1899, after which time in was absorbed by St. Louis Brewers. Found the article at the web address below. > > www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/beer.htm > > Kay > > Shamrock1020@aol.com wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I have learned that my g.g.grandfather was a proprietor for the Excelsior > Brewery in St. Louis. Has anyone heard of this brewery??? This would have > been in 1876 or so. > > Thanks. > > Mary > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > LATIN-WORDS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in Latin from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old Latin words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:LATIN-WORDS-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:LATIN-WORDS-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-SURNAMES-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German surnames, given names, etc. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German traditions. Anything that concerns traditions, culture, folklore, heritage, or why not old recipes and daily life in ancient times in Germany or former German areas is an appropriate topic. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237